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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) 671-20-128 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office, NCO17 2002 Scott Blvd.

Temple TX 76504 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office, NCO17 2002 Scott Blvd.

Temple TX 76504 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C25722B0027 08-31-2022

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Joyce M. Mills Contracting Officer Amendment 0007 is issued to provide additional clarification to original responses for RFIs 4, 5, 6, 9, and 11. Additional clarification is highlighted in yellow as follows:

4. Is replacing the sling and platform necessary or can it be saved for value engineering?

A: The contractor can provide a proposal request to provide this as an option.

What does this mean? How do contractors bid this work item?

Clarification: The contractor does not need to replace the Sling and/or Platform. Please verify if the sling and platform can be reused.

5. Upon review of the provided documents, it appears that the specifications were written for the installation of a new elevator and not the modernization of the existing cars. This specification cannot be used for this project and will not allow prospective bidders to accurately quote the job. Will the VA please provide a revised specification that describes the modernization of the elevators rather than the installation of new ones.

A: See Section 14 24 00, 1.1, A update to read:

This section specifies the engineering, furnishing, installation and renovation of the electric hydraulic elevator systems as describe herein and indicated on the contract drawings.

See the Sheet Key Notes for refurbishing options and directives.

Just to clarify, is this saying that some of the items in the specifications are not applicable to the project and the drawings show what to do? For example, the spec reads like a new plunger assembly, new casing and well hole, new car frame, & new car platform are all needed on this modernization. This would be incredibly expensive and not necessary to achieve a typical elevator modernization. Please clarify.

Clarification: This project is considered a Modernization. Due to the age and use of the facility the VA put the specification incase those item mention in your question will need to be replace. Please include in you bid the cost to Modernize the elevator only and a use the specs for the other item in case when the project starts one or more of those items will need to be replace.

6.. Period of Performance: With as many supply-chain issues that the construction industry is facing, please allow for long lead items to be delivered prior to issuing a Notice to Proceed. Otherwise, a 360-day performance period will not be sufficient considering the phasing for P-14 and P- 15 elevators.

A: Due to the CLC building still being occupied P14 and P-15 cannot be done at the same time. Please planed delivery dated accordingly We are aware that P-14 & P-15 cannot be done at the same time. Since that is the case, we will need more time on the project because procurement on some equipment has extremely long lead times currently. It would help to delay a Notice to Proceed on the project until long lead equipment has been shipped. Please confirm.

Clarification: The potential delay of long lead items will be considered as a mod in the future. For biding purposes, the project will be 360 days 9.. HVAC Controls: Will the new HVAC equipment need to be tied into the hospital BAS or is it all local? Please provide the company name of the required HVAC controls contractor if BAS integration is required.

A: The equipment rooms will tie into the BAS. Use Entech Sales and Service No controls work is shown on the drawings to be tied into the BAS. Please provide details of the work if that is required.

Clarification: HVAC Controls - The space temperature within the elevator equipment room shall be monitored by the BAS through a wall-mounted temperature sensor within the elevator equipment room. In addition, the elevator sump pump control panel shall be interfaced to the BAS to monitor any alarms.

11. Fire Alarm Design: The notes on the plans referencing FA work are brief and lack details. Is there an equipment schedule or additional clarifications? The specifications don’t appear to be job-specific either. Please clarify exactly what needs to be done to the existing FA system for this project.

A: The fire sprinkler should be installed to meeting the ASME A17.1 2019 This question is in reference to Fire Alarm, not fire sprinkler. Please clarify what is to be done to the fire alarm for the project.

Clarification: A new addressable photoelectric smoke detector and a new addressable fixed temperature heat detector shall be located at the top of the elevator shafts above each elevator cab. The new detectors shall be wired to the existing building fire alarm system. The existing fire alarm wiring from the removed existing detectors may be reused.

Replace Elevator P-14, P-15, P-11 & S-12, Project No. 671-20-128