Amendment 0001- Replacement-in-Kind Repair of Existing Perimeter Security Fence (Ameristar Impasse Trident) Brand Name or Equal

The VA Boston Healthcare System is seeking a vendor for for a localized replacement-in-kind repair of the existing perimeter security fence at the Brockton VA Campus located at 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301. The existing fence is identified in the submitted repair documents as an Ameristar Impasse Trident system and has sustained damage associated with winter snow-removal activities. The work shall restore the damaged portion to the original fence alignment, configuration, appearance, structural stability, and security function. It does not authorize a new fence line, additional fenced area, expansion, or redesign of the undamaged perimeter. Work is limited to the damaged fence section and associated posts, footings, connections, and adjacent areas necessarily disturbed during repair. The existing, undamaged fence shall remain in place and be protected. The identified benchmark product is the existing Ameristar Impasse Trident perimeter security fence. The Government intends to restore the damaged portion in kind. Offerors may quote genuine Ameristar components or an alternate manufacturer’s components only when the proposed complete installed system meets every applicable salient characteristic below and interfaces with the retained fence without a reduction in security or a change to the existing fence line.The salient characteristics are included within the Statement of Work (SOW).