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INVITATION FOR BID | BUILD HOSPICE UNIT AT LOCH RAVEN VAMC

(MINOR CONSTRUCTION)

21902 36C24520B0001 06-17-2020

10:00 AM

EASTERN TIME, NEW YORK, USA

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SDVOSBC

236220 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Contracting Office (90C) Perry Point VA Medical Center Perry Point MD 21902 Contract Specialist:

T. Velvet Abercrumbie Teasha.Abercrumbie@va.gov 202-461-0556 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Loch Raven VA Medical Center 3900 Loch Raven Blvd

21218

USA

Teasha.Abercrumbie@va.gov This Project is a 100% Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set Aside. The Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), RPO East, Network Contracting Office 5 (NCO 5)- Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System (VAMHCS) Baltimore, MD intends to solicit for a firm-fixed price contract to provide Construction services necessary to expand the Loch Raven Hospice. The contractor shall provide all labor, tools, equipment, devices, materials and supervision and will perform all operations necessary for the approximately 20,000sf of new construction and additional associated necessary renovations and tie-ins, including a new second story addition to the existing Robotics Research facility, a new stair/elevator tower, and a new pedestrian walkway connecting the new construction to the existing Community Living Center (CLC) facility at the Loch Raven VA Medical Center located at 3900 Loch Raven Boulevard in Baltimore, Maryland. The Invitation for Bid (IFB) will be issued in accordance with FAR Part 14 and 36.

Bids will be evaluated using Low Price in accordance with FAR 14.104 to the responsible bidder whose bid is responsive to the terms of the invitation for bids and is most advantageous to the Government, considering only price and the price related factors included in the invitation.

A single award will be made on the base bid but in the event the offer exceeds the funds available, a single award will be made on Item No. 2 in that order, based on available funding. Offerors must bid a price on each item listed. Bidders shall bid on all items. Failure to do so will be cause for rejection of the bid as being non-responsive and non-conforming to the to the solicitation.

Solicitation Release: NCO 5 anticipates the solicitation will be issued on or about June 18, 2020. The solicitation and associated documents will be available for inspection on the Federal Contract Opportunities website at https://beta.sam.gov . Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the Offerors responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.

A virtual public bid opening will occur by phone conference. A phone number and code will be issued to all offerors. Public bid opening information will be issued with solicitation or amendment. Once the offeror has submitted their Bid to the Contracting Officer per instruction of solicitation, offeror shall RSVP by email to the Contracting Officer with a list of participates noting:

· Full Name, Company Represented, Phone Number, and Email of those you wish to be on the call.

1.1. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The scope of the project is: construct approximately 20,000sf of new construction and additional associated necessary renovations and tie-ins, including a new second story addition to the existing Robotics Research facility, a new stair/elevator tower, and a new pedestrian walkway connecting the new construction to the existing Community Living Center (CLC) facility at the Loch Raven VA Medical Center located at 3900 Loch Raven Boulevard in Baltimore, Maryland. The VA anticipates issuing a solicitation for this requirement on or about June 18, 2020. Interested vendors will be responsible for downloading copies of the solicitation package, drawings, specifications and subsequent amendments. The Government will not provide paper copies of the solicitation. The solicitation will be issued pursuant to the authority of Public Law 109-461, 38 U.S.C. 8127 and 8128. Telephone, written, facsimile, or e-mail requests for the solicitation will not be honored. The solicitation will provide instructions about the proposal submission process.

Offerors Mailing List: Prospective Offerors are encouraged to register their interest in the solicitation on the FCO website (https://beta.sam.gov) so that they are notified of the issuance of the solicitation and any amendments. Individual copies of the Bidder’s Mailing List will not be prepared nor distributed by the Contracting Officer.

Magnitude of Construction: Between $10,000,000.00 and $20,000,000.00 Delivery Schedule/Period of Performance: within four hundred forty (540) calendar days of receipt of the Notice to Proceed.

NAICS Code: 236220 for Commercial and Institutional Building Construction with a Small Business Size Standard of $39.5M.

In accordance with FAR 52.204-7 and VAAR 804.1102, to be eligible for award, prospective contractors must be registered in both System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov and in the VIP database, available at http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov Registration is free, however, processing time should be taken into consideration when registering. Offerors who are not registered should consider applying for registration immediately upon receipt of this notice.

The Contracting Officer for this procurement is T. Velvet Abercrumbie, email: Teasha.Abercrumbie@va.gov. All interested contractors must ensure that their firms have the ability to provide a bid guarantee and 100% Performance and Payment Bonds. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. Submit all inquiries in writing, via email.