solicitation_QA_18Aug15.pdf

TYMX140272

Solicitation Questions for FA3047-15-R-0055 Provide & Install 2-Story Modular Building

Prepared by: Gail Gabrysh, Architect, 502CES/CENMP

Date: 11 August 2015

1. Is there a specified flooring to be installed at each level of the new building?

Finish floor to be 12”x12” vinyl composition floor tile. Color to be chosen by 502CES PM from samples submitted. Provide metal transition strips at all conditions where dissimilar flooring materials are adjacent to each other.

2. Is the newly installed lighting for both levels to be LED (high efficiency lighting)?

Provide and install 2x2 recessed fluorescent light fixtures with T-8 lamps to match Randolph standard: Lithinia Lighting, 2AV 2’x2’, 1 lamp, u-shaped compact fluorescent fixture; or approved equal.

3. Will both levels of the building required to be protected with fire suppression and if so is there adequate flow within the existing building to support this effort?

It is the contractor’s responsibility to provide and install a Fire Sprinkler Suppression System in the 1 st and 2 nd stories of the new modular building.

A request for Fire Flow test has been forwarded to CE for response.

4. Is there existing fire suppression in the structure that is slated for demolition?

The existing fire suppression system contained inside the existing modular building is will have to be demolished when demolishing the modular building. The Hanger Fire Suppression System will remain operable.

The Contractor shall verify the operation of all fire, smoke detection, and alarm devices/equipment before commencing demolition. The Contractor shall schedule a meeting with, and conduct this field verification in the presence of a 502CES representative. Contractor shall coordinate all demolition activities with Civil Engineering EMCS Section before work begins. Any items that the Contractor damages during the course of this work, that may or may not be part of the Contract, will be repaired/replaced by the Contractor at no additional cost to the Government.

Provide and install main feed to allow for new modular building installation. Provide and install fire sprinklers lines and heads on the first and second floor of the new modular building. All plans for the fire sprinkler system shall be designed and sealed by a Licensed Fire Protection

Engineer in the state of Texas.

5. If fire suppression is required for the new building will the new stair way required to be sprinkled by the base fire inspector?

This will be determined by the Fire Protection Engineer.

6. Are there any engineering design requirements such as stamped and sealed design plans required for this effort?

All plans for the fire sprinkler system shall be designed and sealed by a Licensed Fire Protection

Engineer in the state of Texas.

7. Are there minimal engineering load requirements such as sheer loads, wind loads, live and dead floor and roof loads, and seismic requirements for the new building?

The contractor shall provide all load requirements, with the exception of wind loads,

8. Are there any minimum building standoff distances for parking and dumpsters around

H83? If so, please specify the minimum distance.

As indicated on the drawings provided, the contractor staging area will be inside Hanger 83.

The contractor is to park in-front on the hanger doors to the outside of their staging area, or they can park on the east side of H83. It is normally a “No Parking Zone”, but during the construction of the modular building, this area will be available for the contractor to use for parking and/or dumpster.

NOTE: This will be clarified with the 575 th

AMXS prior to the start of work.

9. What kind of material this building would be made of. Can you assist with information?

The walls shall be composite sandwich panels. The outside and inside facing shall be 1/2" Class

A Type X gypsum board with a vinyl finish. The core shall be rigid insulation. All binder posts, window trim and doors shall be painted to match the wall covering. Color to be determined from standard color samples submitted to 502CES PM. All wall panels shall have a minimum R11 insulation value.

The roof shall be a steel deck and shall be mechanically fastened to the support beams, and shall be covered with R-19 Kraft Faced Fiberglass insulation batts.

The ceiling system shall consist of a complete Class "A" suspension system and acoustical material. The ceiling system shall consist of white "T" grid system with 2' X 2' pattern. The ceiling shall be 5/8” thick, fine fissured, acoustical ceiling tiles. The finished height of the ceiling shall be no less than 7’-6” above finish floor.

The doors shall be 36"w X 84"h X 1 3/4" thick and shall be constructed of 20 gauge hot dipped galvanized steel, mill treated for proper paint adherence. All doors shall be fabricated to include

1/8" tempered safety glass view pane, 22”w X 36”h, in the upper half, except for the COM door.

The frames shall be pre-mortised for application of matching hinges and striker set of the door.

Each door will include a sweep, threshold, satin chrome leverset and weather-stripping. All leversets are lockable and shall be keyed alike.