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Presolicitation Notice Presolicitation Notice Pre-Solicitation Notice 36C24625B0002 Replace Fire and Smoke Dampers Project 637-21-102 Asheville VA Medical Center

GENERAL INFORMATION

1100 Tunnel Rd

Asheville, NC 28805

POSTAL CODE

COUNTRY

CONTACT INFORMATION

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 100 Emancipation Drive Asheville NC 28805

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Shirley Gregory Shirley.Gregory@va.gov 828-299-5837

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

EMAIL DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Asheville, North Carolina has a requirement for a contractor to completely replace fire and smoke dampers under project 637-21-102 as required by Drawings and Specifications to be provided in forthcoming Solicitation.

SCOPE

Construction Services: The Contractor shall be responsible for the replacement of Smoke/Fire Dampers within Bldg. 47 at the Asheville VAMC. The contractor shall be responsible for providing all materials, labor, tools, transportation, supervision, equipment, and any incidentals necessary to perform work as described in the construction Drawings and Specifications to be provided with Solicitation. Work includes, but not limited to: complete site preparation for building operations, including demolition and removal of existing structures; furnish labor and materials to perform the removal of the old fire/smoke dampers (approximately 64), removal of the control air actuator, and installation of new fire dampers (approximately 66 dampers), in the occupied hospital Building 47 at the Asheville VA Medical Center. Some dampers will need to be removed and be replaced by straight duct where the fire code no longer requires dampers.

Construction schedule: 15 days for bonds, 220 days for submittals and construction. Total contract time: 235 calendar days.

IAW FAR 36.204(e) the magnitude of construction is between $500,000 and $1,000,000.

NAICS CODE: 238220 – Plumbing, Heating and Air-Conditioning Contractors

Size Standard: $19M

Solicitation Date: the approximate Solicitation issue date will be January 6, 2025 with an approximate response date of February 26, 2025.

A Pre-Bid Site Visit is tentatively projected for January 15, 2025 at 2:00PM EST and Potential Offerors are required to RSVP by NLT COB 12:00PM EST January 8, 2025 via email to Shirley.Gregory@va.gov. It is the responsibility of the Potential Offerors to confirm receipt of RSVP. It is the responsibility of the Potential Offerors to bring all necessary personnel, inclusive of subcontractors, tooling and materials necessary to the Pre-Bid Site Visit. The Government will NOT be providing paper copies of any solicitation, solicitation attachments or annexes, specifications, or drawings. The Government will NOT be reimbursing any costs associated with attendance or Bid preparation.

The solicitation will be issued on a restricted basis and will be 100% Set-Aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns. However, should this pre-solicitation notice fail to provide adequate socio-economic interest to merit the continued reservation of the aforementioned set-aside, the projected site visit and set-aside may be cancelled. If you are interested in bidding on this project but do not intend to attend the pre-bid site visit, please ensure that you do submit your intent to the aforementioned POC by the previously identified date and time. To be eligible for award the SDVOSB must be considered small under the relevant NAICS code and must be registered and verified in the following websites: https://veterans.certify.sba.go.

This notice is for informational purposes only and is not a request for Bids. The Government is not obligated to issue a Solicitation as a result of this notice. No other information is available until the issuance of the Solicitation. No Bid list is maintained. All interested vendors should register on this website. It is the offeror’s responsibility to check the website periodically for any Amendments/Notices to the Solicitation. Prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database in order to obtain access to Contract Opportunities under SAM.gov and must be current and active to be eligible for contract awards.

Potential Offerors are further advised that failure to register in the SAM database, will render your firm ineligible for award. Registration requires applicants to have a DUNS number; VA recommends registering immediately in order to be eligible for timely award. The Solicitation will be available only via the Internet at the following address: https://sam.gov/content/opportunities. Information on how to register your company and to view or receive updates to this notice can be found on https://sam.gov. Any amendments to this Solicitation will not be emailed but will be posted on the SAM.gov website. Offerors are responsible for obtaining Solicitation documents from Sam and acknowledging all amendments to any subsequent Solicitation. NO paper copies of the impending Solicitation will be furnished.

Any questions regarding this announcement and all future announcements regarding this project must be emailed to Shirley.Gregory@va.gov.

NO TELEPHONE REQUEST FOR BIDDING MATERIAL WILL BE ACCEPTED

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