F103--Bay Pines Water Management Plan Update

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GENERAL: C.W. Bill Young Veterans Medical Center located at 10000 Bay Pines Blvd. Bay Pines, Fl. 33744, and Lee County Veterans Healthcare Center located at 2489 Diplomat Pkwy E, Cape Coral, FL 33909 has a requirement to update the existing Water Management Plan (audit) to include adding the Lee County facility and incorporate the requirements of meeting the ST108 standard. The Bay Pines VHA and Lee County Healthcare center will need continued support after the WMP is updated and/or created to monitor water test results and give guidance on the best efforts to address issues from the results. Offerors or quoters are urged and expected to inspect the site where services are to be performed and to satisfy themselves regarding all general and local conditions that may affect the cost of contract performance, to the extent that the information is reasonably obtainable. In no event shall failure to inspect the site constitute grounds for a claim after contract award. highly recommended .

BACKGROUND: VHA directive 1061 requires all VHA facilities where patients, visitors and employees spend the night and for other services (i.e. Dental, Utilities (cooling towers)) to have a Healthcare Associated Legionella Disease (HCA LD) prevention plan (also known as a Water Management Plan (WMP). Bay Pines has a Water Management Plan that is dated October of 2017. Since this plan was completed one new building where patients spend the night has been completed (B111, Mental Health Hospital) and is being used and two buildings are anticipated to be completed in early 2026 (New Dental Clinic and Fisher House II). Because of this completed addition and planned additions the Water Management Plan needs to be updated.

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