SOLICITATION NOTICE
Z -- Deionize/Rev Osmosis Water Treatment Baltimore VAMC Base + 4 Option Years
- Notice Date
- 6/28/2022 7:26:45 AM
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 221310
— Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
- Contracting Office
- 245-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 5 (36C245) LINTHICUM MD 21090 USA
- ZIP Code
- 21090
- Solicitation Number
- 36C24522Q0636
- Response Due
- 7/7/2022 12:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 10/05/2022
- Point of Contact
- William Chris Galletta, Contract Specialist, Phone: 304-263-0811 x4971
- E-Mail Address
-
william.galletta@va.gov
(william.galletta@va.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- SBA Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- STATEMENT OF WORK 1. Baltimore VAMC DI/RO Water Requirement The Contractor shall provide all personnel, management, material, parts, equipment, supplies, labor and transportation to perform the necessary preventive maintenance to the DI/RO system in accordance with the equipment manufacture's recommendation. The contract will be a base year with 4 option years starting from August 31, 2022 to September 1, 2023. This contract will include the following: Changing the 20"" 5 micro prefilter monthly. Changing the 20"" 0.2-micron post filter monthly. Changing the UV lights annually. Providing salt (up to 3 50# bags/month) for the water softeners as necessary. Provide replacement tanks of mixed bed resins, up to 40 tanks/year. Provide up to 1 activated carbon tank semi-annually. Review the operation of the system and provide a report monthly. DEFINITIONS/ACRONYMS A. Contract Discrepancy Report (CDR): A report that the Government shall complete and issue to the Contractor when service is unsatisfactory and not in compliance with the terms and conditions of the contract. The Contractor is required to complete and return this form to the COR whenever performance is unsatisfactory. The CDR requires the Contractor to explain, in writing, the cause of the unsatisfactory performance, how performance will be returned to acceptable standards, and how reoccurrence of the problem will be prevented in the future. B. Contracting Officer (CO): The individual with the authority to enter into, administer, and/or terminate contracts. The CO is the exclusive Government official authorized to execute changes and deviations or variations in the contract. C. Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COR): A Government representative, designated in writing by the Contracting Officer, to be responsible for quality assurance, inspection, surveillance, documentation and acceptance of the Contractor's performance. A copy of the letter of designation will be provided to the Contractor. D. Preventive Maintenance (PM): Services which are periodic in nature and are required to maintain the equipment in such condition that it may be operated in accordance with its intended design and functional capacity with minimal incidence of malfunction or inoperative conditions. To clean, lubricate, calibrate, test and replace faulty or worn parts and/or parts which are likely to become faulty, fail or become worn, repair or adjust of components or assemblies. IV. CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL A. Personnel Experience. All work shall be performed by competent mechanics, experienced and qualified to work on the specific makes and models of equipment listed in this contract. The Contractor shall submit to and for the approval of the Contracting Officer, certification and a list of credentials of the approved mechanics. Personnel shall have a minimum of three (3) years recent experience related to this work. The contractor must provide a list of three (3) reference contacts that have been provided service on similar or identical equipment. The contractor must provide authenticated factory training certificates or credentials (or acceptable substitute as approved by the COTR) for any personnel who are working on any VA equipment. The VA specifically reserves the right to reject any of the contractor's personnel and refuse them permission to work on VA equipment. B. Conduct of Personnel: The Contractor shall ensure that his personnel present a professional appearance at all times and that their conduct shall not reflect discredit upon this facility or the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Contractor shall remove from the job site any employee for reasons of misconduct or security. The removal from the job site of such a person shall not relieve the Contractor of the requirement to provide sufficient personnel to perform adequate and timely service. All employees shall be legal residents of the United States and be able to understand, speak, read and write the English language. C. Identification of Employees : The Contractor shall within IO calendar days before beginning performance of work provide the Contracting Officer a list of all employees who will perform under this contract. The list shall include the full name, and work assignment of each employee. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer in writing of any addition, deletion or change in work assignment within IO days of such change. Each of the Contractor's employees shall conspicuously display on their person a badge provided by the Contractor and shall include the full name of the employee, the name under which the Contractor is doing business and a badge serial number. V. HOURS OF OPERATION A. Normal Duty Hours. The Contractor shall have employees available Monday through Friday, except legal public holidays at the times specified to perform routine work and inspections. B. Federal Holidays. Federal Holidays observed by the VA are: New Year's Day; Martin Luther King Day; President's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Columbus Day; Veterans Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas. VI. CONTRACTOR QUALITY CONTRO The Contractor shall establish and maintain a Quality Control Program that ensures that all requirements of the contract are provided as specified. VII. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE A. Final inspection and acceptance by the Government shall be made at the site of each system. However, final inspection and acceptance do not preclude the Government's right to inspect completed work prior to shipment from the Contractor's shop nor does it waive any rights of the Government. B. Unsatisfactory service will be reported in writing by the CO to the Contractor. C. Telephone Answering Service: The Contractor shall maintain, at his own expense, a dedicated (tie-line) toll-free telephone answering service for the exclusive use in the performance of this contract. This answering service shall be monitored during normal work hours as identified in the specifications. D. Radio Dispatch System: It is recommended but not mandatory that the Contractor utilizes a radio dispatch system for directing and dispatching personnel in response to maintenance service calls. In the event the use of radio dispatch is elected for use; it shall be the Contractors responsibility to obtain all permits, licenses, frequency allocations and antennas, all accessories necessary for send or receive operation at no additional cost to the Government. An expanded radio system could possibly be utilized in conjunction with or instead of the telephone answering service described in the paragraph above. VIII. REMOVAL AND/OR DISPOSAL A. Removing Government-Owned Material: All property removed remains the property of the U.S. Government and shall be returned by the Contractor to a place of storage as designated by the CO or COR. B. Salvage: Items received by the Contractor that are non-repairable because of condition, or declared unfit for economical rehabilitation by the Contractor, shall be returned to the Government. All salvage remaining in the Contractor's shop shall remain Government property and may be used for repair of any Government-owned equipment when released by the CO. The Contractor shall be required to maintain an accountable record of inventory upon completion of the maintenance contract. C. Inventories shall not be disposed of by the Contractor without inspection and written approval of the CO. Salvaged parts used in the repair of any government owned equipment shall be treated by the Contractor as Government furnished material and reflected as same on Contractor's invoices when submitted for payment. All salvage in the possession of the Contractor, upon expiration of the contract, will be returned to the Government within thirty (30) days after such expiration. IX. FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION The Contractor shall fully acquaint himself and his personnel with the location of fire equipment before work take all prudent measures to minimize fire hazards that result from work, complies with all ordering agency fire and safety regulations. X. ENERGY CONSERVATION The Contractor is required to comply with all energy conservation regulations and instructions that are applicable to Government-owned facilities including but not limited to thermostat settings. XI. CLEANING UP The Contractor shall clean up after work, leaving each area where work is performed, neat and clean. All containers, trash and debris for which he is responsible shall be removed. XII. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS During performing work under this contract, should the Contractor find serious or hazardous conditions existing with or in any of the equipment the Contractor shall secure the equipment and immediately notify the COR. XIII. CLEANLINESS The area immediately around the equipment provided for the Contractor's use shall be kept in a clean and orderly condition. Trash and waste material shall not be permitted to accumulate and shall be removed by the Contractor's employees.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Department of Veterans Affairs VAMC 10 N Greene St, Baltimore 21201
- Zip Code: 21201
- Zip Code: 21201
- Record
- SN06371746-F 20220630/220628230126 (samdaily.us)
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