RECOVERY Y--Recovery Act - Repair/Upgrade Water Tower UtilitySystem

THIS SPECIAL NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY.This procurement is a total Service Disabled Veteran Owned SmallBusiness (SDVOSB) set-aside.

A Request for Proposal will be issued as a SDVOSB set-aside and acontract will be awarded to the selected SDVOSB Contractor to performthe following requirements: Repair and Upgrade Water Tower UtilitySystem at VA Medical Center San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

Background & Project Overview: In March 2009, a conditional assessmentreport was completed on the San Francisco VAMC elevated Water Towersystem, with its associated pumps, water reservoir, piping systems,power distribution and controls system. There were many systemcomponents identified in need of complete refurbishment, repair, orreplacement. This Assessment report shall serve as a basis fordesigning the necessary improvements to the SF VAMC water distributionsystem.

The VAMC San Francisco campus is currently served by an existing eight(8) inch domestic / fire water loop with each building supplied througha connection to the loop with an isolation valve and backflow preventionsystem. The water for the loop is supplied by a 500,000 gal reservoir(Building # 29), which is filled through primary and secondary points ofconnection from the city water lines located on Clement Street. Thepumping station (Building # 30) adjacent to Bldg # 29, consists ofprimary and secondary booster pumps, and a fire pump. The pumpingstation supplies an elevated 40, 000 gal water tower (Building # 206) onthe loop and at the same time pressurizes the loop that supplies waterto all buildings and fire hydrants.



The NAICS Code for this construction project is 237110 with SmallBusiness Size Standard of $33.5 million. The magnitude of constructionfor this requirement is between $1,000,000.00 and $2,000,000.00.