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This is a Q&A document from a site visit related to a federal contract opportunity for fire suppression system maintenance and testing at the VA Rocky Mountain Regional Medical Center in Aurora, CO. The document contains specific details about the facility's fire suppression infrastructure, including 41 backflows (6 reportable to Aurora), 16-20 drum drips requiring monthly draining, 13 FDCs, 3 kitchen hood systems, and one main fire pump located in Building L.

The associated solicitation (36C25925Q0075) is a 100% SDVOSB set-aside with a base year and four option years running from February 2025 through February 2030. Services include sprinkler system maintenance, kitchen hood fire suppression testing, and emergency callback services (not to exceed 30 hours per year). Questions are due by November 29, 2024 at 4:00 PM ET, with quotes due December 4, 2024 at 4:00 PM ET via email to Chris.Hollingsworth@va.gov. Testing must be conducted after hours starting at 3:00 PM MST, with consideration for canteen closure at 4:00 PM MST and kitchen closure at 6:00 PM MST.

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Hood Fire Suppression System Inspection Report.pdf PDF
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Backflow Preventer List.pdf PDF
STATEMENT OF WORK.docx DOCX document
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Questions and Answers Q: How many drum drips are there?

A: 16

Q: Does the water have to be contained?

A: No

Q: How many backflows?

A: 41 backflows and 6 reportable to Aurora

Q: Is there just the one fire pump for the entire campus?

A: Yes, Located in Building L

Q: Is testing of fire extinguishers required?

A: No

Q: What times are the areas to be tested?

A: Testing is done after hours starting at 3:00 pm MST. Canteen Closes at 4:00pm MST and the Kitchen closes at 6:00pm MST

Q: What is the correct amount of FDCs?

A:

Q: Are the Tamper Switches and Flows in all buildings?

A:

Q: Is there a way to shut each building down?

A: Each individual pump does not need to be shut down during flow testing.

Q: Drum drips – On the site walk you said you want them drained monthly, does that include the summer months and how many total are there?

A: Yes, summer months also and 20 drums

Q: Per NFPA 25 wet systems need one main inspected down stream of backflow. On the site walk you said the quarterly is just visual. Do you want to continue with past scope of visual or per NFPA 25 standards.

A: Please conduct inspection per NFPA 25.

Q: How many total FDC’s are on campus A: 13

Q: How many total kitchens hood systems, fusible links per hood system, heat detectors per hood system, and additional tanks per hood system.

A: 3 systems ( reports Attached)

Q: There are no stickers or tags on the systems with last 5 year standpipe flow, 5 year internal obstruction, 5 year FDC hydro. Please provide dates those were last performed.

A: Dec 2024

Additional Information Control Panels tested Quarterly.

Tampers and Flow tested Semi-Annually.

There are two (2) feeds per building.

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