The Department of the Army, Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, has a requirement for Operation & Maintenance (O&M) Repair and Construction for Healthcare and Medical Research Laboratory facilities, in support of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) program in the West of the Mississippi Region.

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• The contract performance work statement will include, but is not limited to, some or all the following types of work: The contractor shall be dedicated to full time operations and maintenance of the facilities, and the Contractor is expected to provide supervision, labor, materials, and equipment to operate and maintain the facilities systems and utilities infrastructure including recurring scheduled Preventive Maintenance (PM); Predictive Preventive Maintenance (PdM); Corrective Maintenance (CM); Service Orders (SOs); Unscheduled Maintenance, Emergency maintenance of all facility systems and components, and minor construction incidental to the O&M mission may also be required.
• Services include but are not limited to general and specialized Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems; electrical lighting systems; production and generation of high and low voltage electrical systems; fire detection, annunciation, notification and suppression systems; security cameras, sensory detection, and infant abduction systems; plumbing supply, drain, waste and vents; medical gas supply and waste systems; facility interior and exterior finishes; wayfinding signage; support nutritional medicine equipment; Regulatory Compliance items (e.g., The Joint Commission, installation, state, and federal codes and statutes). All code required testing or certifications shall be the contractor’s responsibility.
• Work will vary from site to site and will require extensive knowledge of the functional operation relating to the efficient use of the facility, equipment, facility support systems, and building structures. Since the facilities will be in full operation, the contractor will be required to minimize interference with the daily operation of the MTFs and will be required to implement infection control processes. Joint Commission Environment of Care requirements and other applicable requirements must be met, including maintenance of records of preventive maintenance on all critical systems and compliance with/ implementation of the facility’s Utilities Management Plan.
• The Contractor shall be responsible for verifying all existing conditions, quantities, measurements, and distances, as they are only used in the Statement of Work for the estimation of the Scope of Work. The government is responsible for identifying the facility or location of work and shall not be held responsible for other inaccuracies. \
• All these special requirements combine to create a demanding work environment for contractors, where the contractors must be willing to take on the risk performing work that may impact patient health and safety and may even expose their own workers to toxins or infectious diseases. This necessitates measures such as increased liability insurance, special immunizations for workers in certain facilities or areas of facilities, additional worker training in the use of specialized personal protective equipment, etc.