36C25622R0090.docx

SUBJECT*

Construction Connect Condenser Pumps To Emergency Power Project No. 629-18-119

GENERAL INFORMATION

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

POSTAL CODE

COUNTRY

CONTACT INFORMATION

Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System Network Contracting Office 16 400 Veterans Avenue Biloxi MS 39531

POINT OF CONTACT*

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Presolicitation Notice Presolicitation Notice

DESCRIPTION

Presolicitation Notice

THIS IS A PRESOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY: No proposals are being requested or accepted with this synopsis. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. The purpose of this synopsis is to notify potential Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB’s), in accordance with the requirements of Public Law 109-461 of this requirement. The Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System has a requirement for Connect Condenser Pumps to Emergency Power, Project No. 629-18-119. Location of the work is at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, 2400 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70119. The contractor shall provide all labor, materials, tools, equipment, expertise, administration, supervision transportation and anything else necessary to perform all work as described in project Scope of Work, Drawings, and Specifications.

The applicable North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) primary code is 238210 Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors, and the Small Business Size Standard is $16.5M. The Construction Cost Range for this project (Magnitude of Construction) is between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000.

Interested offerors are asked to please first read over the RFP and all its associated attachments/documents in their entirety prior to forwarding any Questions/Requests for Information (RFI’s) to the Contracting Officer. A cut-off time/date for receipt of Questions/RFIs will be established and listed in the RFP as well as a time/date for the scheduled Site Visit. Only one Site Visit will be conducted and no requests for additional Site Visits or make-up Site Visits will be granted.

This procurement will be issued as a 100% Set-Aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) through RFP procedures under FAR 15.101-1 and other FAR Parts and Subparts as applicable.

Limitations on Subcontracting: For construction by Specialty Trade Contractors, which this project’s NAICS Code falls under, no more than 75% of the amount paid by the government to the prime may be paid to firms that are not VIP-listed SDVOSBs.

In accordance with VAAR 819.7003 Eligibility, at the time of submission of a proposal, the offeror must represent to the Contracting Officer that it is a SDVOSB concern, that it is a small business concern under the NAICS Code assigned to the acquisition, and that it is verified for eligibility in the Vendor Information Pages (VIP) database on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization’s VIP website (https://www.vetbiz.va.gov) and have the Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE) Verification Icon/Seal/Logo. To be considered for award, SDVOSB concerns must be registered and verified in the VetBiz Registry as a SDVOSB and have the Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE) Verification Icon/Seal/Logo. SDVOSB concerns must also be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. Information on the VetBiz Registry and CVE Verification can be found at https://www.vetbiz.va.gov. Information on SAM Registration can be found at https://sam.gov. Both of these are also required for Joint Ventures.

The RFP will be posted and can be downloaded (without charge) from the SAM.GOV website. Amendments to this RFP will not be mailed but will be posted at the SAM.GOV website. Offerors are responsible for obtaining the RFP (and associated documents/attachments) from the SAM.GOV website and for acknowledging all Amendments to the RFP. It is the responsibility of all interested offerors to check the SAM.GOV website as necessary for any Amendments to the RFP (to include the day proposals are due).

The official Solicitation citing this same solicitation number 36C25622R0090 will be issued on or around July 05, 20221 on SAM.GOV’s Contract Opportunities. The Contract Specialist and awarding Contracting Officer will be Bill Geary at bill.geary@va.gov.

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