The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $9,857 - Friday the 22nd of June 2012
  Veterans Affairs Department
  OFFICE OF CONSTRUCTION & FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
  A CLIENT REQUEST WAS MADE BY THE MSN#1 OFFICE TO RELOCATE THE EXTERIOR LIGHT FIXTURES LOCATED ON THE CONCRETE WALK AT THE 60 FOOT FLAGPOLE TO THE ADJOINING TURF LANDSCAPING AREA. THE MSN#1 OFFICE'S JUSTIFICATON WAS FOR SAFETY CONCERNS WITH PEDESTRIANS WALKING INTO THESE LIGHT FIXTURES. IN ADDITION, THE EXTERIOR LIGHT FIXTURES INSTALLED AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE WERE DESIGNED AS SPOT LIGHTS INSTEAD OF WIDE ANGLE FLOOD LIGHTS. THE FIXTURES WERE VIEWED AT NIGHT AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FIXTURES DO NOT PROPERLY ILLUMINATE THE MAIN ENTRANCE WALLS AND ASSOCIATED LETTERING SIGNS AND VA SEAL. AN ADMINISTRATIVE/TECHNICAL DECISION WAS MADE BY THE RE OFFICE TO PROVIDE THE FLOOD LIGHTS TO PROPERLY ILLUMINATE THE MAIN ENTRANCE WALLS.

  ---

• $9,812 - Monday the 7th of May 2012
  Veterans Affairs Department
  OFFICE OF CONSTRUCTION & FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
  THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS DID NOT PROVIDE DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE ALONG THE WASHINGTON CROSSING ROAD TO ALERT VISITORS AND FUNERAL CORTEGES AS THEY APPROACH THE WASHINGTON CROSSING NATIONAL CEMETERY, CREATING CONFUSION. TO REMEDY THE SITUATION THE WCNC/MSN #1 REQUESTED A CHANGE BE MADE TO PROVIDE LETTER SIGNAGE TO BE MOUNTED ON THE CORNER WALL (LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF WASHINGTON CROSSING ROAD AND HIGHLAND ROAD) SIMILIAR TO WHAT IS BEING PROVIDED ON THE HIGHLAND ROAD MAIN ENTRANCE.

  ---

• $9,460 - Monday the 7th of May 2012
  Veterans Affairs Department
  OFFICE OF CONSTRUCTION & FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
  TO MODIFY THE OVERALL PHYSICAL LAYOUT OF PLANTING BED 6&7 AND ITS PLANTINGS TO PROVIDE FOR : 1. DRAINAGE/PREVENT PONDING AFTER RAINFALL 2. SUITABLE PLANTINGS COMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING SOIL CONDITIONS 3. A SIX FOOT MAINTENANCE BUFFER ZONE AROUND PLANTING BED.

  ---

• $90,971 - Monday the 4th of November 2013
  Veterans Affairs Department
  OFFICE OF CONSTRUCTION & FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
  DRILL 6" DIAMETER WELL TO 400'-0" DEPTH AT LOCATION #4.

  ---

• $9,095 - Tuesday the 31st of July 2012
  Veterans Affairs Department
  OFFICE OF CONSTRUCTION & FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
  THE DOMESTIC WATER SYSTEM DESIGN INDICATED A UV FILTRATION SYSTEM WITH A MAXIMUM FLOW RATE OF 8 GALLONS PER MINUTE (GRM). AFTER EXTENSIVE TESTING OF THE INSTALLED DOMESTIC WATER SYSTEM, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE UV SYSTEM AS DESIGNED WAS UNDERSIZED TO ADEQUATELY OPERATE THE VARIOUS PLUMBING FIXTURES. AN UPGRADE OF THE UV SYSTEM TO 30 GPM WAS FOUND TO BE NECESSARY.

  ---

• $89,725 - Friday the 8th of June 2012
  Veterans Affairs Department
  NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION
  FURNISH AND INSTALL PREFABRICATED CONCRETE GRAVE LINERS AT THE CALVERTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, CALVERTON, NY

  ---

• $8,807 - Monday the 4th of November 2013
  Veterans Affairs Department
  OFFICE OF CONSTRUCTION & FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
  THIS MODIFICATION IS ISSUED TO RELOCATE A WATERLINE WHICH IS INTERFERING WITH THE ROAD WIDENING CONSTRUCTION.

  ---

• $880 - Tuesday the 31st of January 2012
  Veterans Affairs Department
  OFFICE OF CONSTRUCTION & FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
  SEVERAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF THE MONUMENT AND CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE FOUNDATION FOR THE GETTYSBURG PLAQUE WERE FOUND AS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FINISHED PRODUCT AND WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE WASHINGTON CROSSING NATIONAL CEMETERY.

  ---

• $81,816 - Friday the 28th of October 2011
  Veterans Affairs Department
  OFFICE OF CONSTRUCTION & FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
  PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ORGANIC MATERIAL TO EXISTING TOPSOIL TO INCREASE TURF GRASS ROOT STRUCTURE AND HEALTH AND TO IMPROVE OVERALL DRAINAGE OF THE EXISTING CLAY/LOAM SOILS.

  ---

• $7,924 - Monday the 24th of September 2012
  Veterans Affairs Department
  OFFICE OF CONSTRUCTION & FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
  ELECTRICT TO IRRIGATION CONTROLS

  ---