SAM #36C25727Q0031-0001

VA North Texas Elevator and Dumbwaiter Inspection and Testing Services

The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking multi-year elevator and dumbwaiter inspection and testing services across its North Texas campuses. - Government buyer: Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 17; service locations include VA Dallas Medical Center, VA Garland Medical Center, and the Sam Rayburn/Bonham site. - Requested services: Semi-annual and annual inspections, Category 1 testing, ad-hoc inspections, and scheduled Category 5 full-load testing for elevators and dumbwaiters. The solicitation amendment describes a base year and four option years. - Testing responsibilities: The maintenance contractor provides, moves, and removes test weights and operates tests. The inspection contractor witnesses, directs, records, and reports the testing. TDLR documentation and fees are to be included. Annual testing is planned during normal business hours and subject to a two-car outage limit; maintenance contractors may conduct full-load test operations after hours. - Fleet context in the inspection attachments: Reports describe 9 elevators at Bonham, 45 at Dallas, and 14 at Garland. They document recurring needs involving inspection records and test tags, emergency phones and lighting, fire-service features, door restrictors, pit conditions, and other safety corrections. Some units were out of service or had serious maintenance issues; these reports describe existing equipment and findings, not separate product purchases. - OEMs identified in the reports: OTIS, Montgomery, Schindler, Dover, KONE, MCE, SmartRise, TKE, Cetek, BAXCO, and Alpha. Named elevator models include OTIS RMH and HydroAccel-M, Montgomery Miprom 21, Schindler 330A, KONE Resolve-100 and KCM-831, MCE M-4000, SmartRise SRA-T, TKE TAC-20 and TAC-50, Cetek Flex-T, BAXCO BMHC-20, and Alpha AEC-H. No new equipment or product part numbers are requested. - Vendors and elevator companies named in the attachments: GreenEfficient, Inc.; Reliant Elevator Inspections & Consulting, LLC; and Metro Elevator. - Notable findings and requirements: Inspections reference ASME A17.1 and A17.2. The reports identify recurring deficiencies in fire logs and test documentation, emergency communications, emergency lighting and alarms, fire-service operation, door operation and restrictors, pit lighting and water/oil accumulation, and brake maintenance. One Bonham hydraulic valve was reported condemned as unsafe, and some elevators were reported out of service. - Ad-hoc inspections: The amendment estimates one per campus per year, or three annually, and says reinspection costs should not be included. Full-load testing is scheduled for Garland and Sam Rayburn/Bonham in the base year and Dallas in Option Year 4; years without required full-load testing are to be priced at $0.00.

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All inspection reports and amendment are attached. 

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