Request for Information Answer 1 Roofing Replacement 460-26-004

RFI 1: 460-36-004, Roofing Replacement, Wilmington VAMC 1. Please confirm the applicable prevailing wage / Davis-Bacon wage determination for this project and whether any updated wage determination will be incorporated before bid opening. Davis-Bacon / Construction Wage Rate Requirements apply under FAR 22.403 and 52.222-6. Use the wage determination incorporated in the solicitation or latest amendment for Building construction in New Castle County, Delaware. Under FAR 22.404-6, a modification published before bid opening generally controls if issued with required lead time. Prior RFI Response 27 identified DE20260008; confirm that revision on SAM.gov. 2. SF1442 Block 11 states 30 calendar days, RFI Response 23 states 120 days, and RFI Responses 80 and 104 state 60 days after Notice to Proceed. Please confirm the controlling completion period, clarify whether submittal review and material procurement fall inside it, identify when NTP is anticipated, and confirm whether liquidated damages will apply. Please also confirm whether the completion period begins before the VA and AT&T equipment relocations are complete, and how delayed roof access will be addressed. SF1442 Block 11 and FAR 52.211-10 control until amended: start within 10 calendar days of NTP and complete within 30 calendar days of NTP. The 120 days in Block 13d is bid acceptance, not performance. Submittals and procurement fall inside the performance period. Access delays are handled under FAR 52.242-14 and 52.236-2 after written notice. No construction liquidated-damages clause is listed. 3. Both versions of VAAR 852.219-75 in the solicitation select general construction with an 85% subcontracting limitation, while RFI Response 111 identifies special-trade construction with a 75% limitation. Please identify the controlling clause version and provide an updated certification for submission with the bid if special trade construction applies. Use the certification printed in the solicitation. Both versions check general construction, so no more than 85 percent may be paid to firms that are not certified SDVOSBs, excluding materials. A certified SDVOSB first-tier subcontractor counts as similarly situated. NAICS 238160 is a special-trade code under 13 CFR 125.6, which would be 75 percent if the clause is amended. 4. VAAR 852.236-72 authorizes 15% retention where work is not self-performed under FAR 52.236-1, but 52.236-1 is not among the incorporated clauses and no percentage is stated. Please identify the required percentage of work to be performed with the prime contractor's own forces, and confirm whether work performed by a certified SDVOSB subcontractor counts toward both that requirement and the subcontracting limitation. No self-performance percentage is filled in and FAR 52.236-1 is not incorporated. VAAR 852.236-72 still measures own forces as on-site labor on the prime's payroll and allows 15 percent retention on work not authorized to be performed by other than the prime. A certified SDVOSB subcontractor counts toward limitations on subcontracting but does not count as the prime's own forces.