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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF MARCH 20, 2016 FBO #5231
DOCUMENT

J -- ELECTRICAL VOLTAGE TESTING - 619 - Attachment

Notice Date

3/18/2016
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

238210 — Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Central Alabama Veterans Health Care;2400 Hospital Road;Tuskegee, AL 36804
 

ZIP Code

36804
 

Solicitation Number

VA24716R0356
 

Response Due

3/2/2016
 

Archive Date

3/17/2016
 

Point of Contact

Department of Veterans Affairs
 

E-Mail Address

ospital
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Vendor Questions/Concerns as of March 18, 2016 for: 619-16-1-5243-0006 / VA247-16-R-0356 / ELECTRICAL VOLTAGE TESTING The closing date for this action is now 1:00pm EST on March 23, 2016 1. How many oil transformers are to be tested at Tuskegee VAMC? 42 based on Statement of work 2. How many Medium Voltage (over 1000 VAC) Dry Type transformers are to be tested? Unknown 3. How many generators and of what KW ratings are to be load bank tested at Tuskegee VAMC? 10, 80 kW - 650 kW 4. How many generators and of what KW ratings are to be load bank tested at Montgomery VAMC?3, 125kW-440kW 5. How many low voltage circuit breakers are to be fully tested at Tuskegee VAMC? Not Verified 6. How many low voltage circuit breakers are to be fully tested at Montgomery VAMC? Not Verified 7. What parts of VHA Directive 2014-1028 will apply to this solicitation? 11-14 a. Will the 4 hour utility outage be performed and who will be responsible for having the utility turn off and restore power and who will pay the cost for this utility outage? The service will contact the utility company to arrange the utility outage b. Will the VHA directive 2014-1028 requirement for a 30 percent load bank test be followed and who will pay for the load banks and costs of installing and removing the load banks? Contractor responsible c. Are proper connections available for installing the load banks at each generator? Yes 8. How many medium voltage protective relays are to be tested at the Tuskegee VAMC? Not Verified 9. How many medium voltage protective relays are to be tested at the Montgomery VAMC? Not Verified 10. Has an Arc Flash Study been performed for Tuskegee VAMC? Yes 11. Has an Arc Flash Study been performed for the Montgomery VAMC? Yes 12. Are up to date single line electrical drawings available for Tuskegee VAMC? Drawings are available 13. Are up to date single line electrical drawings available for Montgomery VAMC? Yes 14. Has a protective device coordination study been performed for Tuskegee VAMC? Unknown 15. Has a protective device coordination study been performed for Montgomery VAMC? Unknown 16. Will the available drawings and studies be made available to potential bidders? Yes, if available 17. Will a single site visit be held for all potential bidders and written questions answered before bid opening? Yes, if they do a site visit 18. Will low voltage (under 1000 VAC) be tested at either Tuskegee VAMC or Montgomery VAMC? Yes 19. Are all quantities of equipment currently listed on the solicitation correct and verified? The equipment listed is not 100% verified on this solicitation. The current Statement of Work has been used for previous solicitations with no issues. 20. Due to the absence of proper arc flash labels on electrical equipment, will the VAMC electricians perform opening and closing of electrical equipment protective devices? No,the potential vendor should have proper arc flash training and should be wearing the proper PPE. Vendor B Questions 21. we are respectfully requesting that you extend the bid till the 25th, and allow access either Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning of next week. Will extend to the 23rd. 22. We didn't realize the generator testing was so involved, also, actual KVA ratings of the generators was not provided in the bid documents as well as electrical shut down plan. Without this information the generator work cannot be estimated. Generator ratings are from 80kW to 650kW.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/MoVAMC/VACAHCS/VA24716R0356/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA247-16-R-0356 VA247-16-R-0356_6.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2623482&FileName=VA247-16-R-0356-005.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2623482&FileName=VA247-16-R-0356-005.docx

 

Note: If links are broken, refer to Point of Contact above or contact the FBO Help Desk at 877-472-3779.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Department of Veterans Affairs;Central Alabama Veterans Health Care;2400 Hospital Road;Tuskegee, AL 36803

Zip Code: 36083
 

Record

SN04055870-W 20160320/160318235931-499c2fe82a3ef3be9e987df5bb199c31 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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