Questions - Patient Lift Maintenance - NOLA VA.docx

RFIs Patient Lift Maintenance – NOLA VA

1. Is this project sales tax exempt? If the project is sales tax exempt can the government provide a sales tax exemption certificate? N/A

2. Can the VA please clarify if this is a services project which requires a minimum 50% self‐ performance by the SDVOSB prime subcontractor?

Yes. This is a service contract and 50% self-performance is a requirement.

3. What type of credentials are required to service the equipment?

Personnel should be service and install trained on Prism Medical lifts

4. When was the last time the equipment was serviced?

October 2019

5. What would be the hours of availability of the equipment? CE has staff onsite to escort from 6am-10:30pm

6. Will the equipment be grouped (monthly or quarterly) into a scheduled time to complete the maintenance? Equipment maintenance will need to be completed during the same month (October)

7. Would any of the listed equipment be in a highly infectious area (Covid‐19) and would they be required to have the scheduled service completed? There are some lifts in our COVID-19 ward. They would also need service.

8. And if so, what additional measures would be needed to complete the services such as PPE and or testing? Technicians will need to be COVID tested to enter our CLC building. SLVHCS staff can schedule this to occur once technicians are onsite. Face masks are required to be worn while on SLVHCS's campus

9. The equipment requires a load test to be done, is there an on‐site storage availability for the materials needed for the load test? This would be a cart with the 562 lbs. of weight needed to test every piece of equipment.

We can likely utilize a service bay for temporary storage. The area will be accessible by many SLVHCS staff though.

10. How many pieces of equipment are included in this maintenance project?

407 lifts (ceiling and floor)

11. Can the VA provide maintenance logs or existing condition details of all equipment listed?

VA can provide documentation from previous vendor PMs

12. If existing conditions are not known, is the VA willing to include a not‐to‐exceed material parts rider as a line item in the price schedule? N/A

13. The equipment list provided in this solicitation does not contain enough information to determine the make model or condition of all existing equipment. Can the VA please provide additional information to identify equipment listed on pages 10‐18 on the equipment list?

The equipment is Prism C450