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GENERAL INFORMATION

SET-ASIDE

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 100 Emancipation Drive Hampton VA 23667

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Elaine Belber Elaine.Belber@va.gov No telephone inquiries will be accepted.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Fayetteville VA Medical Center

2300 Ramsey Street

Fayetteville North Carolina

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. This notice does NOT constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid. No formal solicitation document exists at this time. We are seeking information for market research purposes only. The Government will not pay for any information solicited.

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 6 (NCO 6) is conducting market research to identify potential sources for Construction services to provide all labor, materials, tools, equipment, transportation, supervision, coordination, and services necessary for Repair Fire Doors (Project #565-25-101) located at the Fayetteville VA Medical Center Campus in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

The proposed NAICS 236220 – Commercial and Institutional Building Construction is applicable to this acquisition; with a size standard of $45.0 Million.

The proposed PSC code is Z1DA – Maintenance of Hospitals and Infirmaries.

The anticipated Magnitude of Construction is between $25,000 and $100,000. The anticipated Period of Performance is 150 days from the Notice to Proceed.

Statement of Work This project will repair fire and smoke doors located in Building nos. 1 and 3 at the VA Medical Center located at 2300 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville, NC 28601. The work will require door specialists, electricians, wall finishers, and laborers.

Construction will be done in accordance with VA specifications, Design guides, Infection Control guidelines and all applicable codes. Construction will also be structured to require minimum interruption of space function during construction.

See the attached Statement of Work draft for more details.

Small Business Requirements For market research purposes, all responses to this notice will be reviewed, regardless of small business/socioeconomic category, including those firms that are identified as large businesses. Review of responses to this notice will support later determination of acquisition strategy and set-aside requirements if a solicitation becomes available.

Pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 8127(d), acquisitions will be set-aside for SDVOSBs or VOSBs, registered in the SBA VetCert database, whenever there is a reasonable expectation of receiving two or more offers/quotes from eligible, capable and verified firms, and that an award can be made at a fair and reasonable price that offers best value to the Government. However, if responses from qualified firms prove inadequate, an alternate set-aside or full and open competition may be considered.

Instructions All interested parties should respond, in writing via email to the Contract Specialist, Elaine Belber, at elaine.belber@va.gov. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. Your response is requested by Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST. In your response, please include the following:

· Company name

· Address

· Point of contact with email and phone number

· SAM Unique Entry ID number and evidence of current SAM registration (see https://www.sam.gov for more information)

· Company Socio-Economic SIZE (example…large, small, SDVOSB, VOSB, WOSB etc.)

· Proposed NAICS code (if different from above)

· Proposed PSC code (if different from above)

· Capabilities statement, to include experience with contracts of similar scope and magnitude

· Information demonstrating your company has the capacity to complete this project, to include available bonding capacity

· A brief statement on how you will comply with the Limitations on Subcontracting, if applicable In addition to this information, please include responses to the following questions in your submission:

· What additional information would you require in order to provide a response for this project?

· Is the anticipated period of performance appropriate for this project, including lead times for materials?

· Is our anticipated Magnitude of Construction appropriate for this project?

· Would the requirement for a pre-bid walk deter you from responding to this project?

· Is there anything that would deter your from responding to this requirement?

Attachments

· Repair Fire Doors SOW Draft

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