Sources Sought Notice 36C77624Q0269.docx

Sources Sought Notice Sources Sought Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

SET-ASIDE

Program Contracting Activity Central

6100 Oak Tree Blvd, Suite 490 Independence OH 44131

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Dawn Schydzik Dawn.Schydzik@va.gov 216-447-8300

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

ADDRESS

Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center

1500 WEISS STREET

SAGINAW MICHIGAN

COUNTRY

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY’S URL

URL DESCRIPTION

AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS

EMAIL DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION

SYNOPSIS:

INTRODUCTION:

In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 10.002(b)(2), this Sources Sought Notice is for market research and information purposes only at this time and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) is conducting a market survey and is seeking potential sources for the Minor – Expand Medical Center Construction project at the Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center located in Saginaw, MI.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The scope project is to expand the Medical Center site at Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center located in Saginaw, Michigan. The Contractor shall completely prepare the site for building operations, including demolition and removal of existing structures and vegetation and furnish all necessary labor, tools, miscellaneous materials, equipment, and supervision as specified in drawings and specifications.

Work includes civil, site development, utilities, electrical, and low voltage trades and be compliant with applicable codes including the City of Saginaw codes, VAMC Saginaw codes, and all applicable national codes and standards. All excavations should be safely sheeted, shored, sloped, or braced in accordance with MI-OSHA requirements.

The total site preparation includes approximately 25 acres, which is a combination of 15.4 acres existing VA property and 9.5 acres of new adjacent property. Property conditions include but are not limited to parking lots that are heavily distressed bituminous concrete pavement, an outbuilding, abandoned rail spur, and approximately 6 acres are heavily wooded.

Earthwork operations will consist of clearing all vegetation, topsoil, and pavements from the proposed building and pavement areas, demolishing the existing building and associated foundations, removing and relocating existing utilities, backfilling resulting foundation and utility excavations with engineered fill, proof rolling the exposed subgrade, preparing the subgrade for support of floor slabs and pavements, and excavating and backfilling for the stormwater detention system, new foundations, and new utilities. Accumulations of surface run-off water and groundwater seepage at the base of the excavations should be controllable with pumping from properly constructed sumps.

Project requires an entire site survey, thorough review and compliance with construction documents, construction phasing (scheduling) timeline, and submittal list. The new expanded site shall have new parking areas and infrastructure for future buildings and meet the physical security design requirements.

Major project elements include, but are not limited to:

· Demolition - existing corrugated steel-clad barn, concrete slabs/footings, drains/piping, chain-link fence, high-security fence and footings, bollards, curb, parking lot saw cut HMA, 2” mill, abandoned rail spur including rails, ties, and ballasts, cut and cap existing sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and water service IAW city standards, clear and grub trees/soils/construction debris (do not bury), existing light poles, connections, and conductors.

· Civil - Rough grade, fine grade, compaction, surveying

· Utilities – install new drain detention, storm sewer, sanitary sewer, tie-in to existing watermain, bore and jack existing, install new 36” main, gas line new and tie-in, fiber, electric, and ductbanks.

· Install - Curb, gutter, walkway, pave, stripe, landscape, lighting, seeding, soil erosion, dust control, rip rap, bollards, high security fencing, concrete pads, curbs and gutters, reuse millings, traffic signs, paint/stripe, light pole, conductors, circuits, and fixtures, gravel lot, solar panel speed sign, emergency call box, video surveillance (CAT6A)

· Phasing – required to retain enough parking to serve active hospital staff and patients.

· Traffic control – significant importance. Crews must manage active construction area to retain parking for an active hospital, successfully manage equipment and product deliveries so that it does not disrupt patient and staff access, and manage the road leading to the hospital that serves emergency vehicles, patients, staff, and general public.

PROCUREMENT INFORMATION:

The proposed project will be a competitive, firm-fixed-price contract utilizing the design-bid-build approach (Final Specifications and Drawings will be provided). The anticipated solicitation will be issued either as a Request For Proposal (RFP) in accordance with FAR Part 15, considering Technical and Price Factors or as an Invitation for Bid (IFB) in accordance with FAR Part 14, considering Price only. The results and analysis of the market research will finalize the determination of the procurement method. The type of socio-economic set-aside, if any, will depend upon the responses to this notice and any other information gathered during the market research process.

This project is planned for advertising in mid to late-September 2024. In accordance with VAAR 836.204, the magnitude of construction is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 237990 – Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (size standard $45.0 million) applies to this procurement. The duration of the project is currently estimated at 540 calendar days from the issuance of a Notice to Proceed. The services for this project will include providing all construction related services such as: providing labor, materials and equipment required to complete the project as per contract documents prepared by an independent Architect-Engineer firm.

CAPABILITY STATEMENT:

Respondents shall provide a general capabilities statement to include the following information:

Section 1: Provide company name, DUNS number and Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), company address, Point-of-Contact name, phone number and email.

Section 2: Provide company business size based on NAICS code 237990. Also, provide business type (i.e., Large Business, Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women-Owned Small Business, Hub Zone Small Business, etc.).

Section 3: Provide a Statement of Interest in the project.

Section 4: Provide the prime contractor’s available bonding capacity in the form of a letter of intent from your bonding company with this submission. *Please ensure that the individual bonding capacity is in line with the VAAR Magnitude of Construction listed above.

Section 5: Provide the type of work your company has performed in the past in support of the same or similar requirement. This section is IMPORTANT as it will help to determine the type of socio-economic set-aside, if any. Please provide the following in your response:

· No more than three (3) contracts that your company has performed within the last seven (7) years that are of comparable magnitude, size, complexity, and scope to this requirement. Include the project name, project owner and contact information as this person may be contacted for further information, project scope, project size (Example: square footage), building use (Example: Medical Facility, Office Building, etc.), project dollar value, start and completion dates.

· Provide specific examples that relate aspects of previous projects to the proposed project. Describe specific technical skills and key personnel your company possess to perform the requirements described under description of work.

· Describe your Self-Performed** effort (as either a Prime or Subcontractor). Describe Self-Performed work in terms of dollar value and description. **Self-Performed means work performed by the offeror themselves, NOT work performed by another company for them for any of the project examples provided.

It is requested that interested contractors submit a response (electronic submission) of no more than eight (8) single sided pages, single-spaced, 12-point font minimum that addresses the above information. This response must be submitted as a single application-generated (not scanned) PDF document that is less than or equal to 4MB in size. Please note that hard copies will not be accepted. Please also include a cover page, which includes, at a minimum: the company’s name, address, Dun & Bradstreet number, Unique Entity Identifier (if available), socio-economic status, point-of-contact name, phone number, and e-mail address. Responses must include the Sources Sought number and project title in the subject line of their e-mail response. Submissions (responses) shall be submitted via email to the primary and secondary points of contact listed below by July 29, 2024 at 5:00 PM ET. No phone calls will be accepted.

The Capabilities Statement submitted in response to this Sources Sought shall not be considered to be a bid or proposal. This notice is for information and planning purposes only and is neither to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. No evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents. After completing its analyses, the Government will determine whether to limit competition among the small business categories listed above or proceed with full and open competition as other than small business.

At this time no solicitation exists; therefore, please do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized in Contract Opportunities at https://sam.gov/. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any solicitation or synopsis.

Contracting Office Address:

VHA Program Contracting Activity Central (VHA-PCAC) 6100 Oak Tree Blvd. Suite 490 Independence, OH 44131

Primary Point of Contact:

Dawn Schydzik Contract Specialist Dawn.Schydzik@va.gov

Secondary Point of Contact:

Jennifer Braaten Contracting Officer Jennifer.Braaten@va.gov

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