SOW - Final.pdf

SCOPE OF WORK

REPLACE COOLING TOWER 2

Project Number 637-20-102

ASHEVILLE VAMC

This project will replace Cooling Tower #2 at the Charles George VA Medical Center located in Asheville, NC. Requirement is for a general contractor to provide work that entails removal and disposal of an existing cooling tower and sump and installation of a new cooling tower and sump.

Portions of the existing cooling tower support structure will be re-used and some new structure will be required. Piping modifications and controls work will be required. New electrical feeds will be required to the new cooling tower. All work is shown or specified within the drawings and specifications.

All OSHA, NFPA, and VA guidelines, including VA safety specs (01 35 26) are required for this project.

Construction is to be completed in 195 calendar days from issuance of the Notice to Proceed (NTP).

NOTICE

Any discrepancy with this Statement of Work is to be clarified with the drawings and specifications.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Compliance Awareness Training Shall be completed by vendor prior to access at the Charles George VAMC. Vendor has responsibility for “Duty to Report” any fraud, waste, and abuse witnessed while on VA premises to the Compliance Officer.

VHA policy All contractors shall receive annual seasonal Influenza vaccinations and the GC is responsible for maintaining the required paperwork on site and must provide when requested by VA personnel.

COVID-19

Contractor employees are subject to daily screening for COVID-19 and may be denied entry to VA facilities if they fail to pass screening protocols. As part of the screening process contractors may be asked screening questions found on the following website: COVID-19 Screening Tool. Check website regularly for updates.

https://www.va.gov/covid19screen/

Construction Upon issuance of the Construction Notice to Proceed (NTP) by the CO, the Contractor may commence on-site construction activities. The Contractor shall provide the manpower, equipment, material, services, and transportation, and other incidental related services, necessary to review, plan, develop, and implement quality control and oversight services during the construction phase of the Contract. Details regarding construction management requirements, inspection and testing, construction facilities and temporary controls, environmental protection, quality control system, construction quality control, and project closeout will be provided at the pre-construction conference. The Contractor shall perform construction, restoration, emergency response, repair, enhancement, maintenance, modernization, and demolition of facilities, utilities, real property systems, and infrastructure systems in support of construction, furniture, fixtures and equipment, and engineering requirements as specified in this Contract. Shop drawings and other submittals that require approval shall be signed/approved by the CO or COR prior to actual work placement of submitted elements. Construction activities shall be in conformance with local and Veteran Affairs standards and regulations. The Contractor shall coordinate, cooperate, and assist the Government in deconflicting field activities from those of other Contractors outside the main construction site.

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Pre-Final Inspection The Contractor shall conduct a pre-final walk-through inspection and publish the pre-final inspection findings in a pre-final inspection report in accordance with the format specified at the pre-construction conference and defined in the Contract.

Final Inspection The Contractor shall conduct a final acceptance inspection and publish the findings in a final inspection report in accordance with the format specified at the pre-construction conference and defined in this Contract. The inspection shall concentrate on the items identified at the pre-final inspection and recorded in the pre-final report. The final inspection report shall certify that all items of the design have been implemented and that the construction is complete. At the final inspection, the Contractor shall present a Certificate of Occupancy or equivalent.

As-Built Documentation The Contractor shall maintain, prepare, and deliver to the Government final record of redlined drawings showing As-Built & approved/required deviations for the drawings supplied by this contract. Delivery of As-Built documentation is required at Final Acceptance Inspection and shall occur prior to final payment.

Hours of Work The normal hours of work on installations are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Construction hours of work and access to work sites are from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. For work during other than these hours of work, the Contractor shall submit, in writing, for the Contracting Officer's approval, a notice of any period of scheduled work other than the normal hours of work specified above. This notice shall be submitted not less than two weeks prior to each period of work scheduled at times other than normal hours of work including holidays. US Government holidays. When any of the US Government Holidays fall on a non-workday, the holiday will be observed on either the preceding or succeeding workday. The choice of any such preceding or succeeding workday shall be coordinated with the COR and the CO.

Nicotine Free Campus Effective 1 October 2019 As part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) commitment to provide excellent health care for Veterans, the department has implemented a new policy restricting smoking by patients, visitors, volunteers, contractors, and vendors at its health care facilities. VHA’s new smoke-free policy applies to cigarettes, cigars, pipes, any other combustion of tobacco and non-Federal Drug Administration approved electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), including but not limited to electronic or e-cigarettes, vape pens or e-cigars.