Question and answer summary for VAMC West Palm Beach fire alarm and fire sprinkler testing and inspection services-36C248-23Q-0447 Date- 2/6/2023 Good Morning David, I have some questions about this solicitation. Do you know how many sprinkler risers per building? It is easy to see that the outlying buildings should have 1 riser each, but bldg. 1 is hard to tell. Answer, Bldg.1 @ 9 risers Bldg.3 @ 3 risers. Bldg.4 @ 1 riser. Bldg.10 @ 1 riser. Bldg.11@ 1 riser. Blsd.12@ 1 riser. Bldg.13 @ 1 riser. Bldg.14@ 1 riser. Bldg.16@ 1 riser. Bldg.22@ 2 risers. Bldg.22@ 1 riser. Who is the incumbent contractor, and what was the annual contract value? Answer- The CO will answer this Question if they file a separate FOIA request not as a response to this Solicitation How will the repairs be taken care of, will we need to submit proposals for all sprinkler/fire alarm repairs? Answer, The repairs will either be made in-house or contracted out. Do you have a budgetary line item for the repairs? Answer- We are not required to provide this answer as the VA budget is confidential and not required for any Vendor to respond or provide a quote in response to the current solicitation. Who is the manufacturer of the fire alarm system? Answer, Siemens Thank you for your time and consideration. What is the make/model of each fire alarm panel? How are they being monitored? What do they mean by each fire alarm panel? The Main Panel is Siemens industries Desigo Fire Safety Module System. The system is monitored by Siemens monitoring company by the main panel which has a dialer card and 2 physical phone lines connected. How many risers, standpipes, hose connections and fire line backflows are there for the sprinklers? Backflow preventers:            Risers:                      Fire Department Connections @ 17          *Building 1                                      Bldg. 1 @9 *Building 3                                      Bldg. 3 @3 *Building 4                                      Bldg.4 @1 *Building 10                                   Bldg.10 @1 *Building 11                                   Bldg. 11 @1 *Building 12                                    Bldg.12 @1 *Building 13                                   Bldg.13 @1 *Building 14                                   Bldg.14 @1 *Building 16                                   Bldg.16 @1 *Building 19                                   Bldg.19 @2 *Building 22                                   Bldg.22 @1 Floors each building: *Building 1 Floors Main Tower-Basement Level thru the 9th Floor Total of 10. There are interstitial floors between each floor where the mechanical space is that include speakers/strobes, pull stations, duct detectors, beam detectors. There are two Elevator Machine Rooms at the Top of the building Main Tower. *Building 1 Floors West Tower- Basement Level thru the 4th Floor Total of 5.  There are interstitial floors between each floor where the mechanical space is that include speakers/strobes, pull stations, duct detectors, beam detectors. There are two Elevator machine Rooms at the Top of the building West Tower. *Building 2 Parking Garage 3 levels. *Building 3 CLC one floor. *Building 4 Fisher house two floors. *Building 6 Union Office Trailer one floor. *Building 7 Double wide Office Trailer one Floor. *Building 10 DOT one floor. *Building 11 Transportation Trailer one floor. *Building 12 HR/Patient safety one floor. *Building 13 Warehouse one floor. *Building 14 one floor. *Building 15 Cancer center one floor. *Building 16 Mental Health two floors. *Building 19 Hospice one floor. *Building 20 Grounds Maintenance one floor. *Building 21 MRI one main floor with a machine room on a second level. *Building 22 Domiciliary two floors. Question- Good Morning David, I am following up with the RFI questions. I know there was a site visit the other day, so I am assuming that you still need to gather information and will be sending an amendment? Answer- The full Solicitation requesting Quotes and proposals and past performance information- 36C248-22Q=0447 has been posted on FBO-SAM site for two weeks and is scheduled to End tomorrow. If you are aware of the 2nd site visit that was held last week then you should read the entire full solicitation and all amendments to date and respond by the due time/date with all of the requested Documents listed on page 1 of the Solicitation if you are still interested in being considered for the Requirement.
