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This solicitation is seeking a general contractor to complete an extensive refresh of the data cable infrastructure at the Hot Springs VA Medical Center in South Dakota. The scope of work includes demolishing over 14,000-33,000 phone line pairs across various buildings, upgrading electrical panels and generators, renovating mechanical systems, updating the fire system in the data center, expanding and renovating existing space, migrating information technology closets to 29 new rooms, upgrading the data center, installing new data outlets and CAT6A cable, upgrading the campus backbone and building fiber, implementing physical security upgrades, conducting asbestos abatement, establishing a new underground vault system, and coordinating phasing to minimize downtime for hospital operations. Technical complexities arise from migrating telecommunications rooms while maintaining existing building management systems, removing abandoned phone lines while not disrupting the existing mass communications system, and reintegrating security and fire safety systems. The selected contractor must provide registered communications distribution designers, maintain as-built drawings, and complete all work by the project completion date while accommodating hospital operations.