Castle Point Bldg13 Pre-Bid RFIs responses

Pre‐Bid RFIs — IFB 36C24227B0002 / 620A4‐25‐201 Castle Point Bldg To: Daniel Barone, Contracting Officer — [email protected] From: Dylan Kaminski, Tactical Construction, Inc. (SDVOSB), 5847 County Road 41, Farmington, NY 14425
Re: IFB 36C24227B0002 — Project 620A4‐25‐201, Brick Replacement, Tuckpointing & Roof Replacement at Building 13, VA Castle Point Campus, Hudson Valley HCS Tactical Construction, Inc. submits the 18 requests for information below, ahead of the 10/14/2026 12:00 PM EDT question deadline. We ask that answers be issued by amendment so all bidders price the same scope. References are to the solicitation, the 100% Construction Documents dated 4/29/2026, and the Specifications Manual dated 4/30/2026.

Procurement & staffing
RFI 1 — SSHO as a collateral duty of the Superintendent Reference: Section 01 35 26, §1.9.A and §1.9.C.
§1.9.A requires a full‐time SSHO "with no other duties." §1.9.C requires the SSHO to be "a separate qualified individual from the Prime Contractor's Superintendent and/or Quality Control Manager." This project is exterior‐only work on a single building, with a magnitude of $500,000–$1,000,000 and roughly ten weeks of field work.
Question: Will VA permit the Superintendent to serve as SSHO as a collateral duty, provided that person holds the required professional safety certification and 3 years of dedicated construction safety experience? When the Superintendent/SSHO is off site, a qualified Designated Representative would be provided per §1.9.A.
Response: VA confirms that this is acceptable.
Question: If a separate SSHO is still required, please confirm the SSHO must be on site only while construction activities are under way, and not during the submittal and mobilization period. Response: The Site Safety & Health Officer will only need to be on site while site activities occur. They would not need to be on‐site during the submittal process, but while mobilization activities are occurring, they should be on‐site.

RFI 2 — CQC System Manager
Reference: Section 01 45 00, §3.4.
Question: Given the project size, may the CQC System Manager be a part‐time role or a collateral duty of the Project Manager? Please confirm whether the CQC System Manager must be on site full‐time during construction.

Response: Yes, the CQC role can be provided by project manager and must be onsite during construction activities.

Roofing
RFI 3 — Octagonal Bay roofs: metal roof to remain, or tear off to wood deck?