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Potential Bidder Questions and VA Responses posted as Attachment "Project 538-18-101 RFI Q and A"

STATEMENT OF WORK

Improve Water System to Reduce Risk of Legionella Contamination and Patient Injury

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Network Contracting Office (NCO) 10 has a requirement to Improve Water System to Reduce Risk of Legionella Contamination and Patient Injury (Project 538-18-101) at the Chillicothe VA Medical Center, 17273 St. Rt. 104., Chillicothe, OH 45601-9718.

The Contractor shall perform all demolition and construction to provide domestic water system improvements, in accordance with project design documents. The improvements include dead-leg and unused fixture removal; installation of thermostatic mixing valves at point-of-use for scald protection; re-balancing of existing hot water recirculation loops and addition of new recirculation loops; installation of ultraviolet treatment equipment; installation of water monitoring equipment; connection and integration of water monitoring equipment and other water quality related instrumentation to the Building Automation System (BAS); installation of a fiber optic backbone for the BAS; demolition of abandoned equipment in Bldg. 256; relocation of the site domestic water storage tank valving and upgrade to tank instrumentation; and installation of new site water delivery equipment between municipality water meter through Bldg. 256 pump room. The work shall be phased to accommodate the Medical Center’s on-going operations.

All work shall be closely coordinated with VA Contracting Officer (CO) and Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR).This solicitation shall be issued pursuant to the authority under Public Law 109-461 (38 U.S.C. 8127) and is a 100% Set-Aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). Project magnitude is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00. The North American Industrial Classification Standard (NAICS) code assigned to this construction project is 237110, Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction, with a small business size standard of $39.5 million.

DURATION OF PROJECT: All work shall be completed within the Period of Performance (POP) indicated in the solicitation. Estimated POP Base bid work to be completed within 868 calendar days after receipt of Notice to Proceed.