SOLICITATION-DESCRIPTION The San Francisco VA Medical Center requires the services of a qualified General Contractor to construct Project 662-23-101, Renovate ICU to Airborne Infection Isolation Standards. The general scope of this requirement is to construct via extensive renovation a modern Intensive Care Unit comprising 10 patient rooms with surge capacity to 12. Four rooms that are dedicated Airborne Infection Isolation and two that are configurable, allowing for a maximum of eight such patients within the Unit. The nature and requirements of this construction are fully exhibited in the attached Construction Documents which include complete drawings and specifications. The area of construction is located within the main hospital in Building 203 with area of work entirely on the 3rd floor B-Wing; effectively the east side of the building on the top floor. Infrastructure work extends beyond the normal areas of work to accommodate work to utility systems. Special care is to be taken as related to impact surrounding clinical areas, most significantly 2nd floor, and utility outages with impact to patients in occupied areas. Noise, vibration, and dust control should be expected to be heavily managed with limitations strictly coordinated. For purposes if pricing, total labor effort should be assumed to comprise roughly 30% of labor outside of normal business hours. (End of Solicitation)