568A4-21-702 EHRM Infrastructure Construction - Hot Springs, SD   4

The Hot Springs VAMC is seeking a general contractor to furnish all labor, tools, material, equipment, and supervision for a near-complete refresh of the data cable infrastructure. The scope of this project includes but not limited to the following infrastructure improvements:

Demolition

o Applicable to each category below

o Phone lines 14k-33k phone line pairs in buildings (backbone from building to building to remain in support of existing mass communications system and ancillary fax/building access phones)

o Demo and remove all abandoned hardware and cables

Electrical

o Panel upgrades (normal and emergency/bonding)

o Emergency generator upgrade building 10

o Integrate into the fire alarm system

Mechanical

o Upgrades/replacement/relocate of existing HVAC

o DDC HVAC

o Condensate drain piping

o Provide cooling loops

o Renovation (piping, exterior wall, interior wall for water proofing)

o Commissioning (spec 23 05 93)

Fire System

o Data Center (DC) room upgrade (building 65)

o Sprinkler head migration

Renovation

o Expansion and renovation of existing space

o Walls, doors, ESD flooring, painting,

o Rack alignment, fire stopping

o New building expansion (buildings 1, 11, and 66)

IT specialty, cable/data outlet

o Migrating from 50 IT closets/cabinets to 29 TRs/cabinets

o Data Center (DC) upgrades (building 66)

o Upgrades to TR/DC rooms

o Racks, sensor, UPS, zone and vertical (amp monitored) PDU's, patch panels

o Separate IT equipment ground bonding per building

o Cable trays/management

o New data outlets

o Upgrade to CAT6A cable in buildings

o Upgrade campus backbone and building fiber, dual pathing

o Commission of communications system (spec 27 08 00)

Physical security upgrades

o TR/DC

Hazardous material abatement Asbestos Abatement

o Lead Paint

Campus ground vault system

o New route from building 65 to 66

o Data line demolition of abandoned infrastructure and upgrades

Phasing

o Minimize down times for hospital operations

o Minimize security and fire system down times

o Maintaining a clean area per ICRA/PCRA (HEPA cart(s) usage, living cleaning document)

o Multiple shifts proposed, first pass draft (spec 01 35 26)

o Contractor shall move VA furniture and similar items obstruction work in office (w/COR approval)

Other

o Material Lead Time recurring status

o Progress meetings

o Meeting minutes

o Weekly meeting with VA facilities for phasing and drawing review (up to 1 hour, drawings in hand for active areas)

o Cleaning check list (living document)

o May require remote storage for staging material

o Background investigation in support non-escort to TRs

o Registered RCDD support during construction

o Maintain/submit As-built drawings as work progresses

Project building locations include buildings 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,11,12, 13,14,17,18,20,23,29,43,65, and 66 (likely some runs to other buildings). Technical complexity is high for this project due to migrating 90% of the telecommunication rooms (TRs) while leaving facilities infrastructure (building management equipment etc.) in the old closets, demoing out 14k-33k abandoned phone line pairs in buildings while not impacting the mass communications system that sits on the existing phone network system, re-integration with the air gapped security campus system, reintegration with the fire safety campus system. Completion of all these tasks will be difficult due to phasing needs for all areas and departments.