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36E776B0090 WLDR 2nd Floor - TECHNICAL QUESTIONS AND VA RESPONSE TRACKING SHEET
ITEM
NO.
| DATE QUESTION RECEIVED |
| DATE QUESTION ANSWERED |
| QUESTION |
| GOVERNMENT RESPONSE |
| 1. |
| 8/28/18 |
Will the Site Supt. be allowed to fill the roles of CQC and SSHO, if properly qualified, or will a separate individual be required for either of those two positions?
Response Pending
| 1. |
| 8/28/18 |
The statement of requirements below is an addition to our typical and standard VA CQC manager requirements, in that we must have someone on the job site full time for each respective discipline and the person must have a degree, and/or extensive experience. These types of requirements are difficult, if not impossible to achieve and will add tens of thousands of dollars to the project cost, if not more. There is also a Special Inspector specification that almost duplicates this QC matrix, so we would end up having a CQC, and QC specialist, and a Special Inspector. Is the VA expecting the Contractor to include the costs for what certainly appear to be duplicitous quality control personnel? Will the VA consider deleting these costly CQC requirements for this project and only requiring the more standard CQC and Material Testing / Special Inspection requirements, or can the CQC fulfill the role of the QC Specialists, or can the Site Supt. act as the CQC without the addition of the QC Specialists? See the cut and paste excerpt below:
01 45 00 3.4 C. CQC Personnel: In addition to CQC personnel specified elsewhere in the contract, provide as part of the CQC organization specialized personnel to assist in the CQC System Manager for the following areas, as applicable: electrical, mechanical, civil, structural, environmental, architectural, materials technician submittals clerk, Commissioning Agent/LEED specialist, and low voltage systems. These individuals or specified technical companies are employees of the prime or subcontractor; be responsible to the CQC System Manager; be physically present at the construction site during work on the specialized personnel’s areas of responsibility; have the necessary education or experience in accordance with the Experience Matrix listed herein. These individuals can perform other duties but need to be allowed sufficient time to perform the specialized personnel’s assigned quality controls duties as described in the CQC Plan. A single person can cover more than one area provided that the single person is qualified to perform QC activities in each designated and that workload allows.
Response Pending
| 1. |
| 8/28/18 |
| 9/12/18 |
| Note 6 on sheet A1.102 Indicates that we are to remove all environmentally regulated materials to include fireproofing. Sheet A1.103 provides quantities of various HAZMAT materials except for ceiling tile and carpet, which indicate “take off.” Can the Contractor safely assume any quantities for HAZMAT removal will be considered a differing condition? |
Will attach HAZMAT survey reports which sheet A1.102 was based on.
| 1. |
| 8/28/18 |
| 9/12/18 |
| If we are to remove the existing sprayed on fireproofing, we will need a complete as-built of the existing structural steel, and we will need to know the thickness of the fireproofing applied to the structural steel, without this information we cannot do a take-off of quantity and the relative difficulty of the fireproofing to be removed. Will the VA provide the HAZMAT Survey for this area and the structural as-built drawings? |
Yes.
| 1. |
| 8/28/18 |
| 9/12/18 |
| Note 6 on sheet A1.102 goes on to say that “it shall be the contractors obligation to satisfy himself/herself to the nature, character, quality, quantity, and sizes of materials “likely” to be encountered and impacted by the project” Failure to do so does not relieve the contractor from the obligation to furnish all materials and labor to carry out the provisions of the contract”. This note seems to be a CYA statement to say that the contractor is somehow supposed to be able to identify and quantify every existing condition whether or not the design team shows them in the contract documents, or if they are visible to the contractor during a site visit. This is especially important considering all of the asbestos-containing materials that are throughout the hospital. |
Note 6 appears to conflict with 48 CFR 52.236-2 “Differing site conditions,” and the way the differing site conditions clause treats materials or conditions different than those shown on the plans or those that are subsurface/not shown (see below).
48 CFR 52.236-2 “Differing site conditions” The Contractor shall promptly, and before the conditions are disturbed, give a written notice to the Contracting Officer of (1) subsurface or latent physical conditions at the site which differ materially from those indicated in this contract, or (2) unknown physical conditions at the site, of an unusual nature, which differ materially from those ordinarily encountered and generally recognized as inhering in work of the character provided for in the contract.
Please confirm that if an existing condition is not shown on the contract documents, it will be treated as a differing site condition and treated as a changed condition per 48 CFR852.236-88 Contract Changes.
Previous HAZMAT surveys to be provided
| 1. |
| 8/28/18 |
| 9/12/18 |
| Will the VA provide the Physicist’s Report, or the specified weight of the lead shielding required for the PET CT Room? |
N/A for this project.
| 1. |
| 8/28/18 |
| 9/12/18 |
| Sheet I1-102 depicts WF-02 Exterior windows at drywall. Will the VA provide the following information: Where is WF-01 located on the drawings and what is the window number? What is the window number for the WF-02 film? |
Will issue clarification drawing.
| 1. |
| 8/28/18 |
| 9/12/18 |
| Specifications are calling out Black-Out, Frosted Crystal or Dusted Crystal Window Film. Sheet I1.101 Interior Finish Schedule lists the following film: WF-01 - 3M Fasara Fine Crystal Film 50” x 98.4” WF-02 - 3M DI-NOC PS-959 Film 4’-0” x 164’-0”. Will the VA clarify which instruction to follow for the window film types? |
Yes
| 1. |
| 8/28/18 |
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