5 Work by the County and site coordination
The base bid covers the specified elevator work. Related building work below is assigned to the County or its separately procured contractors only to the extent required for this alteration. This allocation preserves the budget proposal's owner-work exclusions; it does not establish that every listed item is needed. The County will confirm applicable work, existing conditions, and interfaces before bid release. Bidders shall promptly request clarification of unresolved conditions before the question deadline.
- Building work: cutting and restoration of walls, floors, and partitions; excavation spoil removal; staging and storage near the hoistway; structural supports and installation of inserts identified on approved drawings; required routing for hydraulic/electrical lines.
- Machine room and hoistway: code-compliant enclosure, size, ventilation, lighting, and heating; temperature maintained at 55-85circF; required loads, pit depth and overhead clearance; hoisting beam, sill supports, jack-hole fill, door-frame infill and sill grout where required; painting of primed hoistway doors and frames.
- Pit and safety provisions: required water extraction, sump pit/pump, permanent site guarding outside the contractor's immediate work zone, and machine-room fire extinguisher. The installer remains responsible for safe access, barricades, lockout and guarding of its own work.
- Electrical and standby power: required building feeders, fused disconnects, shunt trip, separate 110 V AC 15 A circuit, GFI receptacle, guarded light and switch, construction/test power, transfer switches and status contacts, standby/emergency power capacity and regenerative-power provisions if applicable.
- Fire protection and communications: required heat/smoke detection, fire alarm panel work, sprinkler-related power disconnection, and phone/network service to the controller. Provide the connection and backup power required by the approved emergency communication design. The vendor's reference is a dedicated analog line plus internet Ethernet with four-hour backup, or an approved cellular/VoIP arrangement with required backup.
- Conditional noistway lighting: the quote describes permanent 10 foot-candle lighting and three-way switches when replacing a controller. Controller replacement is not in this base scope; determine applicability with the authority having jurisdiction.
No open-ended owner-work allowance or automatic price adjustment is authorized. Where required related work must move into the elevator contract, the County will describe and price it uniformly by pre-bid addendum. Hidden conditions discovered after award must be reported before affected work continues and handled by a written County-approved change order.
The Law Enforcement Center will remain occupied. Coordinate employee access, escorts, material delivery, secure tool storage, noise, shutdowns, and emergency access with the Sheriff's Office. Do not take the elevator out of service until replacement equipment, labor and County-authorized outage arrangements are ready. Protect adjacent finishes and equipment and clean the work area daily. No photography or access outside the work area without authorization.