19R1410_-_Attach_1_-_PTS.pdf

EUCOM Humanitarian Assistance Program

Construction of New Public Preschool

Mangalia, Romania

RO-HA-2018-00034824

Mangalia, Romania

Apr 2019

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Contents

1. TAXATION

2. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT

2.1 LOCATION OF PROJECT

2.2 LEGAL AND TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

2.3 GENERAL CONTRACT DESCRIPTION

2.4 GENERAL PROJECT DESCRIPTION

2.5 CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR AUTHORIZATION – CONSTRUCTION PERMIT ...10

2.6 MEASUREMENTS AND QUANTITIES

2.7 Design Phase - General

2.8 Construction Phase - General

2.9 APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS / STANDARDS

3 GENERAL SCOPE OF WORK OF BASE BID

3.1 General Basis of Design

3.2 General Basis of Design – Location

3.1 General Basis of Design - Layout

3.2 Demolitions and elements interfering with the new construction

3.3 Exterior pavements and sidewalks

3.4 Partial Development of Plot of Land (3,250 m²)

3.5 General Design/Construction Requirements for the New Facility

3.6 General Requirements for the New Building

3.6.1 Water Connection

3.6.2 Water lines inside the building

3.6.3 Electrical Installation/connection

3.6.4 Electrical Installation in the building

3.6.5 Lighting – LED Technology

3.6.6 Telephone/Internet

3.6.7 Fire Alarm

3.6.8 Hot Water

3.6.9 Sewer Connection, sewage installation and vent piping

3.6.10 Thermal Façade – Cavity Wall Insulation

3.6.11 Roofing

3.6.12 Gas/Centralized Heating Connection

3.6.14 Air Conditioning system (larger group room and 1 office)

3.6.15 Exterior and Interior Windows

3.6.16 New Exterior Doors

3.6.17 New Interior Doors

3.6.18 Floor Surfaces

3.6.19 Ceilings

3.6.20 Wall surfaces

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3.7 Specific Requirements for some Rooms of the Kindergarten/Nursery

3.7.1 Bathrooms

3.7.2 Kitchen

3.7.3 Laundry

3.7.4 Lobby or Filter Room

3.8 COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE:

3.9 SCAFFOLDING

4. CONTRACT OPTION-1: LARGER KINDERGARTEN/NURSERY

5. CONTRACT OPTION-2: FENCES AND COMPLETE DEVELOPMENT OF PLOT OF LAND ..85

6. PROCEDURE AND GENERAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDELINES

6.1 PRINCIPLES

6.2 PROHIBITED ITEMS

6.3 START OF CONSTRUCTION

6.4 RESPONSIBILITY FOR NEW MATERIALS

6.5 DESIGN

6.6 DESIGN-BUILD PROCEDURE

6.7 CONSTRUCTION/DESIGN SCHEDULE AND CONTRACTUAL MILESTONES

6.8 CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE (BAR CHART IS AUTHORIZED)

6.9 SAFETY: ACCIDENT PREVENTION PLAN

6.10 COORDINATION

6.11 SPECIAL SITE CONDITIONS

6.13 SUBMITTALS – TECHNICAL INFORMATION

6.14 DELIVERABLE

6.15 PICTURES

6.16 RESPONSIBILITY AND OWNERSHIP OF REMOVED MATERIALS

6.17 CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, PERMITS, FEES, ETC

6.18 QUALITY CONTROL PLAN

6.19 CONSTRUCTION SIGN

6.20 PAYMENT

6.21 SCHEDULE OF PRICES

6.22 UTILITIES

6.23 DAMAGES/IMPACT TO EXISTING FACILITIES

6.24 CLEANING

6.25 SPACE PARTS

6.26 WARRANTY AND TRAINING

6.27 CLOSE-OUT PROCEDURE

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1. TAXATION

This construction/renovation contract is exempt from VAT. The contractor is required to coordinate with the US Embassy and with competent Romanian authorities in order to obtain the VAT TAX EXEMPTION that applies to this contract. Contractor is required to make all necessary coordination and to allow for time for approval of the VAT Tax Exception.

2. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT

2.1 Location of project

The project is located in the city of Mangalia, Romania. See the following pictures for exact location of the plot of land where to nursery/kindergarten shall be designed and built.

Location of Mangalia within Romania

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Location of area for future project

Location of future construction

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Proposed exact location of the new nursery building

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Proposed exact location of the new nursery building with property boundaries (note that the striped area includes two separate public plot of land which shall be unified after award of the contract by the Municipality with the assistance of the contractor). Approximate boundaries or perimeter of the area is 280 meters and approximate area is

3,250 m².

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2.2 Legal and Technical Requirements

The project execution is based on the following principles:

- Strict compliance with American Contracting Regulations, including the contracting requirements of the Department of Defense, the US Navy and the US Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC).

- Strict compliance with Romanian Technical, Legal and Administrative requirements, which are applicable for the scope of work described and included in this document

- Strict compliance with Romanian safety regulations, unless the US Safety Regulation described in the EM385-1-1 is more strict and not in conflict with local safety regulations. In that last case, the US Safety Regulation described in the EM385-1-1 are applicable to the works.

- Compliance with technical and administrative requirements described in this document.

2.3 General Contract Description

This document is a Performance Technical Specifications (PTS) for a full Design-Build project. This PTS includes a description of the required finished work.

This is a design-build contract. This means that the contractor is responsible to:

- Assist the Municipality with the Urban Planning changes that shall be required to combine two public plots of land into a single urbanistic unit to build the new nursery. It is estimated that the smaller plot of land will be fully developed, but not provided with any construction, and shall only be used as gardens and entrance to the nursery. The assistance shall be limited to taking measurements and providing technical information to the Municipality. The Municipality owns the process to make the land perfectly usable for the intended use of this document or this contract.

- Make necessary designs as required by this PTS for the different items of work

- Obtain NAVFAC’s acceptance of the designs and the approval of the Municipality of

Mangalia (or other competent Romanian authority).

- Obtain required formal approvals from competent and required Romanian authorities, including the necessary expert review by third party company as required by Romanian regulations, which shall be paid by the contractor.

- Execute the construction works

- Obtain the acceptance of NAVFAC and the partial and final approval by the competent and required Romanian authorities and third party experts for the executed construction works.

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BASE-BID

DESIGN AND

CONSTRUCTION

OF

KINDERGARTEN

WITH BUILT AREA

FROM 415 TO 420

m² AND USABLE AREA ≥345 m²

(paragraph 3)

CONTRACT OPTION-1

ADDITIONAL DESIGN AND

CONSTRUCTION TO PROVIDE

THE KINDERGARTEN WITH

BUILT AREA FROM 525 TO

530 m² AND USABLE AREA ≥435 m²

(paragraph 4)

CONTRACT OPTION-2

DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION

AND INSTALLATION OF

FENCES AROUND THE PLOT

OF LAND AND COMPLETE

DEVELOPMENT OF 3,250 m²

OF AREA

(paragraph 5)

Note: The contract includes third party review of all items of work which are required by Romanian regulations. In case the Romanian regulations do not allow for the contractor to be the client for this independent review, the contractor shall pay for the third party review and assign a different party as the client for this independent company, which could be the Contracting Officer Representative or other agency authorized by the Contracting Officer (i.e. the Municipality of Mangalia).

Note: The contractor needs to be familiar with the regulations of Romania, in order to account for the different required permits, urban planning, reviews and authorizations for new construction works. In a similar project performed in Romania by NAVFAC, the contractor worked together with the Municipality for 10 months, until the plot of land was legally suitable for the new construction of another nursery.

2.4 General Project Description

This document includes everything necessary to provide a perfectly finished, certified and operational kindergarten, as described in this document.

The contract is divided into a Base-Bid and 2 Contract Options. In general terms, the works include the following items of work:

- Base-Bid: Design and construction of a new kindergarten with a built area of 415 to 420 m², to provide an usable area of minimum 345 m² and a terrace of minimum 20 m².

- Contract Option-1: Additional 110 m² built area or 90 m² of usable area. Design and construction of additional areas to provide a new kindergarten with a total built area of 525 to 530 m² to have minimum usable area of 435 m²

- Contract Option-2: Design and construction of fences around the perimeter of the plot of land as well as the development of the plot of land proposed to be used by the nursery with total 3,250 m².

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2.5 Construction Permit or Authorization – Construction Permit

The contractor shall obtain formal written authorization from the competent Romanian authority to perform the works included in the scope of work of this project.

Note: The works will be executed in a Romanian public building. The contractor shall coordinate with the Municipality the required procedures for a construction company to perform the design and construction works for a new kindergarten within two contiguous public plots of land in the Municipality of Mangalia, while being paid by the US Government. In previous projects the contractor designated the Municipality as the assigner of the project. It is absolutely necessary that the contractor is familiar with the Romanian bureaucratic procedures to obtain approval for the land availability, designs, renovation, construction, alternations and improvements included in this contract.

The contractor is required, as part of this contract, to prepare all documentation, designs, reports, information, drawings, coordination and approvals by experts or monitoring entities, and everything that may be necessary as required by Romanian regulations, in order to obtain the necessary Construction Permits. This includes providing technical information to the Municipality, which may be required for merging the two plots of land within one. The contractor is responsible to pay for any third party inspection or expertise that may be required by Romanian regulations for the scope of work of this project. The contractor shall be familiar with these requirements in order to prepare their bids, regarding the obligatory administrative and technical procedures in Romania.

As previously stated, the contract includes third party review of all items of work which are required as per Romanian regulations. In case the Romanian regulations do not allow for the contractor to be the client for this independent expert company, the contractor shall pay for the third party review and assign a different party as the client for this independent company, which could be the Contracting Officer Representative or other agency authorized by the Contracting Officer (i.e.

Municipality of Mangalia)

No work shall be performed until the contractor shows verifiable evidence that they have obtained all the necessary permits for each element of work included in this contract. This shall be certified by the third party independent monitoring entity.

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2.6 Measurements and Quantities

This contract complies with the US Contracting Regulations, and as such, measurements and quantities of materials and work are not provided, and if any are provided, the contractor shall be responsible to verify on site. The contractor needs to visit the job site in order to perform the necessary measurements and to observe the existing field conditions in order to prepare their cost proposal. The contractor should be familiar with the geotechnical conditions in Mangalia and with the seismic technical requirements in order to account for the necessary foundations and building structure which are required in compliance with Romanian regulations. For estimating purposes, the contractor shall estimate that the existing soils are the worst (least favorable) existing in Mangalia for the foundation and structure design.

The contractor shall investigate and obtain geotechnical reports from recently completed construction projects in order to prepare their cost proposal. The US Government is not responsible for any mistake in the contractor’s measurements or assumptions of field conditions, including soil conditions.

2.7 Design Phase - General

The designs shall be prepared in compliance with applicable construction codes, applicable urban planning in this area of Mangalia and construction practices in Romania. The contractor shall hire the services of an architect (or architectural firm) licensed in Romania to design all works, as detailed in this document. At the same time, after obligatory coordination with the Municipality of Mangalia, the contractor shall hire (and pay for) the services of a “Revision Entity - Expertise” authorized by the Government of Romania to supervise and approve each phase of the design and the construction, including final commissioning and acceptance of the facility. This company shall report directly to the US Government representative and the beneficiary if required by the Romanian regulations, but all their services shall be paid by the contractor.

The design shall comply with all applicable regulations in Romania for the scope of work of this contract.

The contractor’s final designs shall be signed, stamped and certified by a licensed architect in Romania, it shall be approved by an authorized “Revision Entity - Expertise” and it shall be approved by the competent Romanian authorities for construction projects in public property before its construction is authorized to start. The level of detail of the design (extent of specifications, number and size of drawings, calculations,…) shall be sufficient to verify the compliance with the requirements of this contract and as required by the regulations of Romania and of the competent Romanian authorities for this particular project.

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2.8 Construction Phase - General

The construction shall follow the designs and technical projects prepared by the architect and for which the contractor shall obtain the corresponding construction permits or authorizations.

The architect who prepares the designs shall visit the site for every important and relevant phase of work, to partially accept the completed works. Despite the requirements of the Romanian regulations for the visits of the designer, once the works start, the architect shall visit the site as a minimum once every week.

Two days in advance of each site visit of the architect, the contractor shall inform ODC Romania and the beneficiaries (Mangalia Municipality and the proposed Nursery Director) of the planned arrival time to the job site.

In addition to these minimum weekly visits, the architect shall visit the site when the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) visits Mangalia, estimated at once every two months.

In addition to these visits, the third party experts that may be required will visit the site as required by Romanian regulations, and also when the COR visits the site.

No work shall be accepted until the Final Act of Acceptance is provided.

2.9 Applicable Requirements / Standards

The project is based on the principle of strict compliance with Romanian technical and administrative regulations, with US Contracting Regulations and with Romanian Safety regulations unless EM 385-1-1 has more strict requirements. In case of conflict between Romanian and US safety regulations, the contractor shall apply Romanian regulations.

The design of the new kindergarten (or nursery) shall comply with all applicable Romanian regulations, but in particular, it shall be designed in strict compliance with the NP-2297: Norm on Design and Special Requirements of Nurseries, or “NORMATIV PRIVIND PROIECTAREA

CREŞELOR ŞI CREŞELOR SPECIALE PE BAZA EXIGENŢELOR DE PERFORMANŢĂ

INDICATIV NP 02297” (name of norm in local language)

In case of conflict between the specific technical requirements of this document (PTS) and NP02297, the technical requirements of this document (PTS) shall take precedence, if, and only if, the technical requirements of this document (PTS) do not violate the requirements of the Romanian legislation. For example, if the NP02297 requires ceramic tiles, but the PTS specifies porcelain stoneware, the contractor shall install porcelain stoneware because this is simply a higher quality type of ceramic tiles. For example: if the NP02297 requires individual sinks, but this PTS requires sinks with a countertop, the contractor shall install the countertops, because it should not violate the Romanian legislation. For example, if the NP02297 does not say anything about the toilet partitions, but the PTS requires phenolic toilet partitions, the contractor shall install phenolic toilet partitions, because it should not violate the Romanian legislation. However, if the NP02297 would state the nursery needs to have a room for storing the strollers, but none is mentioned in this PTS, the contractor shall provide a room to be used to store the strollers, but within the total usable/built areas stipulated in the contract requirements.

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The work shall meet all requirements of this Request For Proposal (RFP) package. Drawings to be as required in these PTS and with the necessary details and previous approvals (experts or monitoring entities) to submit the designs to the US Government, Local Romanian Administration, final users, contractor’s staff and sub-contractors. Material selection, specifications and installation to be as described in these Performance Technical Specifications (PTS). The Performance Technical Specifications (PTS) are a guideline for the design package:

If an item in the project design is included in the PTS, the requirements of the PTS, applicable local Romanian codes and regulations, and international codes shall govern.

If an item in the project design is NOT included in the PTS, the requirements of applicable local Romanian codes and regulations, and international codes shall govern.

Provide the final work as a complete and usable facility including all required items not described in this RFP. Technical details, items of work, permits or fees that are not explicitly described in this RFP, but which are necessary to provide a fully operational and finished kindergarten/nursery facility shall be considered part of this contract.

Any work not explicitly included in the scope of work of this project, but which is absolutely necessary to have a perfectly operational facility, as required by Romanian regulations, shall be considered and treated as part of the requirements of this contract.

Construction Phase - General

Once the contractor completes the design and they show evidence of formal authorization by the competent local authorities and Monitoring Entity, and the contractor shows that they have completed other administrative contract requirements (Accident Prevention Plan, Quality Control Plan, Schedule,…), the Contracting Officer will inform the contractor that they may start the construction phase of this design-build contract. This notification is called Notice to Proceed or

NTP.

Under this phase, the contractor shall provide all necessary work in order to provide complete and usable kindergarten/nursery facilities, including, but not limited to: Foundations, Structure, Exterior Enclosure, Roof System, Interior Construction, flooring, doors, windows, Plumbing Systems, Central Heating system, Air Conditioning, Electrical Installation, Lighting Protection, Fire Protection, Communications, Site Improvements, pavement connections, development of the plot of land, connection and coordination with electrical, water, and gas systems, sewage system, finishes and other works as required in order to have a fully operational facility. Other elements that may not be explicitly included in this document, but which are absolutely necessary to provide 1 complete and usable kindergarten/nursery facility as required by Romanian regulations shall be considered to be an integral part of the project, and therefore, shall be considered to be part of this contract.

The contractor shall familiarize with the requirements of the Romanian regulations for kindergarten/nursery construction.

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Limitation on equipment under this contract

Tables, desks, chairs, computer, phones, washing machines, refrigerator, beds, televisions, and other movable equipment are not part of this contract, unless otherwise indicated in these technical specifications. Only those elements that are fixed, permanently attached to the building or considered as an integral part of the facility, and specifically described in these contract specifications or in the applicable Romanian regulations, are included in this contract, unless otherwise indicated in this document.

Requirement for Romanian Code and Regulation

The contractor shall request, process and pay for any permits that may be required in accordance with Romanian Law for this type of construction. The contractor shall follow the current pertinent Urban Development regulations of Mangalia. The contractor shall hire and pay for the services of a “Revision Entity” (or expertise) authorized by the Government of Romanian as required by Romanian Regulations for this type of construction. If it is not allowed for the contractor to hire this third party inspection company, the contractor shall pay but assign the beneficiary or NAVFAC as the client. The contractor shall provide a copy of the pertinent construction permit to be issued by the competent local authorities and approval by the Monitoring Entity of the design, before they are authorized to start work.

For each completed phase of work, as required by Romanian regulations, the contractor shall provide the certificate of the third party monitoring entity in order to process payment for that particular phase of work.

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3 GENERAL SCOPE OF WORK OF BASE BID

The Base-Bid of the project includes the items of work specified in this paragraph 3 and its subparagraphs, which include the necessary work in order to have an operational nursery/kindergarten facility in the given public plot of land. This includes:

- Design and construction of a new kindergarten with a built area of 415 to 420 m², to provide an usable area of minimum 345 m² and a terrace of minimum 20 m².

- Cleaning and grading of 3250 m² of land. No fence required in the Base-bid, but clear delimitation of plot of land is necessary (i.e. with simple metal posts at corners of plot of land). It is not required for the complete development of the plot of land, but only the access by people and vehicles to the new facility.

- Providing paved pedestrian access from main street (Street Rozelor)

- Providing car access and area for parking vehicles as required by Romanian regulations

NAVFAC currently completed the design and construction of a new nursery/kindergarten in the Romanian city of Caracal. Bidders can visit this site prior coordination with the Program Manager from the US Office of Defense Cooperation in Romania Ms. Negoita. (corina.negoita.ln@mail.mil)

3.1 General Basis of Design

This is a 100% Design Build contract. This means that the US Government is not providing technical projects or detailed measurements, but only sketches to better understand the requirements of this contract. All requirements of this document shall be considered by the architect hired by the contractor in order to prepare their conceptual design and later the full technical project, with the requirements described in this document and those required by the applicable regulations which may not be explicitly described herein.

The contractor shall hire the services of a licensed architect in Romania to design one complete and fully operational nursery/kindergarten in coordination with the US Government representative, with the beneficiaries (Municipality of Mangalia and the proposed Kindergarten Director) and other pertinent competent Romanian authorities. These contract Performance Technical Specifications (PTS) include the minimum general requirements. It shall be the licensed architect the professional to provide the best layout and distribution, meeting the minimum requirements outlined in this document with the restrictions and limits of the Urban Planning of this areas of Mangalia.

The design includes all elements of this document: base-bid and the two contract options.

Depending on how many contract options are awarded, the contractor shall prepare the pertinent designs. However, the US Government shall unilaterally decide the award (or not award) of Contract Option-1 at the time of award of the Base-Bid, so that only one design and technical project shall be necessary for the main kindergarten/nursery building.

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3.2 General Basis of Design – Location

The architect hired by the contractor shall place the new building approximately as shown in the sketch in the following page, but not necessarily exactly where indicated in the sketches, in strict compliance with the Urban Planning requirements for this area of Mangalia.

The contractor shall be familiar with the Urban Planning requirements of Mangalia prior to start preparation of the conceptual design.

Striped with green lines: Plot of land for design and construction of new nursery Red: Potential outline and location of new nursery, with required 5 meter separation from edges of plot of land

Yellow background for plot of land: Area currently attached to the Kindergarten#2 Blue background area for plot of land: Area currently attached to the school Callatis

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Fence separating the area used by the kindergarten from private plot of land to the North. To be repaired as necessary and left in place.

Fence separating the area used by the kindergarten from the Street Callatis. Fence to be reutilized as much as technically possible. Provided with access for pedestrians and access for vehicles.

Currently the two areas are separated by a fence. For estimating purposes, the contractor shall estimate that they will use for the construction the inner area currently used by the Callatis School, and the outer area currently used by the kindergarten No. 2 to be used as the general entrance and parking area to the new nursery/kindergarten. This requires the fence shown in the first picture below to be modified in order to provide a vehicle access and gate and a pedestrian access and gate.

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Picture taken from emergency stairway from Kindergarten 2 (see picture above). Paved area could be used as parking areas. This part of the plot of land needs to be used to access the new facility to be built under this contract.

Plot of land, facing towards the South, with Kindergarten#2 in the center of the picture.

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Potential Layout for new Nursery/Kindergarten, as proposed by the Municipality

3.1 General Basis of Design - Layout

The sketch below shows a potential layout for the new facility, as proposed by the Municipality of Mangalia. However, it shall be the architect hired by the contractor the one to provide the best and final layout with the required basis of design and limits.

New built area: Minimum 415 m² and maximum 420 m², New Usable area: minimum 345 m² and a terrace of minimum 20 m².

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Required distribution:

- As required by Romanian regulations. The previous page includes a typical acceptable layout with size of building, number of rooms and spaces as required in regulations according to the Municipality of Mangalia.

- The Activity Room or larger room in the building shall be provided completely diaphanous (without any internal columns)

- The Activity Room or larger room in the building shall be provided with distance from finished floor to suspended acoustical ceiling of 3.00 meters.

- Windows in all exterior rooms to maximize the use of natural light

The definition of usable space or usable surface is the area that is measured from wall surface to wall surface in each room, therefore not including the area occupied by the walls. The total built area is the total usable area plus the proportional area occupied by the walls.

Contractor’s architect shall minimize the construction of hallways and maximize the construction of usable areas.

If during the design some rooms need to be larger or it is agreed to make them smaller, the designer shall modify the areas shown above, but modifying accordingly the size of other areas.

Total built area shall not exceed 440 m². The contract limit is to provide a new facility with total built area between 415 and 420 m².

The total built area would be determined by the width of internal and external walls, as designed by the architect hired by the contractor, not to be smaller than 345 m².

The basis of design shall be:

- 1 main entrance for all

- Separate routes for children and for staff

- The staff area to be provided with:

o Kitchen o Storage areas o 1 offices (minimum, 2 recommended) o Medical examination room o Isolation room o Locker room o Bathroom

- The area for children provided with:

o Filter for entrance o Storage for strollers o Bathrooms for children o Changing room for changing diapers o Sleeping rooms o Activity Room with higher ceiling

- Covered terrace of minimum 20 m²

- Mechanical Room as necessary for the needs of the building

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Example of all required areas for a nursery/kindergarten recently completed y NAVFAC in Caracal. This project is fully operational and can be visited by any bidder prior coordination with Mr. Negoita from the US Office of Defense

Cooperation in Romania. This particular facility is slightly larger than the one required by our contract. It has a total built area larger and a porch with 35 m². Useful area is 508.88 m². However, it can be used as a reference to understand the required layout for the new facility.

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Example of all required areas for a nursery/kindergarten recently completed by NAVFAC in Caracal. This particular facility has 592.09 m² of built area (porch included?) with 508.88 m² of usable area. These examples are includes for the contractors to see the general requirements of the Romanian regulations for this type of facilities

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Fence separating the area used by the kindergarten from the area used by the school, to be removed and relocated to separate the new resulting plot of land

3.2 Demolitions and elements interfering with the new construction

The contractor is responsible to survey the area prior to submission of their bid. They shall be responsible to demolish anything within the footprint of the new facility which may interfere with the new construction.

They shall locate and reroute any potential utility line (cables, piping,…) that may interfere with the construction of the new facility.

The contractor is responsible to survey the area, but simple visual inspection shows that as a minimum the contractor will be required to remove the fence separating the plot of land currently used by the kindergarten from the plot of land currently used by the school. This removed fence can be reutilized to separate the new resulting plot of land of 3,250 m² from the rest of the kindergarten and school areas. Although the perimeter fence is included as a contract option, the complete demolition of all fences separating the final resulting plot of land is included as part of the Base-Bid.

The pavement at the section of the plot of land currently used by the kindergarten can be used as general parking areas in the Base-Bid. If Contract Option-2 is awarded, these shall all be demolished as part of the complete development of the plot of land.

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3.3 Exterior pavements and sidewalks

The contractor shall provide a sidewalk around the new construction and paved access from the main access doors to the adjacent street as follows:

- Exposed concrete sidewalks surrounding the new construction. Area to be paved: 1.0 meter wide sidewalk around the perimeter of the new facility. 2% slope diverting surface water away from the new building.

- Colored interlocked concrete bricks connecting the main access of the new building to the existing paved outside the plot of land. Paved area surrounded by concrete curbs as described in the picture included in this paragraph. Size ≥ 300 m²

3 m wide interlocking brick pavement surrounded by concrete curbs ≈ 300m² (in grey)

Existing pavement to be connected to new access interlocking brink pavement (striped in grey)

1 meter wide reinforced concrete sidewalk around the new facility (in blue)

New access gate within the existing fence. Pavement to reach to the paved road. This requires modifications to the sidewalks

Relocated fence previously separating kindergarten from school yards. The available fence shall not be long enough, and consequently the rest to be marked with stakes.

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Entrance to the plot of land. Fence to be reutilized to the maximum extent technically possible. There shall be one paved pathway from Rozelor Street to the entrance of the new facility, with possibility to used the paved area inside the plot of land as a parking area. A car should be able to go to the front of the new facility, which is estimated at approximately 70 meters from the fence, or to enter the plot of land with a new gate to be provided where currently is the fence.

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Typical section for new mortarless brick pavement

The amount of sidewalk surface, can be easily estimated based on the proposed layout. However, the amount and location of the colored interlocked concrete bricks will depend on the location and orientation of the new building, which shall be determined by the architect hired by the contractor, with an amount not less than 300 m².

The new facility shall be properly connected with the adjacent street. This will require minimum work outside the plot of land, to connect the new paved areas with the asphalt of the adjacent street and providing a metal hinged gate where there is currently a masonry and metal fence (see pictures)

For estimating purposes, the contractor can estimate 300 m² of solid colored bricks, held on both sides by pre-cast concrete curbs on their concrete foundation.

The new required sidewalks which surround the new building annex shall be provided with exposed concrete finishes, without the need to provide solid brick pavement.

For the paved areas with solid concrete bricks the contractor shall use interlocking bricks, in combination of 2 colors, over a 10 cm thickness reinforced concrete slab. This is to avoid any possibility of sinking for poor compaction if the area is eventually used by heavy vehicles.

These paved areas shall be designed by the architect hired by the contractor, and they shall be surrounded with precast concrete curbs embedded in solid concrete foundations.

Design the paved areas with adequate drainage, to avoid any accumulation of surface water.

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Concrete sidewalk after pouring concrete.

Recently installed sidewalk in one NAVFAC contract

Typical installation of interlock bricks

Standard colors for interlock bricks.

Typical required concrete curb around the new paved areas

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3.4 Partial Development of Plot of Land (3,250 m²)

The contract in its Base-Bid includes the partial development of the plot of land of 3,250 m². This includes the very minor development necessary for the plot of land to be cleaned, leveled and clearly identifiable without any internal fences and with limits also clearly identifiable. The plot of land needs to be clearly identifiable as an independent plot of land from the areas occupied by the kindergareten#02 and by the School. The plot of land would be left with the existing paved area in the Kindergarten#02 portion of the plot of land for parking purposes. This would include elements such as:

- Removing all garbage and gravel and all garbage within the 3,250 m² identified for this project.

- Remove all vegetation not necessary for the future kindergarten/nursery.

- Leveling and grading the areas as necessary to provide adequate surface drainage of all areas of the plot of land.

All areas not to be used for construction (new building, sidewalks or paved areas) are estimated to be used as gardens (see definition and scope of work of Contract Option-2 in order to define the difference between the work included in the Base-Bid and the works included in the Contract Option-2). The Base-Bid only includes minimum develoments.

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3.5 General Design/Construction Requirements for the New Facility

The contractor shall hire the services of a licensed architect in Romania to design the new nursery/kindergarten facility, including the partial development of the plot of land, in compliance with these technical specifications and in compliance with applicable Romanian regulations. The new facility shall be designed and built among many others, with the following requirements:

- Structure: Cast-in-place reinforced concrete superstructure: foundations, columns, beams, ceiling decks, lintels,... The use of wooden structure for the ceiling and other elements is not authorized. Wood is not authorized for any permanent structural element of the facility. Only the use of reinforced concrete cast-in-place (or metal for the roof) is authorized for structural elements.

- Foundations: It is noted that the design of the foundations depends on the results of the geotechnical report, which is not included in these performance based technical specifications. For estimating purposes, the contractor shall estimate the worse soil conditions available in Mangalia. The contractor needs to be familiar with recent construction projects in the area in order to estimate the necessary foundations for the new facility.

- Exterior Enclosure: Masonry walls, with rigid thermal insulation, mesh, plaster and paint.

Resistant to impacts.

- Internal Partitions: Masonry walls, plastered and paint. The use of gypsum board for internal partitions is not authorized.

- Seismic: Strict compliance with seismic criteria applicable for this region of Romania.

- Elevation: Finished ground floor elevation to be minimum 0.6 meters above grade elevation of the plot of land surrounding the new construction.

- Provide adequate drainage system around the new construction. Grading and drainage plan for the entire plot of land is included as part of the “partial development of the plot of land”

- Roof: Preformed thermally insulated “sandwich” type metal sheets supported by metal structure (not wood) with minimum 0.8 m wide eave around the facility. The use of wood for the roof structure is not authorized. Traditional Romanian style ceramic roof tiles is also authorized given the contractor complies with the basis of design for the roof, as described in the pertinent paragraph.

- Ceiling height. As designed by the architect in compliance with Romanian regulations, with the only requirement that in the larger room or group area it shall be 3 meters from the finished floor to the suspended acoustical ceiling.

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Seismic zonation map of Romania

3.6 General Requirements for the New Building

Some rooms will have specific requirements, which will be described in the next paragraph. The following subparagraphs describe requirements of the scope of work that apply for the entire new facility.

The entire ground floor of the building shall be designed for people with limited mobility (people on wheelchairs). This affects the entrance, the width of the doors, the design of the bathroom for adults, and everything else that may be applicable for a nursery/kindergarten facility, as required by Romanian regulations for design of facilities for people with physical disabilities (wheelchairs).

The contractor shall design the entrance paved access (3 meter wide) from Rozelor Street to all areas of the new facility for people on wheelchair. All the route from Rozelor Street to the new facility shall be rated and certified by people on wheelchairs.

A person on wheelchair shall be able to be a member of the nursery/kindergarten staff with the only limitations resulting from his/her physical condition.

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Typical water meter manhole and installation, as the one required for our contract.

3.6.1 Water Connection

The plot of land is located in an urban area with all necessary utilities available within 100 meters from the limit of the plot of land. In particular, there are water lines along Rozelor Street. The contractor is responsible to bring water to the new building from the main water utility network.

Although the existing water utility network pipelines are within 100 meters of the plot of land, the actual point of connection will be determined by the contractor’s designers in coordination with the water supply company. The point of connection will depend on the required water flow and pressure for the water demands of the new facility, including the fire hoses.

The contractor shall prepare a technical project to perform the water connection. For estimating purposes the contractor shall estimate that they will have to intercept an underground water line and that they will need to cross the paved Rozelor Street. At the point of connection the contractor shall provide the necessary valves to isolate the kindergarten from the rest of the water infrastructure.

The contractor shall provide a new water meter with all necessary valves and accessories, as required by Romanian regulations and as required by the particular requirements of the water supply agency or company. All technical and administrative requirements of the water utility company or agency are considered to be requirements of this contract, including the payment for any official tariff or fee that may be required for the connection of new water supply lines.

The water line from the connection point to the new building shall be installed underground. All exterior surfaces damaged by the construction activities, but mainly by the required excavations, shall be restored to their original conditions.

The diameter of the new water line from the connection point to the new building shall be the same diameter as the water line to be intercepted to maximize water pressure and flow into the new building.

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Typical recessed thermally insulated water piping, as required by our contract. Picture from NAVFAC project from Nursery in Caracal.

3.6.2 Water lines inside the building

Provide cold water to all plumbing appliances. Provide hot water to the showers and sinks. Use water piping certified to be used in domestic potable water systems. In addition to the normal water connection points, the contractor shall also provide:

- Fire hoses inside the building for fire protection. Number, location, diameter and type connection outlet shall be coordinated with the representative of the Fire Department and as required by Romanian regulations.

- Two water connections outside the facility, at the location to be indicated by the Municipality or proposed Kindergarten Director to irrigate the garden areas.

Provide thermal insulation for hot water piping for energy savings and for cold water to avoid water condensation on the piping.

All water piping to be recessed within the floors, walls and ceiling so that they are not exposed to the view. Where technically possible the water pipes shall be installed above the suspended ceiling for easier inspection and maintenance.

Pressure test all water lines at least at 2.5 times the maximum operating pressure or as required by Romanian regulations (whatever is higher)

Provide isolation valves for all plumbing appliances and for all rooms with water supply.

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Typical underground electrical conduit

3.6.3 Electrical Installation/connection

The plot of land is located in an urban area with all necessary utilities available within 100 meters from the plot of land. The contractor is responsible to connect the new facility to the existing electrical utility network. Although the existing electrical utility network are within 100 meters of the plot of land, the actual point of connection will be determined by the contractor’s designers in coordination with the electrical supply company. The point of connection will depend on the required electrical power for the new facility. For that reason, the actual point of connection may be further than 100 meters from the plot of land. The contractor shall be familiar with the Romanian regulations and the requirements and availability of power of the electrical utility company/agency in Mangalia prior to making assumptions for the location of the point of connection.

The project includes the complete design and installation of a completely new electrical system starting from the point of connection with the electrical utility network proposed by the contractor’s design team and authorized by the electrical supply company. The contractor shall prepare all documents and pay for any necessary connection fees. However, the actual electrical supply contract needs to be signed by the Municipality. The contractor is responsible to pay and sign the contract exclusively for the temporary electrical connection which the contractor may prepare in order to obtain electrical power for the construction phase of the contract.

The contractor shall consult with the electrical utility company prior to the submission of their offers for the location of this point based on the design electrical demand of the new facility. Provide the new cables up to the new facility in underground PVC conduits, unless this is not authorized by the utility company. In case it is authorized, the contractor shall provide an underground conduit for the new feeder and a spare empty similar conduit (with pull wire), and they shall provide new necessary exterior concrete manholes to facilitate pulling the cables, or their future replacement in case of malfunction; as well as restoring all exterior surfaces damaged by the construction activities to their original condition.

Provide the necessary electrical protection for the new circuit in the connection point.

Electric Meter: Provide the electric meter and the necessary cabinets, boxes, electrical protection and necessary auxiliary equipment and works in compliance with Romanian regulations and with the requirements of the electrical utility company. Place the electric meter where proposed by the contractor’s designer and allowed by the electrical utility company.

Electrical protection: All circuits shall be protected against lighting, short circuits and against indirect contacts with differential protection.

The contractor shall prepare a full technical project for the electrical installation, including this electrical connection and the required feeder, as required by Romanian regulations and by the electrical utility company (as applicable). The contractor shall be responsible to pay for any official fee or tariff to the utility company that may be required for the scope of work of this project.

The contractor is responsible to pay for the electrical consumption until the day that they obtain the official Act of Acceptance for the new building.

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3.6.4 Electrical Installation in the building

The building shall be provided with one main electrical panel to be recessed within the walls of the building.