Y -- SEISMIC CORRECTIONS/MODERNIZATION-DEMOLITION OF BLDG. #1 BED TOWER

Notice Date

July 12, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office, Office of Facilities Management, (182C), 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20420

ZIP Code

20420

Solicitation Number

614-011/0101-AE

Response Due

August 30, 2001

Point of Contact

Contact, John Blake (Contracting Officer) 202-565-5784, Milan Srskic (Project Manager) 202-565-9259

Description

Seismic Correction/Modernization, VA Medical Center, Memphis, TN. Provide all labor, materials, tools and equipment necessary for the following work as described by the documents and contained in the Request for Proposal. -- a. Construct temporary office space (approximately 5,000 sq.ft.) in the bed tower and permanent office space (approximately 2,600 sq.ft.)in the existing building for various occupancies. -- b. Abate asbestos in the roof mechanical equipment room (air handler insulation, steam lines, etc.), floor tile and mastic, pipe elbows and joints and various other locations. -- c. Remove four passenger and three service elevators cabs and equipment and store during the demolition for reinstallation in a future contract. -- d. Mechanical and electrical service and systems will have to be removed/relocated/reconnected as required to not disturb the occupied areas; this includes mechanical rooms other than elevator machine rooms. The pneumatic tube system has to be reworked and kept in service during the work. -- e. Demolish tower, 5th through 13th floors; ground through 4th floors of the hospital will remain occupied and in service. Fifth (5th) floor slab becomes the new roof-provide temporary roof during demolition, permanent roof after demolition. Patient, visitor, and staff safety in the occupied space, continuity of utility service, noise and dust control, debris management, infection control, etc, during demolition are all critical issues. The medical center must remain fully functional without degradation of any services. No explosives will be permitted nor the use of very noisy or vibration causing equipment such as a demolition ball. -- f. Tower floors are approximately 24,300 square feet per floor (about 156 feet long a side), surrounded below and on all sides by occupied, functioning hospital space in the remaining base(ground through 4th floor) which cannot be vacated nor disrupted. The primary structural material is cast-in-place concrete. The floor and roof construction is a combination of one-way and two-way pan joists with several areas of flat slabs. The exterior finish is concrete precast panels on the tower and brick precast panels on the lower floors. -- Cost Range: between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000-this project is unrestricted (full and open competition)-Request for Proposal documents will be available August 1, 2001. Request for documents shall be forwarded along with payment of a refundable $300 deposit to JMGR, Inc., (901-260-9662, Mike Wess), fax number (901-521-1337). When calling be prepared to state name, address and solicitation number. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010716/YSOL020.HTM (W-193 SN50R6K1)