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* = Required Field FedBizOpps Presolicitation Notice Rev. March 2010 Y Great Lakes NC D/B 2000 Pre Placed Crypts 20001 36C78618R0094 02-06-2018 N 237990 Department of Veterans Affairs NCA Contracting Service 425 I Street, NW Washington DC 20001 Elizabeth Monohan 202-632-5861 Elizabeth.Monohan@va.gov Great Lakes National Cemetery 4200 Belford Road Holly, MI 48442 http://www.va.gov US Department of Veterans Affairs home page Elizabeth.monohan@va.gov THIS PROCUREMENT IS A 100% SET-ASIDE FOR SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (SDVOSB) FIRMS. The Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), National Cemetery Administration (NCA), Contracting Service Office - Washington DC, intends to solicit a firm-fixed price contract to provide Design-Build services to provide all professional services, labor, materials, tools, equipment, and design-build services necessary for preparing construction documents and performing the construction to establish a complete crypt field consistent with the Great Lakes National Cemetery master planned development.

The Request for Proposal (RFP) 36C78618R0094 will be issued as Two-Phase Design-Build procurement in accordance with FAR Part 15 and 36.3. Proposals will be evaluated using the Best Value Continuum process in accordance with FAR 15.101-1 “Tradeoff Process.” The top three (3) scores will be determined as the most highly qualified Design-Build (DB) firms and will be short-listed to participate in Phase Two of the Design-Build selection process. Short-listed Offerors will be asked to submit both one technical and one price proposal based upon the evaluation factors identified in the RFP. The technical and price proposal shall be submitted separately.

SOLICITATION RELEASE: NCA anticipates the solicitation will be issued on or about February 12, 2018. The solicitation and associated documents will be available for inspection via FBO. Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the FBO website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore it is the Offerors responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK: Provide all professional services, labor, materials, tools, equipment, and design-build services necessary for preparing construction documents and performing the construction to establish a complete crypt field consistent with the Great Lakes National Cemetery master planned development. The Design-Build Contractor shall completely prepare site for construction operations, furnish labor and materials, and perform work for the construction. Work also includes but is not limited to: design, geotechnical investigation, surveying, design reviews, clearing, grubbing, cut and fill, earth work, grading, 2,000 pre-placed double depth concrete crypts, storm drainage, landscape planting and turf, irrigation, two flower vase watering stations, gravesite monument markers, gravesite section markers, and any other infrastructure necessary for a functioning burial section.

Interested contractors will be responsible for downloading copies of the solicitation package, drawings, specifications and subsequent amendments. The Government will not provide paper copies of the solicitation. The solicitation will be issued pursuant to the authority of Public Law 109-461, 38 U.S.C. 8127 and 8128. Telephone, written, facsimile, or e-mail requests for the solicitation will NOT be honored. The solicitation will provide instructions about the proposal submission process.

OFFEROR’S MAILING LIST: Prospective Offerors are encouraged to register their interest in the solicitation on the FBO website (https://www.fbo.gov) so that they are notified of the issuance of the solicitation and any amendments. Individual copies of the Bidder’s Mailing List WILL NOT be prepared nor distributed by the Contracting Officer.

MAGNITUDE OF CONSTRUCTION: Between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000.

CONTRACT DURATION: Performance period for this requirement is Three Hundred Sixty-Five (365) Calendar days from date of receipt of the Notice to Proceed.

NAICS Code is 237990 for Commercial and Institutional Building Construction with a Small Business Size Standard of $36.5M.

In accordance with FAR 52.204-7 and VAARS 804.1102, to be eligible for award, prospective contractors must be registered in both the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov and in the VIP database, available at http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov Registration is free however, processing time should be taken into consideration when registering. Offerors who are not registered should consider applying for registration immediately upon receipt of this solicitation. The Contracting Specialist for this procurement is Elizabeth Monohan, (202) 632-5861, email: elizabeth.monohan@va.gov . All interested contractors must ensure that their firms have the ability to provide a bid guarantee and 100% Performance and Payment Bonds.

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