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* = Required Field FedBizOpps Presolicitation Notice Rev. March 2010 Y VA Calverton National Cemetery 20420 36C10F18R0494 04-17-2018 N 237990 Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Construction and Facilities Management (00CFM3B) 425 I Street, NW Washington DC 20001 The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA,) Office of Construction and Facilities Management (CFM,) in Washington, DC, 425 I. Street, NW, is issuing this pre-solicitation notice for the Two-Phase Design-Build requirement for the Calverton National Cemetery, New York The Design-Build/Contractor (D/B) shall provide all labor, material, supervision, equipment, travel and performance of work in accordance with this Request for Proposal (RFP) in accordance with the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. All Architect/Engineer (A/E) Services required in this RFP shall be performed by licensed Architects and Engineers registered in the State/Territory/Other of this project.

This project will continue the services provided by an established and existing national cemetery in provide burial facilities for eligible veterans in the New York metropolitan area. This proposed development will provide continued service to an estimated FY 2016 veteran population of nearly 587,000 who have been served by this open national cemetery since September 1978. Without this project NCA is projecting gravesite depletion of casketed gravesites in July 2023 and in-ground cremation gravesites February 2025. This project will provide for sufficient in-ground casket and cremation burial inventory until FY 2034; no columbarium niches will be constructed within this project since existing capacity is projected to extend beyond FY 2034.

The scope of services to accomplish this project includes furnishing all labor and materials to prepare the schematic design, design development and construction drawings, specifications, and record drawings for all project elements constructed under this contract. This contract will require submission of Schematic Design (SD-1 & SD-2), Construction Documents (CD-1 & CD-2), Final Construction Documents and Record Drawings.

The Office of Construction and Facilities Management (CFM) will provide a requirements document consisting of program requirements, environmental and regulatory constraints, topographic and boundary survey, baseline geo-technical survey, performance schedule, and listing of applicable VA/NCA design guides, submission requirements, and planning criteria. The Design Build contract shall include a full complement of design services including the preparation of Master Plan, Schematic Design, Design Development and Construction documents in addition to all construction, commissioning, and LEED certification.

The approximate project duration will be 1,540 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed. The estimated magnitude for this project is between $20,000,000 and $50,000,000. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction) with the size standard of $36.5 Million.

This notice is not a request for competitive offers. The point of contact is Tammiko Newell, reachable by email at Tammiko.Newell@va.gov. In the subject line of any e-mail sent, identify: Calverton National Cemetery 36C10F18R0494. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA,) Office of Construction and Facilities Management (CFM,) reserves the right to use only FBO, via the internet, to provide notification of any amendments to this RFP. By registering at FedBizOpps (http://www.fbo.gov) the Offerors will have access to downloading plans, specifications and amendments, which will be available only in Adobe PDF electronic format. It is the Contractor's responsibility to view the FBO website daily for any amendments to the RFP. The Offeror's must be listed in the Vendor Information Pages at www.vetbiz.gov, currently registered in the System for Award Management, www.sam.gov.

The Solicitation is planned to issue on or about March 15, 2018. Telephone calls will not be accepted.

Offerors may submit proposals with or without a Project Labor Agreement (PLA). The PLA shall fully conform to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 22.5 Project Labor Agreement for Federal Construction Projects. No additional points or weight will be assigned to proposals submitted with a PLA. PLA proposals will not be given additional weigh towards their technical proposals or towards selection of a proposal for award. Offerors who chose to provide a proposal including a PLA shall do so in compliance with FAR 52.222-33 and FAR 25.222-34.

CFM intends to conduct this acquisition in accordance with Subpart 36.3, Two-Phase Design-Build Selection Procedures.

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www.va.gov Contracting Office Address:

Department of Veterans Affairs; Office of Construction and Facilities Management (00C34B), 425 I. Street, NW, Washington DC 20001

Place of Performance:

VA Calverton National Cemetery 210 Princeton Blvd, Calverton, NY 11933

Point of Contact(s):

Tammiko Newell Contracting Officer