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Attachment 12

ATTACHMENT 12

Request for Information (RFI) Log

691-19-111

Part 1 of 1

17 pages

28 June 2019

Greater Los Angeles, California VA Health Care System (691)

North Tower Building 500

CONSTRUCTION

Request for Information (RFI) Log Building 500 North Tower

Construction 28 June 2019

Greater Los Angeles, California VA Health Care System (691) West Los Angeles

RFI

Number

Date Question Answer

001 23 May 2019

Will the VA set up a conference call for contractors to participate in the public bid opening for those who emailed bids sent from outside of Phoenix?

The VA does not intend to host a teleconference as part of the public bid opening.

002 23 May 2019

Will a scanned executed copy of the bid bond be sufficient for electronic bid submission?

Electronic Copies of the Bonding will be acceptable for bid opening so long as all other elements of the executed bond are present.

Physical copy of the actual bonding, with the raised seal shall be received mail from the apparent low offeror within 48 hours of the conclusion of the public opening, or will be ineligible for award.

003 2 May 2019

Will the Govt specify the meeting location for the site visit?

See Amendment 001

004 2 May 2019 Will the Govt supply formal Specifications for this project?

Yes

005 2 May 2019

The project documents posted on fbo.gov does not include specifications. Please provide.

Yes.

006 2 May 2019

Please verify date for job walk.

Block 10 on page 1 of the solicitation and page 60 of the solicitation lists job walk date

See Amendment 001

007 2 May 2019

Please clarify which is the correct Range of Magnitude for this project in accordance with VAAR 836.204

-Between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000 as outlined in SF-1442

008 2 May 2019 provide the offer due date and site visit date

See Amendment 001

009 6 May 2019

RFP Section B - Statement of Work, first paragraph state that “cleanup, demolition, and abatement and removal shall strip floors bare an limited to areas identified by VA’s Industrial Hygienist & COR”. Will the VA provide the actual VA’s Industrial Hygienist’s report so that the bidders might quantify the actual scope of the demolition and replacement of materials and assemblies for the impacted areas?

Clean up demolition to the boundaries.

All materials and fixtures to be new in areas marked. See drawings:

B500 North Tower Restoration Work 1.

010 6 May 2019

The IFB mentions abatement. Will the VA provide the current Hazardous Material Survey that includes all of the areas impacted in this project?

Please read Spec Section 02 82

13.19 Asbestos Floor Tile & mastic

Abatement.

011 6 May 2019

In reviewing the documents issued with the RFP, it appears as if the government has issued the original B500 construction as built drawings.

It also appears as if the government issued a “summary” level scope of work. Is the government going to issue drawings that actually show where the work is to

We are in the process of identifying the Chase 13 area of Work.

take place and the extent of the actual demolition and renovation? Accurate floor plans of where all of the work is to take place would allow all of the bidders to actually bid the same scope of work, or is the government expecting each contractor to do their own detailed site investigation and guess at what the government actually wants them to reconstruct?

012 6 May 2019

Are the as built drawings issued the RFP actually most current as built drawings reflecting any number of the changes that have occurred since the drawings were issued in 1974? As an example I was under the impression that the 5th floor north wing was the operating suite, yet the drawings issued show it to be that of an inpatient medical suite

All materials and fixtures to be new in areas marked. See drawings:

B500 North Tower Restoration Work 1.

013 6 May 2019

Is this a design build? If it is to be a design build will the government specify how many design submissions, they will want to see and what the governments review time will be for each submission?

This is a Design Bid Build project.

Shop drawing submittal needed before start.

014 6 May 2019

One section of the statement of work says to “Provide and install two complete dental exam suite units to include Exam-chair with delivery system & instrumentation, Track mounted exam lights, Doctor’s and Assistant’s stool, assistant’s instrument’s cart.”

On sheet 500-1.18 I see what appears to be a lot of different dental type rooms. Can you

Room # 0029, 0030, 0031, Also affected Rooms # 0028 & 0032 due to separating wall removals.

tell us the room numbers that are to be renovated? Do you have a specification for the exam chairs with delivery system & instrumentation? Do you have a specification for the track mounted exam lights? Do you have a specification for the Dr’s and Assistant’s stool and instrument cart?

015 6 May 2019

One section of the statement of work says to “Provide and install wall to wall, Base & Wall powder coated metal Cabinets on East wall and on West wall. four walls base and wall cabinets in laboratory room”. Can you tell us where this work is to be performed and provide a floor plan of this room that shows the cabinet layout?

Room # 0029, 0030, 0031. Layout to be included.

016 6 May 2019

One section of the statement of work says to “Rebuild nurse station with solid surface counter top and with storage lockable under-counter pull out drawer cabinets with built in letter size hanging rack” Can you tell us where this work is to be performed and provide a floor plan of this room that shows the nurse station layout?

Nurse Stations 3rd, 4th & Ground Floors. Rooms # 3041, 4062, 0029, 0030, 0031.

017 6 May 2019

Does the government have a list of rooms that have been impacted by the flood and are to be included in this contract?

Rooms marked in drawings: B500 North Tower Restoration Work 1

018 6 May 2019

Statement of Work, 3rd paragraph mentions the metal structure’s fireproofing insulation. For bidding

Fire proofing will be done on as needed bases on affected areas marked in drawings: B500 North purposes, what is the extent of fireproofing removal and replacement on the various floors? Although the VA provided some as-built drawings, the structural drawings depicting the steel requiring fireproofing were not provided. Will the VA provide the as-built structural drawings to assist the Contractors in determining the full scope of the fireproofing work?

Tower Restoration Work 1. Per Details.

019 14 May 2019

Under amendment 001, states that a General Contractors License Must be submitted with the proposal. The Classification for the License is assumed to be A or B. Please confirm since both licenses are equivalent in building structures, A license does provide additional expertise in knowledge of Engineering Structures and Site.

The Classification Code for this set aside for service Disabled Veteran Owner Small Business (SDVOSB).

Prime contractor is responsible for providing qualified personnel.

020 15 May 2019

Please provide a HAZMAT report.

There is not a comprehensive report. Please consider the areas contaminated that are under containment.

021 15 May 2019

Please provide specifications for materials, finishes, products, furniture, fixtures and equipment to be installed.

Contract is restoration. Contractor to provide current like materials.

022 15 May 2019

Please provide construction drawings showing work to be performed.

Please see drawings: B500 North Tower Restoration Work 1

023 16 May 2019 During the site visit it was mentioned a few times that the medical gas system piping

No, please read Statement of Work B.1 Introduction.

replacement was to be an option. I do not see a price schedule for any options. Is there a bid option? If yes please provide a price schedule listing the bid option and provide a detailed scope describing the option work.

024 16 May 2019

During the site walk the COR spoke about floor plans that had been highlighted showing the limits of construction. The RFP package downloaded from FBO did not include any floor plans that show the limits of construction. The only plans issued via FBO are the original scanned copies of the "as built" drawings of Building 500. Please issue the drawings that actually show the limits of construction and the work that we are to bid on.

Please see drawings: B500 North Tower Restoration Work 1

025 16 May 2019

Par. B.1 says the contractor is to "eliminate subsequent contamination. Cleanup, demolition, abatement and removal shall strip floors bare and limited to areas identified by VA’s Industrial Hygienist (IH) & COR" this statement appears to indicate that there is a detailed 026 report that clearly identifies the actual scope of work. In reviewing the RFP we don't find anything that details the scope of work.

Can the government please provide some documentation that tells us what to bid. We need a floor plan of each area that shows the work to be performed or a report that tells us what and how much needs to be replaced in each

Please see drawing room on each floor. At minimum we need scalable floor plans that have the correct room numbers of the rooms we are to repair and renovate.

026 16 May 2019

Par. B.1 says the contractor is to "Provide and install patient’s lockers to replace existing Quad-metal units 12” W x 72” H x24” D per division". During the site walk we were not shown where these lockers go and the RFP does not include a plan that shows where they go and the RFP does not include a specification describing what/how the lockers are to be constructed. Can the VA provide a plan showing where the lockers are to be installed and provide a specification or a basis of design for the lockers?

Room 4061, 3040

027 16 May 2019

Par. B.5 says that the "Contractor shall preset an acceptable schedule and phased solution prior to start of work" in order to provide a schedule and to accurately bid the job, we need to know if we are going to be allowed to shut of all utilizes in the pipe basement, demo out all of the system and then work all of the systems from top to bottom or are we going to be limited to returning each utility to fully functioning after every shift, or are we going to have to run all new systems and only shut the systems down long enough to tie in each floor and then demo out all of the old systems? In other

Some of the utility work will be scheduled off hours and weekends to minimize impact of patient’s services.

It is required to have systems up during Construction. It will require removal of un-used 8” Sprinkler Riser before installing other piping.

words we need to know how the VA expects the contractor to perform the work.

028 16 May 2019

During the site visit it was mentioned that we are not to replace the blue drain pipe, will the VA please confirm that we are to replace all utility piping in the utility chase, except for the blue chemical resistant drain pipe?

Yes, Confirmed the blue sewer pipe will remain in place.

029 16 May 2019

Is there a hazardous material survey for all of the areas we will be working in, assuming there is one, will the VA please provide it? If one is not available are we to test all materials and any hazardous materials found will be treated as a change condition and handled via a modification?

It’s considered all hazardous materials because of the pipe break within the outlined areas Please see drawing There is asbestos flooring most of the areas

030 16 May 2019

Considering there is not any actual plans, can the VA provide a list of rooms that we will be performing work within?

Yes, Please see drawings: B500 North Tower Restoration Work 1

031 16 May 2019

What is the fire rating of the existing fire proofing that our new fire proofing is to meet/match. Is it 1 hour or 2 hour or something different?

It’s a Two (2) hour fire rating which the contractor is to match. (See Fire safety Study of Building 500)

032 16 May 2019

During the site visit we noticed that some rooms had all of the walls stripped down to the stud, and it appeared as if there were rough in for plumbing fixtures but the fixtures were missing. For plumbing situation where the fixtures have been removed or will need to be removed are we going to reinstall the

All materials and fixtures to be new in areas marked. See drawings:

Work 1 existing or provide new fixtures? If we are to provide new will the VA please provide a specification of manufacture and model for each plumbing fixture that is to be installed?

033 16 May 2019

When you have a room that has ceramic tile on the walls left untouch and only one wall has been removed, are we to replace all of the walls tile or just the wall that has been removed? Will the VA please provide a plan or schedule that shows exactly what finishes will be installed in each room covered by the scope of work? We need to know by what is to be installed on the floors, walls and ceilings for each room we are to working? We need this because many rooms either have no finishes on them or no walls at all.

B500 North Tower Restoration Work 1

034 16 May 2019

Does the pipe chase as it passes from floor to floor have to be fire stopped? If yes what is the fire rating? Please provide specifications.

Fire rating is 2 hours See drawings:

Work 1

035 16 May 2019

All of the finishes had been removed from the fourth-floor dirty utility room, does that room get painted walls or ceramic tile on the wall.

See “Statement of Work” B.1 Introduction. All materials and fixtures to be new in areas marked.

See drawings: B500 North Tower Restoration Work 1

036 16 May 2019

Are all of the lights in the affected area to be changed?

See ‘Statement of Work” All materials and fixtures to be new in areas marked. See drawings: B500 North Tower Restoration Work 1

037 16 May 2019

Does the VA have a specific product they want used for the acoustical ceiling grid and tile?

Match existing areas.

038 16 May 2019

In room 3041 none of the finishes have been removed, are all of the finishes to be removed and replaced even though they are currently not removed or damaged?

039 16 May 2019

Please confirm that on the 5th floor and 2nd floor the work is limited to the removal and replacement of drywall and finishes needed to replace the utilities and the replacement of the utilities?

B500 North Tower Restoration Work 1

040 16 May 2019

Are we to keep all of the utilities on line and functioning and run the new pipes parallel to the existing system and then tie in each floor keeping all utilities live expect during the tie-in shutdown?

Yes

041 16 May 2019

If the medical gas pipe option is taken will the contractor be able to shut the system off in the basement and work it none stop to the 6the floor and do a single test of the entire system or are we expected to keep the existing systems live throughout the construction and tie in and test each floor independently?

No, can replace one or more gas pipes as long as Contractor maintain operations for Hospital use during Construction.

042 16 May 2019

Are all of the doors in the work area to be removed and replaced? If yes please provide specifications for the door frames, doors and hardware?

B500 North Tower Restoration Work 1”

043 16 May 2019

Can you provide a specification or manufacture and color for the wall paper that needs to be replaced on the first floor?

Match existing.

16 May 2019

Is the terrazzo flooring and/or Terrazzo cove base on the first floor to be replaced?

Must save the terrazzo side of flooring.

045 16 May 2019

What vendor does the VA prefer for their dental casework? If the VA does not have a preference can the VA provide either a basis of design or specification so that we know what to bid?

See attached layout

046 16 May 2019

Is the sterile system in the dental lab to be replaced or removed and reinstalled?

047 16 May 2019

Does the VA want the air and gas outlets in the dental lab replaced or reused?

B500 North Tower Restoration Work 1

048 16 May 2019

Can the government provide an actual as built of the existing dental clinic that shows the case work, lights, receptacles ect.

See attached layout

049 16 May 2019

Can the VA provide either a specification for the dental chair and overhead light or a manufacture and model they use as the bases of design.

See attached layout.

050 16 May 2019

In the pipe basement please confirm that we are to replace all of the risers all the way to the first valve and replace the valve or are we just replacing the pipe to the first valve?

Replace all the risers all the way to the first valve and replace the valve.

051 16 May 2019

Is the abandoned fire sprinkler pipe that is in the chase to be removed as part of this contract?

Remove piping per Statement of Work B.1 Introduction.

052 16 May 2019

Will the contractor be able to set up temporary barriers on each floor and work in all of the areas or are we going to contractor to set up one-hour temporary barriers on each floor to work in all of the areas.

be expected to do one floor and then move to the next floor?

053 16 May 2019

Are all of the HVAC registers to be replaced or cleaned and reinstalled?

B500 North Tower Restoration Work 1

054 17 May 2019

There are as-built drawings only in the solicitation documents.

Please issue demolition plans and installation plans. If there are not those plans, please mark the contract work area on the as-built drawings for quantity measurement and describe the contract work with finish schedule of each room with specifications for unit price estimate.

Demolition is for areas in marked drawings: B500 North Tower Restoration Work 1

055 17 May 2019

There are not plumbing drawing and specification in the solicitation documents.

Please furnish with plumbing drawings and specifications.

The work is replacement of existing piping.

056 17 May 2019

There is a bed wall behind Chase-15 as shown in the attached picture record.

Please verify the bed wall is to remain.

What is a bed wall?

Bed head to remain operational with new Med gas connections.

057 17 May 2019

There are storm drain pipe, sewer pipes, water supply pipes, and gas pipe in Chase-15 including drain pipe from 6th floor dialysis unit as shown in the attached picture record.

Please verify all pipes in Chase-15 including the drain from the dialysis unit

All materials and fixtures to be new in areas marked. See drawings:

B500 North Tower Restoration

New blue piping to remain.

are to be replaced with new.

058 17 May 2019

Please furnish with the hazardous material survey report of the building.

Please see drawing Its all contained inside the demarcated area

059 17 May 2019

Please furnish with the steel structure drawings of the building for Monokote insulation quantity measurement.

See drawings: B500 North Tower Restoration Work 1

060 17 May 2019

Please furnish with the lighting fixture schedule of each room.

Match existing layout.

061 17 May 2019

Please furnish with the door schedule of each room.

062 17 May 2019

Please furnish with the nurse station detail drawing.

063 17 May 2019

Please furnish with drawing, specification, and quantity of the patient’s locker.

in areas marked. See drawings:

064 17 May 2019

Please furnish with specifications and quantity of the exam-chair with delivery system & instrumentation, the track mounted exam lights, the doctors’ and assistant’s tool, the assistant’s instrument’s cart those are described in the solicitation.

Dental suite layout.

065 17 May 2019

Please furnish with detail drawing and specification of “wall to wall, Base & Wall powder metal Cabinets on East wall and on West wall. Four walls base and wall cabinets in laboratory room” which is described in the solicitation.

in areas marked. See drawings:

Please verify the renovation of the 5th floor and 2nd floor except plumbing inside Chase-15 is not included in this contract.

Yes, included in contract.

Restoration Work 1.

067 22 May 2019

The drawings provided in the RFP do not include an electrical floor plan for the ground floor, second floor, 3rd floor, 4th floor, please provide an accurate electrical floor plans and lighting plan for these floors.

Match existing. See drawings: B500 North Tower Restoration Work 1.

068 22 May 2019

The electrical drawing provided for the 6th floor is labeled as “6th Fl South” , Please provide an electrical floor plan and lighting plan that shows an accurate representation of the 6th floor North wing.

No electrical work on 6th floor

069 22 May 2019

It was stated during the site visit that the 5th floor and 2nd floor had already been repaired. Can the government please provide and accurate floor plan depicting the limits of the work along with pictures of each of these areas, showing the wall, floor and ceiling finishes and specifications for the finishes in these areas. We were not allowed to visit these two floors during the site visit.

Only one pipe was replaced. All other need to be installed. See

070 22 May 2019

The mechanical drawings included in the RFP did not include a mechanical floor plan for the 2nd floor, please provide an accurate mechanical floor plan for the 2nd floor.

071 22 May 2019 During the Site Visit it was mentioned that the work for the 5th and 2nd floor was

Only one pipe was replaced. All other need to be installed. See limited to removing only those finishes needed to replace the plumbing pipes in the pipe chase, will the VA confirm and/or clarify that this is to mean that with the exception of any fire proofing or pipe insulation that the contractor removes to facilitate their work, there will NOT be any fire proofing or mechanical insulation repair or replacement required in the interstitial or floor space for these two floors?

072 22 May 2019

The drawings issued with the RFP do not include any plumbing drawings, will the VA please provide plumbing drawings of each floor that shows the plumbing fixtures in each of the rooms, pipe layout and a plan that shows all of the pipe that are in the pipe chase from the sub-basement to the 6th floor?

Only one pipe was replaced. All other need to be installed matching existing. See drawings: B500 North Tower Restoration Work 1.

073 22 May 2019 What type of water leaked Sewer.

074 22 May 2019 Is this a design/build project Shop drawing submittal needed before start.

075 22 May 2019 Does the VA have a phasing plan for completing this work? If so, please provide.

Contractor is responsible for creating CPM schedule for Project.

076 22 May 2019

Was a survey taken of the limits of water damage? If so please supply.

Inter markings of areas shown. See

077 22 May 2019

SOW states “Cleanup, demolition, abatement and removal shall strip floor bare and limited to areas identified by VA’s IH and COR. Provide floor plans showing areas identified to serve as a limits of work area

Areas identified See drawings:

078 22 May 2019 The current walls are plaster. Can double sheets of 5/8” gypsum board be

Yes, fire rated.

installed for the reconstruction?

079 22 May 2019 Verify the basement dental lab countertops are asbestos containing Transite.

Yes, it is asbestos containing Transite countertops

080 22 May 2019

Verify the basement dental lab flooring has asbestos containing mastic.

Needs to be abated and replaced.

All materials and fixtures to be new in areas marked. See drawings:

B500 North Tower Restoration Work 1.

081 22 May 2019 Provide plans, equipment list and specification for dental area and lab.

See attached layout.

082 22 May 2019

Provide a plumbing scope of work. Are all plumbing lines to be replaced in the sub-basement (not just the risers)?

Per Statement of work B.1 Introduction “The reconstruction shall replace & include all removed systems and elements for fully functional code compliant environment, equal or better prior the contamination.

083 22 May 2019

Do the ceramic tiles need to be removed from the fourth floor walls? If so, how are the walls to be finished?

Yes. Match existing tile color.

084 22 May 2019 Specify light fixtures and locations.

Yes. Match existing light fixtures.

085 22 May 2019

Third floor ceramic tile is lead glazed. Are these to be removed? If so, what is the replacement finish?

Yes. Match existing tile color.

086 22 May 2019

In locations where ductwork does not have insulation should the insulation be installed?

Yes.

087 22 May 2019

Indicate which pipes need to be replaced and their sizes.

This work was exposed during the site walk. Only one pipe was replaced. All other need to be replaced. See drawings: B500 North

088 22 May 2019

Provide material data for piping material.

This work was exposed during the site walk. Only one pipe was replaced. All other need to be replaced. See drawings: B500 North

089 22 May 2019 Is plumbing work limited to risers only or does this include

Yes, laterals within five feet of connections as well. drawings:

laterals as well? Please indicate locations where each is to be replaced.

090 22 May 2019

Third floor pipe chase is congested with no room to place new riser while keeping the old one in place. Please advise.

Create a by-pass for work.