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Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers

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is extended,

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning __________ copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY is not extended.

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is required to sign this document and return ___________ copies to the issuing office.

is not, A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

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B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

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Contractor

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Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

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13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS,

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

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AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer) 08-29-2018 Project 589A4-17-182 36C255 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 15 3450 S 4th Street Trafficway Leavenworth

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66048 36C255 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 15 3450 S 4th Street Trafficway Leavenworth

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66048 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C25518R0540 08-29-2018

X X X September 6 2018 by 2:00 PM CDT Replace Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing, Project No 589A4-17-182 A. This Amendment provides answers to questions received starting on page 2.

B. Question and Answer Period has closed.

C. All other terms and conditions remain unched.

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VA Columbia Replace MEP Questions and Answers

1. SDVOSB set aside project. Primes must do 25% of the work minimum.

2. 458 calendar days is the construction period.

3. Bids due September 6, 2018 at 2:00 pm CDT and must be valid for 120 days. Hard copy and DVD must be submitted together.

4. Project is Sales Tax exempt certificate will be provided at NTP.

5. All submittals through Submittal Exchange.

6. Bid Item 1 is the entire project and that is the goal. Bid Items 2 & 3 are deductive from the whole.

7. RFI deadline? RFI deadline is August 22, 2018 at 4:00 pm CDT.

8. Is project funded? Project is funded; not awaiting funding.

9. Is any pipe insulation asbestos? no, there is no existing asbestos insulation.

10. Are electrical closets typical? No, each is different with different requirements.

11. Are doors to chiller house adequate for deliveries? There is a large overhead door for this purpose.

12. The group toured the basement location of the steam condensate receiver tank. S. Duda pointed to the location of the existing condensate tank and reminded bidders that the project requires two new condensate tanks of smaller capacity to replace the one larger existing tank. The first is to be installed in front of the existing tank; the second shall be replaced at the current location of the existing tank. The new tanks will not fit through the stairway door so a delivery path through the piping crawl space is required.

13. The group toured the chiller house. S. Duda pointed out that the air separator is not a like-for-like replacement; rather, the new unit shall be a coalescing air/dirt separator and that some piping modifications will be required to fit the new unit’s orientation. The three chilled water pumps that shall be replaced with new were observed. The location of the new condenser water cyclonic separator was observed. Gary Fischer pointed out that transformer and switchboards are long lead time items and schedule of mechanical scope of work needs to coordinate with electrical switchboard replacement.

14. Is circuit breaker coordination and arc flash required? Yes, replaced electrical equipment requires coordination between upstream breaker and downstream breaker and any new or replaced breakers. New arc flash labels shall be provided for replaced panelboards, switchboards and VFD’s.

15. On drawing 23-E03, can a separate manufacture replace the both end sections of the Siemens switchboard instead of rebuilding the second to last section. No. Bid per Bid Set plans and specifications. The AE and VA do not believe alterations that complicate this work can be completed in the timeframe allowed (i.e. winter season when cooling is not required.)

16. Drawing snafu with missing information? The revised drawings have been posted to www.fbo in amendment 1.

17. I found where it states about the repairs of chiller and plate frame exchanger it is in the Presolicitation Notice.

Response: Disregard references to repair of Chiller CH-7 and disregard references to repair of plate-and-frame heat exchanger. Neither of these tasks is part of the contractor’s scope of work.

18. My question is it states on Presolicitation Notice Repair Chiller CH-7, where in specifications and plans does it show us this repair and what is to be repaired. Response: See previous response question 18 above.

19. On Presolicitation Notice it states Repair operation of plate and frame heat exchanger at the chiller plant, where on contract documents does it show this work, we can’t seem to locate it. Response: See previous response question 18 above.

20. On Drawing 14-M01 note 3, is this note directing us to install air vents and drains or are they just stating that that is what they think is there? Response: Yes, the intent is to provide new air vents and drains, estimated at 20 of each. This assumes 3-4 air vents and drain per floor times 6 floors for an approximate total of 20 air vents and drains. Installed conditions will dictate the final number.