S201--Building Drone Cleaning

The purpose of this amendment 0002 is to extend the response due date, add previously excluded buildings, and provide the Questions and Answers.

PLEASE NOTE THAT BUILDINGS ERRONEOUSLY EXCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL SOLICITATION ARE NOW INCLUDED - Buildings 2, 20, 29, 30, 31, 32 and S45 parking garage

Submission of your final response shall be received electronically not later than 2:30 PST on 08/21/2026 at Stephanie.Naron@va.gov. Subject line should include “RESPONSE TO RFQ 36C26226Q1150.”

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Several areas of the buildings have permanent exterior balconies or protected walking surfaces with guardrails. Although certain windows may be more than 20 feet above ground level, they are readily accessible from these permanent walking surfaces, with the glass approximately 9 feet above the technician’s standing surface. Can the VA please confirm whether the 20-foot threshold is measured from the technician’s accessible working surface or strictly from ground level?

Both

Where windows are safely accessible from permanent protected balconies or walkways, may those windows be cleaned by hand using traditional window-cleaning methods rather than by drone?

The drone shall be used on the Stucco. The windows shall be cleaned by hand; the main building has a catwalk available for use for window cleaning.

Based on our site visit, we believe traditional hand cleaning from these protected walking surfaces would provide the best finished result for those particular windows while maintaining safe access and minimizing disruption. Can the VA confirm that this approach is acceptable where the windows are safely reachable from those protected surfaces?

Yes.

The Licensing Requirements section of the SOW lists "General Building license (Class B)" as a required offeror qualification. Under California Contractors State License Board (CSLB) classifications:

Class B (General Building Contractor) is designated for structural construction requiring at least two unrelated...