36C25523R0102 0003.docx

Response to RFIs Solicitation No. 36C225523R0102 Amend A0003 589A6-21-101 Repair Life Safety/ FCA Deficiencies – Repair Install Additional Building 4 and 5 Life Safety Elevators

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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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(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer) 589A5-21-101 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

36C25523R0102 07-17-2023

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This project 589A5-21-101 Repair Life Safety Deficiencies, Topeka is amended as described below.

1. See attached, final Questions 15-16 with responses.

2. No further questions will be accepted.

3. Proposal are due 08/08/2023 by 2:00pm Central time to the door of the address listed in solicitation.

All other terms remain the same.

Timothy Parison Contracting officer

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15. Given the comment in the Amendment and in other locations of the specs:

"All project work shall be installed in accordance with all applicable standards available at time of installation to include published commercial specifications as well as standards and preferences expressed in this document."

The current Kansas standard, and at most locations across the US, the elevator building code being used now, is the 2019 elevator code. KC VAMC is using this code and they are in the same VISN. The 2019 code includes a 3D door edge along with video monitoring inside the car. This video (and sometimes audio) is monitored 24/7/365 by on-campus staff like VA police or a similar group with full time 24/7/365 Staff. We believe this set of documents calls for the use of the 2016 elevator code, a less restrictive code which is not current. Please clarify what year of code you would like us to install to, given the above comment and conflict with using the 2016 elevator code?

Response: For this project “inside the car” audio and video is not required by the station.

16. The only way to come close to achieving the schedule is to do all elevators at one time. Will this be allowed? Phasing shown in the documents does not allow this situation.

Sequence/phasing would suggest the following be considered (New install from NTP to submittals to material arriving 27 weeks minimum, install 12 weeks minimum plus phase 3 install of 18 weeks minimum with absolutely no delays or 400+ days).

Response: VA Station is ok with having Building 4 and Building 5 construction going on at the same time. One elevator per building must be in operation during construction (the new elevator in the building must be operational before taking the existing elevator down for the update).