JULY 2005
SOLICITATION FOR OFFERS
OUTPATIENT CLINIC
SFO NO. V101-183R-xxx-xxx-xx
[INSERT LOCATION OF FACILITY]
7.3.2
FINISH HARDWARE:
Follow "Room Finishes, Door and Hardware Schedule" in Schedule C for door hardware. Hardware and
Hardware sets shall be in accordance with VA Master Construction Specification Section 08710, Builders
Hardware. //Special electromagnetic locking shall be in accordance with MCS 08745.// All public use
doors must be equipped with kick-plates, or must be flush up to a minimum height of 12 inches measured
from the floor, and have pull bars or handles, and automatic door closures. Corridor and outside doors
must be equipped with 5-pin tumbler cylinder locks and door checks. All locks must be master keyed. The
Government must be furnished at least two master keys for each lock. Hardware for doors to provide
egress shall conform to NFPA Standard 101.
7.3.3
DOOR IDENTIFICATION:
Special door identification for handicapped accessibility and hazard warning signs shall be installed at all
necessary interior room doors. The forms and locations of door identification must comply with Paragraph
7.12, Signage. Doors leading into hazardous areas that might prove dangerous to a blind person shall be
made quickly identifiable to the touch by knurling, roughening or applying an abrasive coating to the
surface of the knob, door handle, pull or other hardware. Tactile warning indicators shall not be provided
for emergency exit doors.
7.4 NOISE TRANSMISSION CONTROL:
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The sound resistant enclosures (partitions, doors, duct system) of the spaces listed below shall be
designed to suppress generated noise and provide a satisfactory degree of acoustical isolation for
adjacent occupied spaces. A minimum Sound Transmission Class (STC) rating of 45 shall be achieved.
The required rating may be achieved through the use of construction such as a double layer of 5/8"
gypsum board (GWB) on both sides of 3-5/8" nominal metal studs and 2 1/2" sound attenuation blankets
between the studs all extending above conventional lay-in ceilings to the underside of floor or roof deck.
A/C and other mechanical equipment rooms
Emergency generator rooms
//Auditoriums//
//Multipurpose Rooms//
//Mental Health Group Therapy rooms//
//[__________]//
Alternatively, a gypsum board ceiling or gypsum board lay-in ceiling panels, both with 2 1/2" sound
attenuation blanket above the ceiling, shall be provided where ducts, pipes, etc., make it impractical to
extend sound partitions to slabs or deck above. Where gypsum board ceilings with attenuation blankets
are used, the double GWB partitions and sound attenuation blanket shall extend 4" above the ceiling.
Studs shall continue to the floor above. Special attention shall be given to prevent possible flanking paths
for noise transmission.
The sound resistant enclosures of the following spaces shall be designed to assure speech privacy and
achieve an STC rating of 40.
Conference rooms
Consultation offices
Examination and treatment rooms
//Individual offices in Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences Service//
Audiology and Speech Pathology areas
//Benefits Counselors--VBA Regional Offices//
Part I: Basic Solicitation Requirements Page 143 of 169
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