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Isaac Karto, Contracting Officer Region 11

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GSA, Office of Acquisition Repair & Alterations Division, Center 2 301 7th Street, SW, Room 6049 Washington, DC 20407 USA

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Description of Amendment/Modification

Solicitation #47PM0518R0022 for the Design-Build of the OPM OCIO 4th Floor Consolidation is hereby amended (0003) to include the government's response to the RFIs submitted (attached).

To allow the offeror additional time to incorporate this information into its proposal, the due date has been extended to 4:00pm on Friday 07/06/2018.

Offers shall be submitted electronically, via email to the Contract Specialists. Hard copy offers will not be accepted.

Offers submitted after the cut-off time will not be accepted. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

Should you have any questions regarding this amendment, submit them to the Contract Specialists michele.appello@gsa.gov and michael.spriggs@gsa.gov.

47PM0518R0022/0003

RFI for Solicitation 47PM0518R0022

Design-Build OPM OCIO 4th Floor Consolidation

# RFI QUESTION GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE

For the Past Experience (Factor 4), does the total construction cost have to be $3M or the electrical portion be $3M? Total construction cost

If past experience is for only the electrical portion and the range on the solicitation is stated to be between $1.4M and $2M, would the government consider reduce the dollar amount for the experience factor? Psst performance is not just for electrical, it's for the complete project

Kindly consider a request for an extension of the due date for submission of the proposal. The proposal due date has been extended to 07/06/2018

The scope of work identified in amendment #1 does not appear to match the new work drawing A-6 for the new offices, break rooms etc.

Which document is to be used in determining the required scope of work? Upon our count, no discrepancies found. SOW is the primary document

What is the requirement for the furniture? The scope of work identifies for us to coordinate with systems furniture contractor. Dismantling, removal and disposal from the project area.

Is that the extent of our involvement with the furniture requirements for this project including dismantling and removal from the work spaces?

No. Run electric to workstation seating areas according to furniture plan, return after furniture vendor completes install and Make final electrical connections

Asbestos Abatement: Have there been any previously prepared asbestos studies? Is there any knowledge on what type(s) of ACMs

(asbestos containing materials) exist in the project area? There is floor mastic and some duct mastic and pipe insulation.

Existing Equipment for Reinstallation: The SOW and drawings call for projectors, projection screens, LAN, TVs, microphones, speakers and wiring to be salvaged and reinstalled. However, if the equipment is outdated or obsolete, would the TRB require the contractor to provide new equipment and wiring? No - only through a change order

Relocate existing ceiling lighting: The SOW and drawings require existing fluorescent lighting fixtures to be replaced and in some cases, relocated. Has a study been previously performed to confirm any hazardous materials present in existing light fixture ballasts?

Light fixture ballasts changed during ARRA project direct by GSA, all ballasts should be electronic now.

Salvage for Relocation if Needed: This statement is found in the SOW and refers to items including accessible door operators & controls and exit signs if needed. Who determines when it is needed? The TRB or the Contractor?

The plans designate where these devices are needed and describe that extras get turned back to Build OPS

Define “Refinish all existing doors". Does this mean only the doors to be reused and reinstalled in the project? Yes since all are being repurposed

4400 Wing & H Corridor: the SOW calls for removing and replacing damaged window blinds. Does this requirement assume that the finished construction may have a combination of existing and new blinds? Concern is over the quality of the finished project considering the SOW calls for “like new” conditions at the end of the construction period. Change all

Title Sheet T-1. General Note 8 refers to TRB Building Standards. Are these standards available to the bidders? pg. A-11 Schedule & Standards

Asbestos Abatement Plan A-5: Note at the bottom of drawings states to refer to the SOO for Abatement Notes, however, there is very little information in the SOW as to what is being abated.

Approx. 32,121 TOTAL SF of floors and any asbestos found on HVAC pipe above the ceiling requires abatement

SOO vs. SOW: Is the SOO referenced in the SOW and the SOW considered the same document?

Scope (or Statement) of Work SOW is the correct term. This is not a performance-based contract; therefore there is no "SOO".

Will the contractor be allowed to use the restrooms on H Corridor &

4400 Wing? Yes

Will Freight elevator at the H Corridor & 4400 wing be available for deliveries from the loading dock to the work area? Yes

Will the H Corridor & 4400 wing be vacant for the construction work?

No - only the section or Phase that is currently undergoing the work.

Will the demolition and asbestos abatement work be phased in the same manner that the new work? Yes

Does the telecom scope include terminations at the LAN closet and telephone closet? Data/LAN install in not within the scope of this contract

21 May a second site survey be scheduled? No additional site visits will be held.

22 Will the Owner provide a detailed Asbestos report? GSA will supply anything we have

At the pre-bid it was stated the Owner will provide the furniture thru

Allsteel, will the install be thru this contract ? If yes do you have the point of contact for Allsteel?

No - The furniture is All Steel which is being re-purposed. There is a separate contractor designated for this task who will be the POC.

All demolition and any trades involving loud noise and any trades which create any smells such as flooring and painting to be done off hours, correct? after 6pm until 6 am. Yes

25 Asbestos abatement can only be done during weekends? Yes

The existing ACT Ceilings and Lights to remain except were new partitions are needed, correct? Yes

Technical Proposal Resource Availability as numerous % scores for the evaluation 30%; Key Personnel, Weight 20%; Technical and

Management Approach, Weight: 20%; Past Experience, Weight: 15%;

Past Performance, Weight: 15%, but what about the Price Proposal what score does that have?

The price proposal and the overall technical proposal carry equal weight

The 180 cal days for the Performance, does that cover the design part of the project? if yes than this needs to be extended to at least 210 cal days to allow the Design to be completed and approved by the owner.

The design is part of the 180 days

After the completion of each of the 5 phases the owner will require time to move staff around, how much time and does this time form part of the cal days of performance for the construction project . TBD (Usually 1 week)

During the submittal stage do you require Architectural Stamped drawing and MEP Engineers Stamped drawing? Yes

Shut down of existing fire alarm/ fire protection by Owner or GC? If

GC do we need to use any particular s/c? This will be scheduled through Building management

Dust barriers, can you provide more information on the extend of these barriers to allow the GC to price them .

Dust barriers can be plastic and/or drywall partition to ensure adequate protection to contain dust from migrating to surrounding spaces. Adjacent occupied space will require a temporary drywall partition.

The new drywall partitions to finish at the existing ACT ceiling level correct ? Not to the deck to ACT level only

On page 17 and 18 you have numerous drywall partition details, which one do you require the new partitions to meet? Just information - MINIMUM Rating should be STC 30.

Painting are we to include painting of all new work and the existing walls? and how many coats do you require? Yes -2 coats.

All workers will require badging, who pays for these security checks?

and how long do they take?

OPM/GSA will pay for security checks. All onsite personnel require badging

37 Are we allowed to have a dumpster in the loading dock area? Not in the loading dock area. Possibly on the premises

You list new or salvaged doors, so you are approving re-using salvaged doors in the new work, what about frames and hardware? Do you have any minimum requirements for the hardware if we need to replace with new.

See attached for the building standard locksets and key/core system, we do not have a standard on hinges or frames.

On the drawings you have a key for a new glass storefront door, but we cannot see any listed on the plans, are any required and do you have any minimum standards for their specs? No storefronts for this project

New carpet tile, do you have any minimum standards for this item ?

See A-11 Schedule & Standards

41 What is the estimated construction cost? Please see the RFP for the estimated Design-Build cost range

42 What is the square footage/number of floors Approx. 34,673 SF, on one floor - the 4th floor

The Table of Contents indicates “COMPANY’S MOST RECENT

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS” are only required upon request by contracting officer. Is listing them in the TOC to be considered as requested by the contracting officer and, as such, are required to be submitted with the proposal?

No. The GSA527 and company financials will only be requested of the apparent winning offeror after all proposals have been evaluated.

GSA Form 850 was included in the solicitation package. However, it was not noted as being required in the proposal. Please confirm it is required from the offeror and shall be submitted with the proposal.

The Contractor Information Worksheet (GSA form 850) will only be required post-award from the winning contractor. It is listed on the

Table of Contents in the RFP as a post-award submission.

Does the 180-day construction duration include the design phases? If so, can certain abatement/demolition/early construction activities occur concurrent with design?

Yes it includes design. Abatement and other construction activities can be concurrent and should be on your schedule

Section II.B. Proposal Format of The Solicitation is empty. Please confirm this was intentionally left blank.

The proposal shall be submitted only in electronic format, via email to the Contract Speciaist and Contracting Officer, and shall include all items as defined in sections II.C and II.D of the Solicitation.

Section II D of "The Solicitation" document states the following: "The definition of "similar" for evaluation purposes is a task order/project involving successful design-build projects of +1.8M square feet of size, scope and complexity with design and construction of electrical work."

Based on our review, the project scope is 40,000 SF reasonably typical

GSA tenant office. Please advise of the correct definition of “similar”. Similar work to what is in the RFP

Section I.B. The Contract of document The Agreement, indicates that the Contractor shall provide and pay for water, heat, and utilities.

Considering the project is phased in a manner that is probably not consistent with sub-tenant sub metering, how will this be handled? Will the GSA be prorating these services based on SF under construction and billing the contractor direct? GSA does not charge for this.

Section I.F. Contract Liquidated Damages Rate of document The

Agreement, indicates the liquidated damages for the project. Please confirm that if the substantial completion date is extended by the GSA that the liquidated damages will move concurrent to the revised completion date.

Confirmed, as long as the Contracting Officer authorizes the completion date to be extended, via contract modification.

Section III.D. Project Schedule subsection (5) indicates the schedule is required within 30 days of NTP. Please confirm a schedule is not required with the proposal.

The schedule is not required for the proposal, just the duration of the project.

Section III.K. Liquidated Damages subsection (3) has the following verbiage at the end of section “CO NOTE: N/A if not used.” Please advise if this clause is N/A.

The clause is not "N/A". See Liquidated Damages information in Section

I.F.

Section III.M. Order of Precedence indicates a document titled “The

Statement of Work”. This document was mentioned in other places in the Solicitation as well. Please confirm that the document titled “Scope of Work” is the same as “The Statement of Work”.

Correct. Scope of Work and Statement of Work are interchangeable in this procurement.

Section 5.8 GENERAL subsection E. of document “Scope of Work” reads as the furniture contract, cable contractor, and other trades needing to work in the area will be under separate contract with the GSA. Please confirm that the Contractor is not required to include furniture and cable (presumably low voltage) contractors. Also, please advise of the

“other trades” presumed to be NIC for the contractor.

No furniture or Data/LAN installation is with the scope of work for this contract.

Section 5.8 GENERAL subsection Q. of document “Scope of Work” indicates products and services purchased by the GSA must meet strict sustainability requirements. Please confirm this includes temporary and false work required to complete the project. GSA Subsection Q only is pertinent to GSA purchased items

The Waste Management Plan section indicates targets for waste management diversion. Please confirm that the 50% waste management diversion is the target for this project.

Waste Diversion Minimum Target: All scopes of work should establish a target waste diversion rate of at least 50% (by weight)

The Energy Rebates section includes a list of work types. Please confirm that full list is boiler plate and that only the items specifically within the Scope of Work (door sealing, lighting controls, re-lamping, HVAC) of the project are required. Yes, only the items specifically in the scope of Work and required.

Section 6. Deliverables of the Scope of Work indicate that work shall be complete no later than 320 days from award. Please confirm that this is an outside date and is not relative to the 180-day performance period.

This is a typographical error. It should read 180 days

As the full set of drawings was provided subsequent to the initial

Solicitation Offering, will the GSA be extending the bid due date to accommodate for the reduced time to fully review the drawings? The proposal due date has been extended to 07/06/2018

If the works require a time extension, will the GSA extend the

Performance Period pursuant to contract requirements for time extensions? Only if it's caused by the Government

How much time has the GSA and OPM included for relocating occupants? Are there requirements of the Contractor relative to alerting the GSA and OPM when the occupants within the next phase of work need to be relocated? OPM -TBD (Usually 1 week)

Will an asbestos or related environmental report, descriptive drawings, or specifications be issued to bidders, or is drawing A-5 the extent of what will be provided to the Contractor and the Contractor shall perform asbestos investigation and abatement design services subsequent to the award? GSA will provide what they have

Please confirm that that the areas not hatched in red cross hatch on drawing A-5 are those that are to be abated. Please also confirm that if certain areas are NIC in other drawings (i.e. the stairwells, bathrooms, elevator shafts, the two large mechanical equipment rooms, the LAN closet and network telecom room, the area with the exam, testing, waiting area, nurse/recip, allergy lab, EAP counseling, etc., rooms) that these areas are also NIC Areas "Hatched" are to be abated.

A breakdown was mentioned in the meeting, but this was not in the solicitation nor in the updated documents received after the walk through. The solicitation does include reference to “Cost Breakdown

Sheet (on company letterhead)”. Will the breakdown be provided by the GSA? If not, please confirm that Contractor shall develop their own.

See Section II.C. of The Solicitation. The contractor develops its own breakdown sheet in order to demonstrate how it arrived at the proposed amount. The document, at minimum, shall include a breakdown of the design, labor, materials, overhead, profit and bonding costs.

The scope of work calls for the Fire strobes and alarm work to be done by OPM vendor, can a list of OPM vendors be provided as soon as possible?

OPM's vendors typically used in this building are Strickland Fire protection for the Sprinkler work and Kinetix for the alarm side

65 Is there an OPM sprinkler company that services the building?

OPM's vendors typically used in this building are Strickland Fire protection for the Sprinkler work and Kinetix for the alarm side

Is the contractor required to provide site security, full time, part time, or otherwise?

OPM has 24 hour security however, contractors must be badged or escorted.

FF&E Requirements / Furniture Requirement 1. Page 12 – item 5.2. – unable to locate furniture specifications and/or the basis of design.

No furniture installation to be provided. The only furniture work is demolition, removal and disposal of existing and preparing the electrical for the incoming. Separate contract for furniture.

68 Is there an estimated contract value? Please refer to the RFP

69 Are the drawings received complete and final? Yes

70 Are there scaled drawings? No

71 Is there a dedicated lift system for the project or shared elevators? Shared freight elevators

What security and protections will be available for onsite materials and equipment deliveries? Within active project area only

Is there any dedicated laydown area for vehicles, materials storage, etc.? No

Is the contractor or the Owner responsible for cabinet shop drawings?

Contractor

Is the remainder of the building occupied and if so, will it remain occupied during renovations? Yes

76 Is the contractor responsible for after hour’s security? Yes with prior coordination through Facilities and Security

Is parking available or reserved for workers?

Not during duty hours - Parking may be available for badged contractors only after-hours and weekends.

78 What is the total square footage subject to renovations? 34,673 sf

79 Will the Owner supply a Finish Schedule? Yes - bldg. standards within the SOW. And drawing A-11

Will an Owner representative confirm new wall locations during construction? Yes

Will an Owner representative confirm selected demolition during the work? Yes

What hours are loud core drilling or other sound impacting work actually allowed? 6pm-6am, M-F., and All day Saturday & Sunday and holidays.

83 Will workers have access to functioning restrooms in the building? Yes

Must construction fencing allow access to the site by anyone other than construction workers? No

85 Will chutes be allowed for removal of demolition materials? No

86 Is there any area for recovery & storage of reusable materials? No

Will Owner identify desired wall locations requiring specific Sound

Transmission Class standards (STC)? Yes

88 Will space be provided for street level dumpsters? Yes - permit needed.

Will the Owner provide certification that the roof is sound and not leaking? N/A

The project duration has been reduced from 360 to only 180 days. Will change orders for overtime be allowed? No. The project duration is 180 days

91 Is work allowed during weekend hours? Yes

Will the contractor be required to construct any mock walls or other sample work? Yes delineating the phases and especially when abatement occurs.

The Abatement Plan Drawing references abatement notes in the “SOO”.

I cannot locate any abatement notes in the information provided. Can you please provide abatement notes? No notes, refer to SOW

A generic safety and health specification attached to the SOW references specifications for:

a. PCB Removal and Disposal

b. Asbestos Abatement Procedures

c. Asbestos Roofing Removal Procedures

d. Avian Excreta Removal

e. Small PCB Items and Lamps

f. Lead Based Paint Control Procedures

Except asbestos, are any of these items included for abatement?

No

Has a full pre-alteration hazardous materials inspection been performed for the affected areas? If so, can we obtain a copy of the report? If not, is conducting such part of this SOW? GSA will provide what they have

Will all abatement areas as depicted on the Abatement Plan Drawing be available at one time, or will abatement phasing be required to allow building occupants and/or other trades access to areas while abatement is occurring elsewhere? Abatement phasing

Will office partition walls within the asbestos abatement areas be removed prior to asbestos abatement? Or will the abatement contractor be responsible for accessing any VAT beneath the walls? Yes

Is there access to an exterior window or door to allow air filtration device exhaust to the exterior of the building?

Abatement contractor be responsible for accessing any VAT beneath the walls

99 Is there access to hot and cold running water? Yes

100 Is there access to electricity? Yes

101 Is there access to restrooms? Yes

Will a site visit to view the abatement areas be allowed prior to preparing abatement scope and pricing? If not, will information on phasing and scheduling be provided prior to development of abatement scope and costing? Yes, already

Does the abatement scope include 3rd party oversight and onsite air sampling and analysis to support abatement?

Yes

104 Are prevailing wage rates required? Yes. Follow Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA)

Are there any local (OPM building –specific) and/or GSA security requirements for access to the facility? Is a GSA HSPD-12 badged person sufficient to provide escort to TRB badged personnel?

Escort privileges will be vetted through OPM Security office (Post

Award)

106 Is onsite parking available at no cost? No, weekends only and evening after 5:00 pm.

Will liquidated damages defined in the scope pass down to the abatement contractor?

Liquidated damages apply to the GC. The GC is responsible for coordinating all of its subcontractors.

Can the HVAC units servicing the abatement areas be shut down for the duration of the abatement? Or will phased shut-down be required?

Abatement will need to be done over a weekend and my need to be phased over multiple weekends if necessary and the AHU's will be off during this time frame.

109 Is there a schedule of insurance requirements for this project? Insurance requirements are defined in the RFP

110 Are there any bonding requirements? Bonding requirements are defined in the RFP

The “similar” project criteria associated with this RFP—including (1) the criteria listed at the top of RFP page 8 of 25 and (2) required in the past experience and past performance factors, respectively—appear unusually restrictive for this type of project and set-aside, and do not appear to reflect the scope (to include a requirement that a similar project meet a 1.8M SF size standard, even as gross building square footage, if not actual project size).

Will the government consider revising or clarifying the requirements and lessening the apparent restrictiveness? We feel that doing so would better match the scope, still demonstrate similarity, and open the project up to many interested firms well qualified to perform the work.

For example, would the government consider adjusting the standard for “similar” to the following: any project completed within the past ten years that meets one of the following criteria: (1) renovation involving electrical in an occupied/functioning federal building or (2) design/build renovation involving over $1M in electrical work.

Yes

The key personnel factor submittal requirements and “similar” project criteria—including the requirement that each resume demonstrate three “similar” projects in the last five years—appear unusually restrictive for this type of work and this type of set-aside small business contract.

Will the government consider revising the key personnel requirements and lessening “similar” project criteria restrictiveness, to include reducing the number of similar projects per resume from 3 to 1 and reducing the standard for “similar”? We feel that doing so would better match the scope, still demonstrate similarity, and open the project up to many interested firms well qualified to perform the work.

No

The estimated price range for the Project is between $1,400,000.00 and

$2,000.000.00. Factor 4 Past experience states the standard for evaluation is met when:

• The Offeror submits five projects performed within the last 5 years, at least three of these meet the definition of similar (electrical work).

• The submitted projects demonstrate successful completion by the

Offeror.

• The total electrical project construction cost was at least $3.0 million and in an occupied and functional building.

The requirements for evaluation do not seem to match the scope or budget requirements. Could you please advise if this is correct?

It should read the total renovation project and not "electrical project"

Please confirm that deliverables will be as follows (or supply required deliverables):

• 50% Construction Document OPM/GSA Drawings Submission for

Owner Review

• 95% Construction Document OPM/GSA Drawings Submission for

Owner Review

• 100% Issue for Construction Drawings Submission

• Record Drawings (from GC redline documents)

Submitted to GSA and GSA will submit to OPM and that is correct

We are assuming / Please confirm:

• S27 will receive from OPM/GSA electronic AutoCAD files of the DID documents.

• S27 + Interface Engineering will have access to survey the space when developing 50% CD’s noted above.

Yes - Yes

Please confirm due date; solicitation says Friday 6/12/18 however

6/12/18 is a Tuesday. The proposal due date has been extended to 07/06/2018

Please confirm the below are needed to complete the proposal:

• Resumes for Arch + Engineers: Principal in charge, project managers, project architect / engineer

• Project Cards of 4 similar projects for the government

• Proposal for Architectural and Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and

Fire Protection Services (S27 + IE will assume that we’ll only be needed for around our normal 25% Construction Administration Services – pls let me know if this is correct.)

• Please let us know when this will be needed, and if there is anything additional. This info looks like previous work for part of the technical panel to review

T-1 Title Sheet: General: The note within the Title Block reads: “…. All changes following start of A&E design are limited to issues of Fire& Life

Safety … or other Engineering Requirements.” Could you elaborate on the intent of this note? I.e. what are possible other engineering requirements you may be thinking of? Plans "May" change due to safety or engineering requirements.

T-1 Title Sheet: General Note 1: reads “….. until it has been inspected.”

Who is the inspecting authority (TRB Building Management?)? What is the timeline and process for request of inspection? Yes, GSA+OPM timeline with 72-hr notification

T-1 Title Sheet: General Note 4: refers to 2-hour rated firewalls. No firewalls are indicated within the drawings. Shall we assume that these are the vertical shaft walls only and that no other firewalls existing within the work area? Yes

T-1 Title Sheet: General Note 26: How many door hardware location shall we assume for “Special Locking Requirements”, and is there an anticipated specification or requirement for these locations? Will these be provided by Facilities (from salvaged units extracted from note C sheet A-4) and installed by the General Contractor?

GC must sub-contract “Special Locking Requirements” thru an OPM approved vendor. We use Cintron Lock and Safe see attached specifications for the locking hardware specifications.

A-2 Demolition Plan: Based on the location of new pantries / breakrooms, drain and supply plumbing lines will need to be run. This will warrant work below the slab. Will it be acceptable to access the ceiling space on the Third Floor? Are there any special considerations for the completion of this work? Yes, w/ prior coordination of program office and likely after-hours or weekends.

A-5 Asbestos Abatement Plan: Does OPM/GSA have a Phase 1

Environmental Evaluation to identify the scope and materials of the

Hazardous Materials?

There is floor mastic and some duct mastic and pipe insulation.

A-5 Asbestos Abatement Plan: Sheet note “ For Abatement Notes – see the SOO”. Can OPM/GSA provide the SOO and abatement notes? GSA will provide anything or everything that we have

A-9 New Work Plan (Furniture & Equipment): Is there a legend of the equipment symbols that can be provided?

N/A

A-9 New Work Plan (Furniture & Equipment): Shall we assume all equipment shown to require (1) data connection and (1) 120V power outlet only? Make final electrical connections

A-10 New Work Notes: .Note 14: The carpet tile will be the buildings standard. Can you confirm that this building standard carpet is in keeping with the green procurement requirements stated on page 23 of the RFP? And that the carpet noted within the Finish Schedule is correct. Shaw, Captivate #596554, Color - Stealth # 54595

A-10 New Work Notes: Can you confirm that the acoustical ceiling tile and grid is in keeping with the green procurement requirements stated on page 23 of the RFP? 2x2 CERTAINTEED Sand Micro White SHM-154

A-12 Ceiling Plan (New): In the PDF drawings provided, the resolution of the plans are unclear and the details of various elements are illegible.

Can higher resolution images be provided? Additional drawing can be provided post award

A-12 Ceiling Plan (New): Can a legend and supplement notes be provided for the various items on the ceiling plan which currently are not included on the other drawings legends? (triangular and oval note annotations, and various ceiling mounted items which are illegible) Additional drawing can be provided post award

E-1 Electrical Plan: Can you provide clarity on the annotated notes and the appropriate key? (Numbers within hexagons). E 2 general electrical notes. See A-10

E-1 Electrical Plan: The numbers are not correlating to the Electrical

Notes of sheet E-2. Specifically notes 30, 31, 32, 37, 39, 40. See sheet A-10

E-1 Electrical Plan: Shall we assume all equipment shown to require

(1) data connection and (1) 120V power outlet only?

There is a possibility of a few (3-5) multi-function machines that are possibly 220V. A survey will be conducted with the programs offices equipment inventory. All other power outlet will require 120V.

E-1 Electrical Plan: The drawings PDF’s provided are not of the resolution to allow reading the detail of device and associated legend.

Can these drawings be reprocessed for greater clarity? Duplicate Question

E-1 Electrical Plan: Shall we assume there will be no electrical upgrades for the Assembly Space within Phase 3? Rm 4351 - no additional work

E-1 Electrical Plan: Are there any AV / IT requirements for the

Assembly Space in Phase 3? No

E-1 Electrical Plan: Are there any special lighting consideration for the

Assembly Space in Phase 3? No

E-2 Electrical Notes: Electrical Notes do not seem to correlate with

Annotated Notes on sheet E-1. Shall we assume the E-2 notes to be

General Note and other Annotated Notes may be made available? See A-10

E-2 Electrical Notes: Note 27 indicates that all electrical work associated with the workstations will be provided and installed by the furniture vendor. Will 3 circuits or 4 circuits be required at the termination and base feed connection? No

E-2 Electrical Notes: Has it been confirmed that the electrical service for the 4th floor is adequate for the power demands of the new workstations and equipment? Bldg. Ops confirmed

E-2 Electrical Notes: Note 13 indicates electrical and cabling for new

Televisions. We do not see any televisions on the equipment floor plans. Can OPM/GSA provide an anticipated quantity and approximate locations for these televisions? Marked on plans (E-1, #40)

M-1,2,3 Mechanical 1/ 2/ 3: Can an annotation legend be provided for the Mechanical series drawings? More specifically what is note 1. Or a type A or B register? HVAC engineer

143 M-1,2,3 Mechanical 1/ 2/ 3: Are all VAV boxes existing to remain?

One of the requirements of the contract is for an engineer to determine the needs of the HVAC system.

M-1,2,3 Mechanical 1/ 2/ 3: Can a mechanical drawings legend be provided? Yes

Pg. 8 solicitation package (Section II.D)-The definition of similar states

“+1.8M sft size, scope and complexity with design and construction of electrical work”-Does this mean that only projects larger than

1,800,000 square feet of construction will be acceptable? Similar sized project would be approximately 30,000 SF

Pg. 8 solicitation package (Section II.D)-The definition of similar states

“+1.8M sft size, scope and complexity with design and construction of electrical work”-Can the Government please provide a clear definition of “electrical work” as relates to past experience, past performance, and

Key Personnel project qualifications? Similar sized project would be approximately 30,000 SF

Pg. 7 solicitation package ( II.A)-Item #5 says “GSA Form 527 –

Contractor’s Qualification and Financial Information - ONLY UPON

REQUEST by the Contracting Officer” Does this solicitation constitute an official request for GSA 527 requiring offeror to include the GSA 527 in our bid submission?

No. The GSA527 and company financials will only be requested of the apparent winning offeror after all proposals have been evaluated.

148 Storefronts: Do you have a potential install date? No storefronts

149 Storefronts: Is there access to freight and loading docks? Yes

150 Storefronts: What is the glass wall height? No glass walls

Storefronts: Per note 4, pg A-10 : please confirm that there is frosted glass and not frosted film applied on the glass, at the heights mentioned: No storefronts

152 Storefronts: What are the length of pulls (standard 48”) or lever set? No storefronts

153 Storefronts: Glass thickness and type (3/8” or ½”) clear tempered? No storefronts

Storefronts: What type of frame finish (clear anodized, black anodized, powder coated, etc) is to be provided? No storefronts

Storefronts: Clarify scope of work. Legend on page A-8 shows “blue” color for storefronts but no blue on plan. No storefronts

Storefronts: Confirm that it is only the front of offices we are quoting and not demising walls. Marked up plan would help since the documents seem incomplete. No storefronts

I see commercial passenger elevators. Is there a wheel chair lift or Lula somewhere? There is no Div14 spec. Yes, in the E St. Lobby

The total project duration from NTP to completion is only 180 days.

That seems very aggressive for a DB project – not sure this is possible.

Contractor shall submit a proposed number of days, if they can not meet the 180 duration that's in the RFP

I don’t see any concepts in the solicitation and no program requirements. I assumed that a concept would be in the RFP but I am not seeing it. All available drawings are in Amendment 0001

Resource availability mentions knowledge of the transformer industry.

Not sure what this is relevant to. This is a typo transformers are not part of this project

The SOW (page 77 of 130) lists a bunch of drawings that are supposed to be government furnished – that would look like this is fully designed. If it is design build (or full design) I think you need to see them now to price this.” All available drawings are in Amendment 0001

Define “Area of Renovation” for the purposes of finish work to be performed. Is it the whole space, or only the areas affected by partition work?

It is the 34+K footprint of the entire suite. The project has been divided into phases so that the staff can still occupy other areas within the footprint.

New workstations are referenced on sheet A-10, note 17. Thery are not shown on the drawings. Are we to provide all new workstations for this project?

No new stations are to be provided. Note 17 is not on the construction plan drawings.

Which ceiling tile are we to use for the replacement of existing ceiling tiles? Note 1 on New Ceiling Plan Note says to "Provide and install new and/or relocate 2 x 2 ceiling tiles as needed to match existing".

Adjacent to that is the New Ceiling Notes, where note 1 calls out a New

2 x 4 ceiling tile by Armstrong, which is labeled as the building standard. On Sheet A-11, the building standards have 2x2 ACTs by

Certainteed as the building standard. Please clarify.

2x2 ACTs by Certainteed are the building standard

180 calendar days for contract completion does not seem to be adequate time to design, follow submittal processes and perform the work in five separate phases. Is it possible to extend the contract duration? 180 days is part of your base bid.