J061--ELECTRICAL TESTING (SOLICITATION)
This is a 3-year electrical testing and repair contract at the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center covering inspection, testing, cleaning, calibration, adjustment, and repair of a 4160 V primary electrical distribution system and associated normal/emergency power equipment. The contractor must furnish all labor, materials, equipment, and portable test power; obtain approval of test procedures and schedules before field testing; coordinate outages; and perform work to OEM and cited ANSI/IEEE/ICEA/NETA/NEMA/NFPA/JCAHO/VA standards. Testing must begin on a Saturday and be completed within nine consecutive days through the following Sunday, with specific dates coordinated with the COTR and outages scheduled two weeks in advance; work is expected after normal hours, including nights 5 p.m.–midnight and weekends 7 a.m.–5 p.m., with overtime anticipated. A repair/replacement parts line item is capped at $50,000 for bidding purposes, with payment based on actual costs plus markup up to that amount and no exceedance without Contracting Officer written approval. The testing firm must be an independent NETA member with at least five years’ testing experience, use a Professional Engineer and NICET/NETA-certified field staff with five years’ experience, maintain NIST-traceable calibration, and submit a comprehensive testing report within 30 calendar days after testing concludes.