Refurbish Trash and Linen Chutes Bldg 172 - 610-19-515

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE

This document serves as notification of an upcoming solicitation for a construction project Project 610-19-515 Refurbish Trash and linen chutes:

1. It is the intention of the VA Northern Indiana Health Care System (Marion Campus) to solicit bids for the following:

Provide materials, labor, equipment and supervision to replace existing side hinged chute intake doors, side hinged access doors and replace slide style discharge fire damper with accordion type Fire damper discharge, all material will be UL certified and meet NFPA 82 codes. These doors are interlocked for safe operation locking out all remaining intake doors on that chute when one door is open on that chute. The addition of a bin sensor interlock on each chute that will detect a trash or linen bin being in place and the removal of the disinfecting and sanitizing unit this includes the water supply for the disinfecting and sanitizing unit to be removed back to the service valve and caped at the main source on each chute and any penetrations sealed or patched. Work will be performed 7:00am to 4:30pm, work area to be cleaned up, trash, material and equipment should be removed, and work area is in the same as it was before work began. All trash to be hulled off campus by contractor.

There are four (4) Lenin Chutes and four (4) Trash Chutes located in building 172 Patient care area and they span from the discharge in the basement up to the 2nd floor. There is one (1) Trash Chute located in building 172 common area that spans from the discharge in the basement up to the 4th floor. These are the Chutes with-in this project to be refurbished.

2. All items being removed are to be disposed of by the contractor.

3. All above work to be done in accordance with contract specifications.

This project will be procured as 100% set aside for Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) used for this requirement is 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. with a standard size of $39.5M. The magnitude of this construction project is between $100,000 and $250,000. Contract awardee shall provide all supervision, labor, equipment, training, materials, supplies, and incidentals necessary to accomplish the work in accordance with the terms, conditions, specifications & drawings provided. The VA will issue an IFB on or about 25 January 2020 via https://uscontractorregistration.com/search-federal-contracts/ . A site visit will be scheduled prior to the closing of solicitation, and the date, time and location will be posted in the solicitation. The point of contact for this project is Eric Sweatt, Contracting Officer, NCO 10 Contracting Office. The P.O.C. may be reached via e-mail at eric.sweatt@va.gov or via telephone at (317) 988-1511.