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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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is extended,

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning __________ copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE

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is not, A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

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SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR

OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendmen t, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

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Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

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36C263-24-AP-3653

568-24-4-9006-0127 36C568 Department of Veterans Affairs Fort Meade VAMC 113 Comanche Road Fort Mede SD 57741 Robert Bennett robert.bennett8@va.gov 36C263 Department of Veterans Affairs

NETWORK 23 CONTRACTING OFFICE

1303 5th St, Suite 300 Coralville IA 52241 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C26324Q0960 08-20-2024

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8/27/24 4:00 PM

X The purpose of this amendment is to answer questions posed by potential vendors to this solicitation.

Please see attached vendor questions 8/20/24.

Due date for quotes is extended to 8/27/24 at 4:00 PM.

Traci Johannes Contracting Officer Questions Concerning Solicitation:

36C26324Q0960: Annual Boiler Inspection Fort Meade VA Medical Clinic

1. Question: Do the facilities need to have the DA tanks and condensate tanks inspected as well?

A: The Black Hills Healthcare System does have DA tanks in the plants, that feed the boilers. Fort Meade and Hot Springs staff conduct the annual, on the DA tank and auxiliary equipment. No outside testing is required.

2. Question: Will both sites be ready at the same time for inspections so we can keep the travel and mobilization costs down? Or should we price out separate trips for each site? If you answer same trips and one site is not ready, will we be reimbursed for the extra trips incurred?

A: With our N+1 requirements for providing steam for the facility, this will require a minimum of 3 different testing dates. I believe that coordination between sites for same day visits, for 1 boiler/ 2 boiler inspections, should be achievable.

3. Question: Will all the inspections need to be completed in August and September 2024? The solicitation states inspections needed June/July and August/September 2024?

A: Our limitation is not doing these in the winter months. Fall months would be acceptable, for the first year.

4. Question: B.2 PRICE/COST SCHEDULE – ITEM 0001 requests pricing for Annual Boiler Testing. Please confirm that the scope of work for ITEM 0001 is annual boiler inspections for each listed boiler?

A: Yes, the Item 0001 it includes inspection on all 7 boilers. I don’t have a problem if the invoicing is grouped together after each of the three visits, that will require to do the inspections, with an itemized invoice.

5. Question: What is unit availability for inspection? How many boilers can be inspected on each trip?

A: We can do one boiler at each location per visit, and one of the visits do 2 in Hot Springs.

6. Question: Will the hospital staff provide the confined entry attendant (hole watch)?

A: VA has always provided the competent person in the past for the confined space entry permit.

7. Question: For each boiler, please provide manufacturer’s model number.

A: The boilers do not all have model numbers but the ones we can find. CEW-101-500-200ST on a Cleaver Brooks.

8. Question: For each boiler, please provide rated capacity (boiler horsepower or pounds steam per hour at what operating pressure).

A: 500hp, 500hp, 600hp, 435 hp, 500 hp, 500hp 124hp Both plants run at 100 psi operating

9. Question For each boiler, please provide maximum allowable working pressure?

A: 150psi, 150psi, 270 psi, 200psi, 150 psi, 150 psi, and 150 psi.

10. Question: For each boiler, please provide year built.

A: 1957, 1957, 1967, 2011, 1974, 1974

11. Question: For each boiler, please provide the National Board Number.

A: Most of them don’t have NBN.

12. Question: For each boiler, please provide the boiler data sheet(s) from the Installation Operation and Maintenance Manual.

A: Information not provided.

13. Question: For each boiler, please provide the Form P-2 or P-3 Manufacturer’s Data Report.

A: Information not provided.

14. Question: For each boiler, please provide manway dimensions.

A: The smallest of the manways is a smallest being 11”x15.25” is a mud drum.

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