Site Visit St. Louis Urgent Care.doc

Hi good morning, Welcome to the site visit for Construct Urgent Care Clinic Building Addition at the Jefferson Barracks VA Medical Center. Solicitation number -36C77623R0194 A sign in sheet will be provided by the COR. At this time we will go around and require everyone present to sign the sheet. Please take the time to introduce the companies and individuals here today.

Thank you, I will now begin reading through the Site Visit Agenda.

36C77623R0194 - for Construct Urgent Care Clinic Building Addition at the Jefferson Barracks VA Medical Center Visit Agenda 02-08-2024 - 10:00 AM (CT)

1. Open meeting & Introductions (Sign in sheet)

· Introduction of Vendors – See sign-in sheet

· Contracting Officer –Joelle Mascarenas

· Contract Specialist: Tessia Hall

· General Engineer: Yevgeniy “Gene” Kengovskiy

· Architect-Engineer (A-E): Valhalla Engineering Group, LLC - Mike Vander Ploeg

2. Solicitation Information

· This solicitation is set-aside for SDVOSB concerns under NAICS Code 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction.

· This procurement is a 100% set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns. Offers received from other than SDVOSB concerns will not be considered. All SDVOSBs must be listed as “certified” by the Small Business Administration (SBA) Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert). Offerors must be certified in the SBA VetCert database (Veteran Small Business Certification (sba.gov)) at TIME OF SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS AND TIME OF AWARD. Failure to be BOTH visible and verified at the time of proposal submission and time of award will result in the offeror’s proposal being deemed unacceptable and ineligible for award.

· Request for Proposal (RFP) IAW FAR Part 15

· Solicitation Closing Date: March 1, 2024 at 10:00 AM ET

· Cut-off date for technical questions is February 15, 2024 at 2:00 PM ET

· Technical Questions after the Cut-Off date will be reviewed, but the VA does not guarantee that they will be answered. Please note that any verbal exchange at this site visit does not constitute a change to this solicitation. Only amendments constitute a change Only questions received in writing and answered via solicitation amendment will be deemed official.

· Please submit all technical questions to me via email at Tessia.hall@va.gov

· Responses to technical questions will be posted in a timely manner as an amendment to the solicitation on sam.gov. Please confirm receipt of all amendments in RFP responses.

· Proposal format submission requirements are located in the solicitation.

· Only electronic copies of the bids will be accepted via email to Tessia.Hall@va.gov.

· Please be advised that the bid bond shall be submitted as part of the electronic proposal submission. An original hard copy of the bid bond is NO LONGER required.

· Ensure that the Limitations on Subcontracting are included in your proposal as required per the Instructions to Offerors

· The VAAR range of magnitude for the project is between $10 and $20 Million.

· The Period of Performance for the project is 730 calendar days after receipt of NTP.

· A copy of the site visit sign in sheet will be provided as an amendment to the solicitation and posted to: sam.gov.

3. Presentation Conclusion

· Just a reminder the site walk through should be done as a group.

· At this time the COR will lead the walkthrough

· Thank you for your time and have a great day.

4. COR Presentation: Provide general review of the job and review of any important Drawings and Specifications, unique requirements, and site-specific items.

5. Site Walk Through: COR will lead.

No questions from anyone onsite.