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36C25726R0015

1. SOLICITATION NUMBER

2. TYPE OF SOLICITATION

3. DATE ISSUED

PAGE OF PAGES

4. CONTRACT NUMBER

5. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUEST NUMBER

6. PROJECT NUMBER

7. ISSUED BY

CODE

8. ADDRESS OFFER TO

a. NAME

b. TELEPHONE NUMBER (Include area code) (NO COLLECT CALLS)

10. THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES PERFORMANCE OF THE WORK DESCRIBED IN THESE DOCUMENTS (Title, identifying number, date) 12a. THE CONTRACTOR MUST FURNISH ANY REQUIRED PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS?

(If "YES," indicate within how many calendar days after award in Item 12B.)

12b. CALENDAR DAYS

13. ADDITIONAL SOLICITATION REQUIREMENTS:

STANDARD FORM 1442 (REV. 8/2014)

STANDARD FORM 1442

Prescribed by GSA-FAR (48 CFR) 52.236-1(d)

SOLICITATION, OFFER,

AND AWARD

(Construction, Alteration, or Repair)

SOLICITATION

SOLICITATION

IMPORTANT - The "offer" section on the reverse must be fully completed by offeror.

9. FOR INFORMATION

CALL:

NOTE: In sealed bid solicitations "offer" and "offeror" mean "bid" and "bidder".

SEALED BID (IFB)

NEGOTIATED (RFP)

11. The Contractor shall begin performance within ____________ calendar days and complete it within calendar days after receiving award, notice to proceed. This performance period is mandatory negotiable. (See _____________________________).

YES

NO

a.

Sealed offers in original and ___________________copies to perform the work required are due at the place specified in Item 8 by _____________ (hour) local time _____________________ (date). If this is a sealed bid solicitation, offers must be publicly opened at that time. Sealed envelopes containing offers shall be marked to show the offeror's name and address, the solicitation number, the date and time offers are due.

b.

An offer guarantee is, is not required.

c.

All offers are subject to the (1) work requirements, and (2) other provisions and clauses incorporated in the solicitation in full text or by reference.

d.

Offers providing less than _______________________ calendar days for Government acceptance after the date offers are due will not be considered and will be rejected.

36C25726R0015 X 11-03-2025 671-22-118 36C257 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office -17 1901 Veterans Memorial Dr .,Bldg. 171 Temple TX 76504 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office-17 1901 Veterans Memorial Dr ., Bldg.171 Temple TX 76504 Cassandra King cassandra.king@va.gov Acquisition Title: 671-22-118, Replace Cast Iron Drain Lines and Chemical Waste System 2nd & 3rd Floor

The South Texas Veterans Healthcare System has a requirement for construction services to replace cast iron drain lines and the chemical waste system on 2nd and 3rd floors at Audie L. Murphy Memorial Hospital, located at 7400 Merton Minter San Antonio, TX 78229. The Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, and equipment necessary to perform and complete this project in accordance with the Statement of Work.

Period of Performance: 300 calendar days after issuance of the Notice to Proceed. This includes material purchase.

This is a "competitive" set aside for 100% Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).

This solicitation is being issued as a Request for Proposal(RFP).

The applicable NAICS is 238220 with a Size Standard of $19M.

The magnitude of this construction project is between $500,000.00 and $1,000,000.00.

Site Visit: An organized site visit is scheduled for November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM (CDT), at Audie L. Murphy Memorial Hospital, 7400 Merton Minter, San Antonio, TX 78229. The meet up place is RM. E0002 (conference room).

Potential offerors are urged and expected to inspect the site where services are to be performed.

RFI Due Date: Requests for Information shall be in (MS Word) and submitted electronically via email to Cassandra King, cassandra.king@va.gov and Horacio Fernandez, horacio.fernandez@va.gov, no later than November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM (CDT) Site Visit Point of Contact: Umair Aslam, umair.aslam@va.gov, (210)439-0055

Proposal Due Date: Proposals shall be submitted electronically via email to Cassandra King, cassandra.king@va.gov and Horacio Fernandez, horacio.fernandez@va.gov, no later than November 26,2025 at 2:00 PM (CDT).

All Offerors shall submit a Bid Guarantee with their proposal. The awardee must be able to obtain and provide the necessary level of Performance and Payment Bonds.

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14. NAME AND ADDRESS OF OFFEROR

15. TELEPHONE NUMBER

16. REMITTANCE ADDRESS

CODE

FACILITY CODE

17. The offeror agrees to perform the work required at the prices specified below in strict accordance with the terms of the solicitation, if this offer is accepted by the Government in writing within __________ calendar days after the date offers are due.

AMOUNTS

18. The offeror agrees to furnish any required performance and payment bonds.

19. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AMENDMENTS

AMENDMENT

NUMBER

DATE.

20a. NAME AND TITLE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN OFFER 20b. SIGNATURE 20c. OFFER DATE

21. ITEMS ACCEPTED:

22. AMOUNT

23. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

24. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN

ITEM

25. OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION PURSUANT TO

10 U.S.C. 2304(c)( 41 U.S.C. 3304(a) (

26. ADMINISTERED BY

27. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY

PHONE:

FAX:

28. NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT

29. AWARD

Your Contractor agrees offer on this solicitation is hereby accepted as to the items listed. This to furnish and deliver all items or perform all work requirements identified award consummates the contract, which consists of (a) the Government on this form and any continuation sheets for the consideration stated in solicitation and your offer, and (b) this contract award. No further cont-this contract. The rights and obligations of the parties to this contract ractual document is necessary.

shall be governed by (a) this contract award, (b) the solicitation, and (c) the clauses, representations, certifications, and specifications incorporated by reference in or attached to this contract.

30a. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTOR OR PERSON AUTHORIZED 31a. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER

TO SIGN

30b. SIGNATURE 30c. DATE 31b. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 31c. AWARD DATE

BY

OFFER

AWARD

STANDARD FORM 1442 (REV. 8/2014) BACK

(Include ZIP Code) (Include area code) (Include only if different than Item 14.)

(Insert any number equal to or greater than the minimum requirement stated in Item 13d. Failure to insert any number means the offeror accepts the minimum in Item 13d.)

(The offeror acknowledges receipt of amendments to the solicitation -- give number and date of each) (Type or print) (4 copies unless otherwise specified) (Type or print) (Type or print) (Contractor is required to sign this document and return _______ copies to issuing office.)

(Contractor is not required to sign this document.)

(Must be fully completed by offeror) (To be completed by Government)

CONTRACTING OFFICER WILL COMPLETE ITEM 28 OR 29 AS APPLICABLE

Department of Veterans Affairs Central Texas Veterans HCS 1901 Veterans Memorial Dr. Building 171 Temple TX 76504 This is accomplished through the Tungsten Network located at:

http://www.fsc.va.gov/einvoice.asp This is mandatory and the sole method for submitting invoices.

(877) 353-9791

(512) 460-5540 Horacio Fernandez

VA-VHA-RPOW-2026-0001

Table of Contents

A.3 PRICE/COST SCHEDULE

ITEM INFORMATION

The Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, supplies, tools, equipment, supervision and construction services necessary for repairing and replacing sanitary, waste and chemical drain lines and all other incidentals necessary in accordance with this Statement of Work. The Contractor shall execute the work in accordance with the design plans and specifications.

Cost of Payment and Performance Bonds.

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A.4- PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

1. Introduction: These instructions prescribe the format of proposals along with the development and presentation of the proposal data. These instructions are designed to ensure the proper submission of information necessary to provide for comprehensive evaluation of proposals. Offerors shall carefully review this section prior to commencing proposal preparation and take the necessary measures to ensure that the information submitted is factual, accurate, and complete.

2. Notice: For a proposal to be considered, offerors must strictly comply with all instructions outlined in this solicitation. Furthermore, all solicitation amendments (if any) must be acknowledged in accordance with FAR Clause 52.215-1- Instructions to Offerors. Failure to furnish proposals that comply with all instructions and include complete copies of required documents, at the predetermined due date for submission, shall result in elimination from consideration for award.

3. Submission instructions: Offers must be submitted by email to Contract Specialist at cassandra.king@va.gov and Contracting Officer, Horacio Fernandez at horacio.fernandez@va.gov. Offers must be submitted on or before the due date and time [SF 1442, Block 13a].

a. Proposals must be submitted in four volumes:

1) Technical Acceptability-Vol. I

2) Past Performance-Vol. II

3) Price-Vol. III

4) Solicitation, Offer, & Award Documents-Vol. IV

b. Offerors may submit their proposals in one to four emails.

c. Volumes I through IV must be submitted as separate, searchable PDFs.

d. Each volume must be submitted as attachments to their submission email(s).

e. The email subject line shall include the solicitation number, project title, company name and volume. Each email must clearly indicate how many total emails the Offeror will be sending.

Example: [ Email 1 of 4, 36C25726R0015, Replace Cast Iron Drain Lines -Chem Waste System, Company Name, Volume I ]

4. Format Instructions: Proposals must be clearly indexed and logically assembled. Each volume must have a clear title at the top of the first page. All pages of each volume shall be appropriately numbered and identified by the complete company name, date, and solicitation number in the header and/or footer.

Proposal page limitations are applicable to this procurement. The table below indicates the maximum page count for each volume:

If the Offeror submits annexes, documentation, attachments, or the like, such will count against the Offeror’s page limitations unless otherwise indicated in this solicitation. The page count will be determined by counting the pages in the order they come up in the print layout view. Pages in violation of these instructions, including those that exceed the total page limit for a particular volume, will not be evaluated. Proposals must be in at least 12-point font and have at least 1” margins.

If an offeror includes a table of contents or a glossary of terms or abbreviations, those pages will not be included in the page count of that volume. However, substantive information included on table of contents or glossary pages will not be considered.

a. Content Instructions: Information must be confined to the appropriate volume. The Offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters sufficient to define the proposal and provide an adequate basis for evaluation. Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each proposal. All proprietary information shall be clearly and properly marked.

b. Volume Specific Submittal Instructions:

a. Volume I – Technical Acceptability: Provide proof of Experience Modification Rating (EMR). Each Offeror shall provide their current EMR, or verifiable equivalent, from their insurance company or from their state, based on the offeror’s state of incorporation’s EMR requirements. The Government will consider the most recent timeframe corresponding to the Offeror’s insurance coverage period. If an offeror submits an EMR older than 12 months, using a three-year average at the time of proposal submittal, that offer shall be deemed unacceptable and cause the offeror to be removed from competition. An EMR less than or equal to 1.00 will be considered technically acceptable. If the NCCI cannot issue an EMR because the Offeror lacks insurance history, the Offeror shall submit a letter indicating so from its insurance carrier furnished on the insurance carrier’s letterhead and include a letter from the NCCI indicating that it has assigned Offeror a Unity Rating of 1.0.

b. Volume II – Past Performance

Past Performance Project History: Offerors are encouraged to submit information relating to up to three projects it has completed or is in the process of completing. If submitting such information, offerors must provide detailed summary of these projects, including:

1) Owner Government Agency/Company who awarded contract

2) Location (physical address)

3) Project Name

4) Project Description (Details of construction renovation requirements, challenges, and solutions)

5) Project Cost and Cost Control Measures (original and final contract costs, contract mods, cost containment measures, value engineering, etc.)

6) Project Performance Period (Initial/Actual, schedule impacts and efficiencies)

7) Owner POC (Name, Title, Telephone Number, Email)

8) Subcontractors (Roles, Responsibilities, Percent of work)

9) A narrative description detailing the project scope related to piping and drainage work. Additionally, indicate whether the project site was a healthcare facility. The narrative must also address the complexity and magnitude of the project, any challenges faced and how the offeror responded to those challenges, whether the project stayed on schedule, whether any unforeseen site conditions were encountered, any other unusual factors, and the degree of success obtained. Offerors are encouraged to include supporting documents such as photographs that support the narrative.

c. Volume III – Price: Complete Price/Cost Schedule

1) Complete the price offer schedule in section A.3

2) Price shall be addressed using the attached price breakdown worksheet, which is included in Attachment 4.

3) Provide supporting documentation showing quotes/price breakdowns for both prime and subcontractors.

NOTE: Price breakdown shall be indicative of showing at least 15 percent of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel will be spent on the concern's employees or the employees of other eligible service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns in accordance with VAAR 852.219-73(d)(3).

d. Volume IV - Solicitation, Offer, & Award Documents

1) Certifications and Representations. An authorized official of the offeror shall sign SF 1442 and all certifications requiring original signature. Volume IV must contain the following:

a) Solicitation Section A – Standard Form SF 1442 and Acknowledgement of Amendments, if any.

b) Any proposed exceptions to solicitation terms and conditions. Any Offeror-imposed terms and conditions which deviate from the Government’s material terms and conditions established by the Solicitation, may render the Offeror’s proposal Unacceptable and thus ineligible for award.

c) A copy of the VETS 4212 Federal Contractor Reporting (if applicable).

d) Signed 852.219-75, VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting—Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction.

e) Any offeror submitting a proposal as a joint venture must provide a certification from each SDVOSB joint partner, signed by an authorized official of each partner to the joint venture, stating parties to the joint venture:

(1) have entered into a joint venture agreement that fully complies with paragraph (c) of 13 CFR § 128.402; and

(2) will perform the contract in compliance with the joint venture agreement. Failure to submit the certification with the offeror’s proposal will render the offeror ineligible for award.

SOLICITATION, AMENDMENTS, OFFER, AWARD DOCUMENTS, CERTIFICATIONS

AND REPRESENTATIONS.

1. Standard Form (SF) 1442 Solicitation, Offer, and Award:

All blocks under section "OFFER" on page 2 of SF 1442 (Item 14 through 20C) shall be completed. Offerors shall be solely responsible for monitoring Government's website SAM.gov for amendments to this solicitation, if any, and acknowledge them in accordance with the requirements stipulated in this solicitation and amendments.

2. Duly executed Bid Bond /Guarantee:

Offerors shall use form SF24 Bid Bond. Bid bonds that are found noncompliant with bid guarantee requirements may result in the rejection of the offer. See clause 52.228-1 Bid Guarantee for additional information on the compliance with bid guarantee requirements.

3. SDVOSB Certification:

Offerors are required to be SDVOSB certified with the Small Business Administration (SBA). Offerors must register their businesses at MySBA Certifications, https://certifications.sba.gov/. Verification of the offerors’ SDVOSB certification will be conducted using SBA Small Business Search, https://search.certifications.sba.gov/.

Offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM), including completed and annually validated representations and certifications.

Verification of offerors active SDVOSB registration will be conducted using SAM.gov.

4. Acknowledgement of All Amendments:

The Offeror must acknowledge and agree to all amendments by either 1.) completing block 19 of the SF 1442, or 2.) returning the signed amendment form(s) with the submission.

5. Bid Guarantee:

The Offeror must furnish a bid guarantee (see FAR 52.228-1). The bid guarantee must be provided on SF 24.

6. Representations & Certifications:

To be eligible for award, offerors must have an active System for Award Management (SAM) registration when submitting their proposal and at the time of award, validate their annual representations and certifications via SAM.gov (https://sam.gov). Offerors must complete and sign FAR clause 52.219-28(h) if they are a small business that does not have representations and certifications (reps and certs) in SAM. This solicitation includes the provision at FAR 52.204-7; therefore, offerors are not required to complete the representations and certifications at FAR 52.204-8(b)(2).

7. Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment:

The Offeror must provide its response to FAR 52.204-24(d) Representation, unless the requirements in the first paragraph of this provision have been met.

8. Information Regarding Responsibility Matters:

The Offeror must provide its response to FAR 52.209-7(b).

9. Violation of Arms Control Treaties or Agreements:

The Offeror must provide its response to FAR 52.209-13(b) Certification.

10. Limitations on Subcontracting—Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction:

To be eligible for award for an SDVOSB set-aside contract for services and construction, VAAR 852.219-75, Limitations on Subcontracting (LOS) requires certification to be completed, signed, and returned with the offeror’s proposal. The completed and signed forms will become part of the official award documentation.

a) VAAR 852.219-75 VA NOTICE OF LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING—

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE FOR SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION

(JAN 2023) (DEVIATION).

b) Self-Performed Work Calculation Worksheet.

11. Notice to SB Joint Venture/Mentor Protegee:

Any Offeror submitting a proposal as a joint venture must provide a certification from each SDVOSB joint partner, signed by an authorized official of each partner to the joint venture, stating that the parties to the joint venture (1) have entered into a joint venture agreement that fully complies with paragraph (c) of 13 CFR § 128.402 and (2) will perform the contract in compliance with the joint venture agreement. Failure to submit the certification with the Offeror’s proposal will render the Offeror ineligible for award.

12. Superintendent Work:

The awardee will be required to always provide a superintendent on the project in accordance with FAR Clause 52.236-6. The Superintendent is considered a key position and SHALL NOT be subcontracted and must work directly for the prime contractor.

The Government will strictly enforce all the proposal submission requirements outlined in the solicitation. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in an Offeror's proposal being rejected as being incomplete or non-conforming to solicitation requirements.

It is solely the responsibility of offerors to ensure the Government receives proposal before or on the exact due date and time set forth in this solicitation. Offerors shall provide confirmation of the bid bond delivery via email to Contract Specialist, cassandra.king@va.gov, and Contracting Officer, Horacio Fernandez, horacio.fernandez@va.gov prior to the closing date and time.

Deadline for all inquiries for this solicitation is listed on SF1442. Government’s responses to inquiries will be issued in the form of Amendment(s) to be posted on the same website where this solicitation is posted: www.SAM.gov. All interested offerors, including those submitting inquiries, are required to monitor the above website for any posted amendments and acknowledge them in accordance with the instructions provided in the amendments as well as in this solicitation.

EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD:

1. Source Selection Process Overview. All proposals shall be subject to evaluation by a team of Government personnel. Proposals will be evaluated strictly in accordance with their written content. Subjective judgment by the government is implicit in the evaluation process.

a. The Government will first review proposals to determine whether they are complete and comply with the instructions set forth in this solicitation. The Government will eliminate all proposals that were submitted late and not subject to an applicable exception, fail to comply with all instructions, or are incomplete.

Offerors are to be and will be verified at Small Business Administration (SBA), MySBA Certifications, https://certifications.sba.gov/ as a SDVOSB under NAICS Code: 238220 – Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors which has a $19 Million small business size standard.

The Government will then determine whether remaining offerors are able to meet the following bonding requirements. Each offeror must demonstrate its ability to obtain bonding for a minimum amount of the offeror’s proposed price. The offeror shall demonstrate all bonding comes from the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS), Surety Bonds, List of Certified Companies found at https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/surety-bonds/list-certified-companies.html.

A complete proposal is one that includes all required information and documentation, including any applicable representations, forms, or clauses requiring information or signatures from offerors. Proposals which merely restate a requirement or state that a requirement will be met, without providing supporting rationale, will be deemed incomplete and not considered.

b. Next, the Government will evaluate each remaining offeror’s Volume I Technical Capability. The Government will eliminate any proposals that are not technically acceptable.

c. The Government will then conduct a tradeoff process with all remaining offerors. The Government will consider Volume II Past Performance and Volume III Price in this tradeoff process. In using this source selection process, the Government intends to make award based on which offeror provides the best value to the Government considering and comparing the past performance and price of each remaining offeror. Past Performance is significantly more important than price in this process. The Government may thus choose not to make award to the offer with the highest past performance rating or the lowest priced offeror. In the interest of efficiency, the Government reserves the right to conduct the evaluation in the most effective manner. The Government intends to rate and then rank each offeror before deciding which offeror presents sufficient value to merit award. The Government reserves the right to not make award to an offeror who does not present sufficient value considering past performance and price.

d. The Government intends to make award without discussions, but it reserves the right to conduct discussions if doing so would be in the best interest of the Government. Initial proposals should contain offeror’s best offer. The Government may request clarifications, as described in FAR 15.306(a).

e. A contract will be awarded to the offeror who presents the best value to the Government considering Past Performance and Price.

2. Evaluation Factors

a. FACTOR 1- Technical Acceptability: Experience Modification Rating (EMR)

i. The Offeror shall provide their current EMR. Any EMR older than 12 months, at the time of proposal submittal shall be deemed unacceptable and cause the offeror to be removed from competition. An EMR less than or equal to 1.00 is considered Technically Acceptable.

ii. The Offeror shall provide their EMR or verifiable equivalent, from their insurance company or from their state, based off the offeror’s state of incorporation’s EMR requirements. The EMR, or equivalent, shall be newer than 12 months, at time of proposal receipt. It is understood that EMRs may have a future forecasted start date due to how the company who generates EMRs assigns EMRs. As such, EMRs provided with a future start date will be deemed acceptable, if an EMR is not more than three months from the date of solicitation close date. A letter that states there isn’t enough work experience to have EMR will automatically constitute a numbered rating of “1.0”. Any stated equivalents shall be explained thoroughly to the Government. A lack of sufficient detail may deem this Factor as “Unacceptable”.

iii. Any Offeror who receives a rating of Unacceptable as part of the technical acceptability review will be eliminated from consideration for award.

b. FACTOR 2 - Past Performance

i. The Government will assess the relative risks associated with an Offeror's likelihood of success in fulfilling the solicitation's requirements as indicated by that Offeror's record of past performance. In this context, “Offeror” refers to the proposed prime contractor. A joint venture will be assessed on the combined performance of each or as a team of the joint venture offerors.

ii. The Government will conduct a performance risk assessment based on the quality, relevancy, and recency of the Offeror's past performance, as well as that of its major subcontractors, as it relates to the probability of successful accomplishment of the required effort. Offerors are cautioned that the Government will review available past performance data available in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS). The Government reserves the right to consider past performance information from any available source and may contact customers other than those identified by the Offeror when evaluating past performance. Since the Government may not necessarily interview all the sources provided by the Offerors, it is incumbent upon the Offerors to explain the relevance of any data provided. Offerors are reminded that the burden of proving low performance risk rests with the Offerors per FAR 15.305(a)(2)(iv), “in the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance.”

c. FACTOR 3 - Price. The Government will evaluate offers by adding the total of all line-item prices. The Total Evaluated Price will be that sum. The Government will evaluate the total proposed price of all Offerors who are not eliminated before the tradeoff process stage as an indicator of the value the Offeror will provide on project. The Government will also evaluate the Total Evaluated Price to determine whether proposals are fair and reasonable.

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A.5 - OFFEROR’S SELF PERFORMED CALCULATIONS

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CALCULATION OF SELF-PERFORMED WORK IAW “Limitations on Subcontracting” (VAAR 852.219-75 Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting)

At the time of proposal Offeror’s are required to complete.

a) Offeror’s total proposed price: $ __________

b) Cost of Materials $ __________

c) Total excluding materials (a-b) $ __________

d) Amount projected to be paid to non-VetCert listed SDVOSBs: $ __________ (not including materials)

e) Offeror’s percentage of estimated non-VetCert work (d/c X 100 = %) __________%

f) Offeror’s percentage of estimated self-performed work (100 – e = %) __________% A/E-Services. In the case of a contract for services (except construction), the SDVOSB prime contractor will not pay more than 50% of the amount paid by the government to the prime for contract performance to firms that are not certified SBA SDVOSBs.

General construction. In the case of a contract for general construction, the SDVOSB prime contractor will not pay more than 85% of the amount paid by the government to the prime for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to firms that are not certified SBA SDVOSBs.

Special trade construction contractors. In the case of a contract for special trade contractors, no more than 75% of the amount paid by the government to the prime for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, may be paid to firms that are not certified SBA SDVOSBs.

A.6-STATEMENT OF WORK

Statement of Work

Project # 671-22-118

Replace Cast Iron Drain Lines and Chemical Waste System 2nd & 3rd Floor

South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS) Audie Murphy VA Medical Center 7400 Merton Minter Blvd.

San Antonio, Texas 78229

1. Background:

The South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie Murphy Hospital has a requirement to replace cast iron drain lines and the chemical waste system for the 2nd and 3rd floors of Audie Murphy VA Medical Center. Current Conditions: The current drain lines are outdated and leaking throughout the hospital. The replacement of Cast Iron Drain Lines and Chemical Waste System for the 2nd and 3rd Floor is necessary to upgrade this antiquated system.

2. Scope of Work:

The Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, supplies, tools, equipment, supervision and construction services necessary for repairing and replacing sanitary, waste and chemical drain lines and all other incidentals necessary in accordance with this Statement of Work. The Contractor shall execute the work in accordance with the design plans and specifications.

The objective is to deliver a complete and functional reclaimed area and system to the government. All work shall be carried out in the 2nd and 3rd floor interstitial space, therefore some work shall be off the catwalk and shall require special harness equipment to attach to the structural beams above. Follow Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Part 1910.2A.

All construction and installation work shall be in compliance with the VA TIL, VA Plumbing manual specifications for material and workmanship. Additionally, the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC), International Plumbing Code (IPC), and Cast-Iron Soil Pipe Institute (CISPI) and all applicable city, county, state, and federal regulations and OSHA standards. Refer to the construction drawings and specifications for requirements.

3. Site Visit: A site visit will be scheduled for contractors to familiarize themselves with all existing site conditions. Although a site visit is not mandatory, it is highly encouraged for all interested contractors to attend.

4. Description of Tasks

1) The Contractor shall obtain a 'Permit for Interstitial Entry' prior to the commencement of any work tasks.

2) The Contractor shall protect the ceiling and occupants below from construction debris prior to commencement of work.

3) The Contractor shall identify all sanitary and waste fixtures, floor drains, and floor sinks, including those with drains under the slab, that are to be repaired or replaced as per the drawings.

4) The Contractor shall identify and secure all fixtures and drains prior to removal and replacement of branches, laterals and p-traps. The Contractor shall take protective measures to prevent overspills and damage to piping, materials. The Contractor shall perform all work activities without disrupting the duties of staff or the care of patients.

5) The Contractor shall ensure fixtures are ‘locked out tagged out’ prior to the removal and replacement of piping.

6) The Contractor shall follow the work task for the removal and replacement of cast iron piping and associated rods and hangers, as outlined in the GENERAL NOTES on the drawings and as shown on the plans.

7) The Contractor shall demolish and remove all existing piping, fittings, and associated hangers as shown and specified in the GENERAL NOTES on the drawings.

8) All existing trap primer piping shall be maintained and reused. Any damaged or missing trap primer piping shall be replaced as indicated on the GENERAL NOTES on the drawings.

9) The Contractor shall install a new Schedule 40 service weight and an extra-heavy bell-and-spigot cast-iron pipe to match existing conditions, as shown on drawings.

10) The Contractor shall install piping so that the manufacturer’s markings and labels are clearly visible and consistently oriented along all sections of the piping run.

11) The Contractor shall identify existing hole penetrations through mechanical walls caused by removal of existing piping during demolition. The Contractor shall then patch and seal penetrations to maintain structural integrity of the wall assembly as shown on the GENERAL NOTES on the drawings.

12) The Contractor shall ensure that all piping is installed with the proper slope.

13) The Contractor shall reinstall the trap-primers on all new traps.

14) The Contractor shall perform all work as shown on the drawings and specifications for the South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie Murphy Hospital, San Antonio, Texas, in accordance with the Statement of Work.

15) Replace Chemical Waste System reference P101, P102, P103 Chemical Waste System 2nd and 3rd Floor.

a. The Contractor shall reinstall chemical piping using identical socket-type, flame-retardant, polypropylene, chemical-resistant fused pipe. An approved equivalent type of chemical piping may be proposed by the Contractor, subject to approval by the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and the Mechanical Engineer (ME)."

i. https://www.charlottepipe.com/products/plastics/chemdrain-pipe-fittings-system

ii. https://www.calpaclab.com/polypropylene-chemical-compatibility-chart/?srsltid=AfmBOoqxzhEiP6846RdkEEPsrRNAn2gGOSsxqV2nlv7u1oKhLsm7Pxzb

b. The Contractor shall obtain a 'Permit for Interstitial Entry' prior to the commencement of any work tasks.

c. The Contractor shall protect the ceiling and occupants below from construction debris prior to commencement of work.

d. The Contractor shall identify all chemical sinks and lavatories where the drains under the slab are to be repaired and or replaced as per the drawings.

e. The Contractor shall identify and secure all fixtures and drains prior to removal and replacement of branches and laterals. The Contractor shall take protective measures to prevent overspills and damage to piping, materials. Contractor shall perform all work activities without disrupting the duties of staff or the care of patients.

f. The Contactor shall coordinate with the lab and office area custodians to schedule a temporary discontinuance of use of fixtures. The Contractor shall ensure fixtures are ‘locked out tagged out’ prior to the removal and replacement of piping.

g. The Contractor shall follow the work task for the removal and replacement of chemical waste piping and associated rods and hangers, as outlined in the GENERAL NOTES on the drawings and as shown on the plans.

h. The Contractor shall demolish and remove all existing piping, fittings, and associated hangers as shown and specified in the GENERAL NOTES on the drawings.

i. The Contractor shall identify existing hole penetrations through mechanical walls caused by removal of existing piping during demolition. The Contractor shall then patch and seal penetrations to maintain structural integrity of the wall assembly as shown on the GENERAL NOTES on the drawings.

NOTE: Chemical-Waste Systems repair/replacement shall follow OSHA PPE 1910.132, OSHA 1910.2A and VA Safety guidelines. Along with demo, the Contractor shall be responsible for filling, grading, patching, and repairing areas demoed with the same material originally disturbed to return area to a complete reclaimed/established area, acceptable by the VA.

5. Submittals: The Contractor shall provide required submittals as indicated on Schedule of Material Submittals (SMS) after award and the issuance of notice to proceed.

A. The Contractor shall submit to the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) Construction Waste Management plan, an approved location where refuse is to be dumped and manifest for hazardous materials for review and approval by VA Safety Office prior to removal from campus.

B. The Contractor shall also submit specifications and product info for plumbing equipment.

C. As-built drawings (redlines) shall also be listed on the SMS, which refers to locations of new plumbing fixtures which go back to the source.

D. The contractor shall provide the number of copies for each submittal as listed in the SMS of all required submittals.

E. The contractor shall provide material, schedule, and test results, for Government review.

F. The contract requires that the Contractor submit a realistic project schedule showing the order in which the work will be performed under the contract. The progress schedule will be submitted to the COR for approval and approved copy shall be provided to the Contracting Officer. After approval, a copy will be returned to the Contractor. Refer to the contract’s General Requirements, Section 01 32 16.15 Project Schedules, Subsection 1.5 The Complete Project Schedule Submittal, to determine the Requirements for the project schedule submittal.

G. The Contractor shall submit a schedule of costs to the COR for approval. The approved copy shall be provided to the Contracting Officer. This schedule shall show costs by branches of work or unit of contract, as instructed by the COR. The approved schedule will be one of the factors for determining progress payments to the Contractor for work completed.

6. Deliverables: The contractor shall provide the following deliverables:

A. As-Builts: The Contractor shall provide as-built drawings detailing the routing of new piping to new and existing connections, including tracing the paths back to their source.

B. At the completion of work the Contractor shall notify and schedule with the Government pre-final and final inspections. Prior to the pre-final the contractor shall provide a set of redlines for Government review to be used as a mark-up set for the pre-final.

C. Materials and Methods shall be in compliance with the VA’s Technical Information Library (TIL) located at https://www.cfm.va.gov/til/catalog.asp, to include but not limited to TIL DIVISION 22-13-00 Facility Sanitary & Vent Piping, TIL. DIVISION 22-66-00 Chemical-Waste Systems for Laboratory and HealthCare Facilities, VA Plumbing Design Guide, UPC, IPC, CISPI and state and all applicable city, county, state, and federal regulations and codes OSHA standards. The Contractor shall comply with all construction documents and applicable Department of Veterans Affairs Master Specifications as part of this project. Specifications, Designs, Procedures, Standards, etc. can be referenced at:

· https://www.cfm.va.gov/til/dManual.asp

· https://www.cfm.va.gov/til/index.asp

· https://www.cispi.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/CISPAF_Handbook.pdf D. Refer to construction drawings and specs for the guidelines of the construction documents.

7. Performance Period: The period of performance is 300 calendar days after issuance of the Notice to Proceed. This includes material purchase.

8. Hours of Work: The Contractor shall perform all work on site between the hours of 07:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (CST), Monday through Friday, except Federal Government Holidays. Contractor employees shall check in daily with the COR upon arrival and before departure.

Any work that would disrupt operations at the hospital needs to be done after hours. The Contractor may submit a written request for night, weekend, or holiday work, or for work outside the project site's normal working hours. This request shall be submitted to the VA-Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) for review at least five (5) working days prior to the proposed start of such work. The COR will then forward the request to the Contracting Officer for final approval. The approval of such requests is not guaranteed.

The Federal Government observes the following federal holidays:

9. Schedule of Work: The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), prior to start of work. The Contractor shall schedule work through the COR. The Contractor shall coordinate work with COR NLT 3 days before starting work. Other contractors may be working in the same area performing other work. The contractor shall execute work in a manner so as not to impede other contract work.

10. Contractor Requirements

A. Work Coordination: Arrange such phasing to ensure the accomplishment of this work in successive phases is mutually agreeable to COR.

To ensure such execution, Contractor shall furnish the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) with a schedule of approximate dates on which the Contractor intends to accomplish work in each specific area of site, or portion thereof.

In addition, Contractor shall notify the COR two weeks in advance of the proposed date of starting work in each specific area.

B. Experience:

1) Contractor shall have in depth knowledge of construction and installation of plumbing phases: rough-in, top-out and installation of fixtures.

2) Contractor shall have previous experience working within a hospital.

3) The Contractor shall have knowledge of and comply with all (STVHCS) Infection Control and Life Safety requirements.

C. Security: The Contractor is responsible for ensuring that all personnel requiring unescorted access successfully complete a background investigation, including fingerprinting, prior to commencing work.

Contractors shall be required to obtain and wear security badges in plain sight above the waist at all times. Contractors found without a badge shall be immediately removed from VA property by VA Police. Allow at least 30 business days per worker to obtain a badge. Security badges are obtained through coordination with the COR.

D. Subcontractors:

1) Subcontractor Listing: The Contractor shall submit to the Contracting Officer information of all Subcontractors to be engaged on the worksite, indicating name, address, and nature of work involved. The list of Subcontractors to perform on this contract is due no later than 15 calendar days after the pre-construction conference. This list shall be provided to the COR and the Contracting Officer.

2) Standard Form 1414 (Statement And Acknowledgment) Within 15 calendar days after the pre-construction conference, the Contractor shall deliver to the Contracting Officer a completed Statement and Acknowledgment Form (SF 1413) for each Subcontractor, including the Subcontractor's signed and dated acknowledgment that the labor standards clauses set forth in the contract and listed on the Standard Form 1413 have been included in the subcontract.

E. Key Personnel

1) Site Superintendent. The Contractor shall designate a qualified Site Superintendent is responsible for the day-to-day on-site management and supervision of all construction activities. The Site Superintendent shall be the primary on-site point of contact for the Project Manager and shall maintain a constant on-site presence during all work activities.

2) Project Manager. The Contractor shall designate a qualified Project Manager to serve as the single point of contact for the Client regarding all matters related to the performance of the Services.

F. Training and Certifications

1) Licensed /Bonded Plumber: The Plumber shall be a licensed and bonded Master Plumber or Journeyman Plumber. The project site plumber shall hold a current master or journeyman plumbing license and shall always supervise un-licensed (apprentice) plumbers.

2) OSHA Certifications: The contractor shall provide a 30 -hour OSHA certification for Site Superintendent and 10- hour OSHA certifications for all other contractor personnel.

3) Infection Control and Safety: The Construction team, subcontractor workers and COR’s must attend the Infection Prevention training provided by the VA every fiscal year. All construction workers shall have a current IC training sticker attached to their badges at all times. If this requirement is not met, workers will be removed from construction site.

4) Lockout/Tagout (LOTO): The contractor is responsible for ensuring contractor employees are trained and certified in all LOTO procedures.

G. Administration and Management

1) Performance and Payment Bonds: A Performance Bond and Payment Bond are required for this project. The Contractor shall submit this requirement within 10 calendar days from the date of the Notice of Award.

2) Insurance Certificates: An Insurance Certificate is required for this project.