564-17-140 SOW 564-17-140 R1.pdf

Renovate Med/Surg Unit 2B

Project No: 564-17-140

Scope of Work

1 Foreword

1.1 Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, tools, equipment, expertise, administration, supervision, and transportation as necessary to perform all work in accordance with provided construction specifications, drawings, all documents attached to this contract, all terms and conditions of this contract, and this statement of work.

1.2 This document does not relieve the contractor of their professional responsibility to comply with all local and federal construction and environmental codes and to perform and complete a fully coordinated job.

2 General Project Description

2.1 A complete and working turn-key renovation of Med/Surg Inpatient Unit 2B at the Fayetteville, Arkansas campus of the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks in Building 1. All construction work must adhere to the latest

JCAHO, NFPA, OSHA, and life safety requirements. All construction work must be performed without affecting medical center’s operations.

2.2 This renovation will incorporate Planetree principles, VA SEPS, and comply with all VA, National, State, and Local codes.

2.3 Complete demolition and renovation of approximately 13,781 square feet including but not limited to the following: furnish an isolation and anteroom, private patient room and bathrooms, Bariatric room, inpatient unit support spaces, new lights, ceilings, floors, doors and hardware, paint, handrails, cove base, wall protection, millwork, finishes, bedside computers, TVs, nurse call system, MEP, phasing plans and coordination drawings, and commissioning of all renovated systems.

2.4 Contractor must provide two shipping containers (CONEX or equal) on site for storage of beds, desks, tables, furniture and related items displaced during construction. Contractor must relocate these items to the shipping containers upon commencement of work and return items back to their respective areas upon completion. Coordinate location of shipping containers with COR.

2.5 This work will be accomplished in multiple phases and will require extensive coordination with operations in the spaces above and below to modify plumbing, electrical, and HVAC systems. HVAC duct must be replaced, and the system rebalanced. Electric service to the wards will be separated into branches in accordance with NEC and electrical panels replaced.

2.6 Work includes construction, labor, and supervision for all work as required by the provided construction documents. This Scope of Work is not considered to be a comprehensive description of work details for this project. All work shall be completed per the plans/drawings and specifications.

3.1 Period of performance: 420 continuous calendar days.

3.2 The entire project’s associated construction and temporary works shall conform to the latest VA specifications, VA Standards, energy conservation methods, EPA, OSHA, NFPA, NEC, ASHRAE, LIFE SAFETY CODE, UBC, local, Federal and industry requirements and regulations.

4 General Contract Requirement

4.1 Pursuant to clause 52.236-8 Other Contracts incorporated by reference under section 4.33 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference, Contractor shall fully cooperate with the other contractors and with Government employees and shall carefully adapt scheduling and performing the work under this contract to accommodate the additional work, heeding any direction that may be provided by the Contracting Officer. If required by the Contracting Officer, Contractor shall, at no additional cost to the VA, coordinate with other VA’s activities including but not limited to construction activities near the job site to ensure the construction work under this project will be in harmony with those activities.

This coordination shall include but not limited to the careful scheduling of work commencement, equipment mobilization etc.

5 Project Meetings

5.1 Meeting Minutes - The contractor shall take minutes of all meetings held relative to this project. The format must be acceptable to the Contracting Officer

(CO). Minutes must include the meeting date and time; agenda; meeting location; list of participants with their affiliations, and telephone numbers; be fully descriptive of issues, problems and decisions made; and action items with names of responsible parties and deadlines. In addition, the minutes must include, as attachments, all exhibits and references distributed as handout materials, unless the materials are part of a formal submission. The contractor shall provide, via e-mail, complete copies of all minutes to all attendees within

72 hours of the meeting. All challenges to the minutes will be reflected in a revised version prepared by the contractor and CO along with the contractor and COR shall sign/initial the minutes. In the event of any disputes or challenges that can’t be resolved, the Contracting Officer shall render a final decision. Copies of updated minutes shall be distributed to the all attendees within 48 hours after change notice.

6 Safety

6.1 Contractor shall abide by VHSO’s policy for measures to prevent the spread of COVID. Policies may change during contract performance. COR and/or

CO will provide updates as they are issued by the Facility Director. Contractor shall follow the CDC guidelines for COVID found here:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/organizations/businesses-employers.html

The contractor shall provide the name and telephone number of any employee who tests positive that was on the VA campus. Contractor shall also identify the number of contractor and subcontractor employees who had contact with the positive COVID-19 person(s) and remove/replace the employee(s) for 14 days of when the positive employee(s) was last onsite.

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