SAM #36C77626B0020

Brooklyn VA Medical Center Life-Safety Electrical Distribution Upgrade

The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a small-business construction contractor to upgrade life-safety electrical distribution at the Brooklyn VA Medical Center. - Government buyer and project location - Department of Veterans Affairs; contracting offices identified include Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC), Network Contracting Office 2, and the Office of Construction and Facilities Management. - VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, Brooklyn Campus, Building 1, Brooklyn, New York. The initial notice identifies Sierra Tate; site-visit instructions identify COR Nicholas Garcia. - Primary scope - Base Bid Item 0001, quantity 1: construction to install a dedicated life-safety electrical branch, including automatic transfer switches and floor-level distribution equipment; upgrade or replace equipment for the expected three-phase fault current; and correct code violations found in a prior study by Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL). - Critical and equipment branches are excluded; Task 4 was removed. References to alternates in the specifications are to be disregarded for the base bid. - Additional drawing scope includes associated panels, feeders, breakers, transformers, circuit transfers, elevator circuits, HVAC and exhaust work, sprinkler modifications, and architectural demolition and restoration. - Named manufacturers and vendors - Samsung: split-system air-conditioning equipment. - Greenheck: exhaust fans. - Hubbell Lighting: emergency wall-pack fixture. - Eaton/Cooper: LED industrial strip fixture. - Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL): prior electrical study referenced in the project documents. - Identified equipment and quantities - 13 dry-type transformers, each 45 kVA, 480 V primary / 208/120 V secondary; part numbers T-LS-B-1, T-LS-G-1, T-LS-1-1, T-LS-2-1, T-LS-3-1, T-LS-4-1, T-LS-5-1, T-LS-6-1, T-LS-8-1, T-LS-10-1, T-LS-12-1, T-LS-14-1, and T-LS-16-1. - 2 automatic transfer switches, part numbers ATS-LS1 and ATS-LS2; each specified at 480 V, 260 A, with a NEMA 12 enclosure and switched neutral. - Samsung: 1 AC-01 indoor unit (AM032MNQDCH), 1 AC-02 indoor unit (AM012TNVDCH), and 1 CU-01 outdoor condenser (AM048TXMDCH). - Greenheck: 16 SP-110-VG exhaust fans, identified as EF-C01 through EF-C16. - 1 Hubbell Lighting dual-head emergency wall pack (CU2SQ); quantity is not stated in the fixture schedule. - 1 Eaton/Cooper 4-foot LED industrial strip (4SNLED-LD5-26SL-LN-UNV-L830-CD1-U); quantity is not stated in the fixture schedule. - Notable execution requirements - Maintain hospital operations and coordinate phasing, outages, safety, infection control, testing, and commissioning. Some work requires evening, night, or weekend shifts. - Install and test life-safety panels before transferring existing circuits; provide temporary lighting and fire-rated penetrations, and coordinate routing in congested ceiling spaces. - The project magnitude is stated as $10–20 million. Construction is to begin within 10 calendar days after notice to proceed and finish within 540 calendar days after notice to proceed.

Description

In accordance with 15 U.S.C 644 , this project is a competitive small business set aside. The contractor shall provide all tools, equipment, materials, labor, supervision, personnel, and shall do all things necessary that will result in the completion of the FY27 NRM Brooklyn Upgrade Life Safety/ Critical Branch Electrical Distribution Construction 630A4-16-430, in accordance with attached drawings and specifications. 

The project is located at: the Brooklyn VA Medical Center, 800 Poly Place, Brooklyn New York 11209.

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