Description
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) at the Chillicothe VA Medical Center is seeking a contractor to provide comprehensive Lock‑Out/Tag‑Out (LOTO) services. The effort includes auditing existing LOTO procedures for approximately 137 assets, creating new graphical procedures for up to 454 assets over a five‑year contract (base year plus four one‑year options), delivering unlimited in‑person training for roughly 75 engineering/facilities staff each year, producing standardized placards and asset‑number labels, and performing annual reviews and updates. The contractor must collaborate on‑site with VA electricians (7‑8 hours/day) for field verification, use the VA’s Maximo asset numbering scheme, and follow a standard (non‑Rockwell/ESC) format for documentation. No site visit is offered; questions were answered via a series of RFIs. The base period ends 09/30/2026 with option years running consecutively through 09/30/2031.
• Audit & update 137 existing LOTO procedures (Base Year)
• Develop new graphical LOTO procedures: minimum 137 in Base Year, ≥90 each option year (total up to 454)
• Provide unlimited annual training for ~75 staff (in‑person)
• Supply standardized placards (14½” × 9”, laminated, grommet) and asset‑number labels
• Coordinate daily field verification with VA electrician (7‑8 hrs)
• Perform annual reviews, competency checks not required, but technical compliance updates required
• Contract length: 5 years (1 base + 4 optional 1‑year periods)