Attachment 06 - 672-22-810 Seed Project Notice of Task Order Request for Proposal.docx

Attachment 06 Notice of Task Order Request for Proposal VISN 8 Construction MATOC Caribbean Seed Project 672-22-810 - Provide High Level Disinfection Room at SPS VA Caribbean Healthcare System, San Juan, PR Solicitation #: 36C77624R0149

Issue Date: Date of MATOC Solicitation Issue

Proposal Due Date/Time: Same due date/time of the MATOC Proposal – See IDIQ MATOC instructions for proposal submission deadline.

Technical Questions (Request for Information): See IDIQ MATOC instructions for submitting Technical Questions.

Project Number: 672-22-810

Project Title: Provide High Level Disinfection Room at SPS

VA Medical Center (VAMC): VA Caribbean Healthcare System, San Juan, PR 00921

Project Description: General construction, alterations, and renovations to provide a high-level disinfection room at Sterile Processing Service (SPS). This project shall provide new disinfection equipment and shall re-organize the cleaning operations in one room. Existing sterilization equipment shall be relocated to this new room with additional equipment added for increased operational capacity.

Contracting Point of Contact: Contract Specialist jacquelyn.wise@va.gov AND Contracting Officer katherine.gibney@va.gov

General Information

1. All references to “Bid” or “Bidder” shall be understood to mean “Offer” or “Offeror”.

2. Magnitude of Construction: Between $100,000 and $250,000.

3. NAICS: 236220, current size standard $45M. Each offeror shall meet the small business size standard at the time of award.

4. Site Visit: A site visit for the 675-22-810 Provide High Level Disinfection Room at SPS seed project will be held. See Attachment 06d for more information.

5. Offer Acceptance Period: Offerors providing less than 120 calendar days for Government acceptance will not be considered and will be rejected.

6. Contract Clauses: All provisions and clauses from the VISN 8 Construction MATOC - Caribbean are applicable to this requirement. If there are any conflicts between the contract clauses and the information outlined in the resultant task order, the MATOC Contract language takes precedence over the information in the task order.

7. Payment of Municipality Taxes in Puerto Rico: The Contractors shall be responsible for all Municipality Taxes also known as “Arbitrios Municipales” and patents for all construction projects, when a proposal is submitted to the Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Caribbean Healthcare System, Puerto Rico. Each Contractor shall make an assessment with the “Centro de Recaudaciones e Ingresos Municipales” known as “CRIM” from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The Contractors shall be responsible to find out the applicable municipality construction taxes and patents where the construction project will be performed with each local Government offices (i.e. San Juan, Ponce, Mayaguez, etc.). If the Contractor fails to include the applicable municipality construction taxes and patents with their proposed cost/price proposal, the Contractor will be solely responsible for the omitted cost/price.

8. Special Notes Regarding FAR 52.229-3: Federal, State and Local Taxes: Offerors are hereby notified that all state and local sales or use taxes for construction materials must be included in their bid or proposal price. It is solely the responsibility of the offeror to include all other applicable taxes in their bid or proposal price as well. The Government has determined that for this acquisition it cannot take advantage of any sales or use tax exemptions that may be available to it under applicable state law. Under no circumstances will any Contractor be designated as an agent of the Government for purposes of any tax exemption, nor will the Government authorize any Contractor’s use of any tax exemption directly applicable to the Government under this procurement.

9. Specifications and Drawings: All Applicable specifications and drawings will be provided electronically along with the Request for Task Order Proposal. No hard copies will be made available to proposing contractors.

10. VetCert Verification: Task Orders are 100% set aside for verified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB’s). The Government will review the Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) database at https://veterans.certify.sba.gov and verify SDVOSB status. The award of this requirement shall not be delayed due to the loss of SDVOSB verification.

11. Performance and Payment Bonds for Construction Contracts: In accordance with FAR 52.228-15, contractors are reminded that awards exceeding $150,000 shall require both Payment and Performance Bonds. The penal amounts must equal 100 percent of the original contract price. Performance bonds shall be provided on a Standard Form 25 and payment bonds shall be provided on a Standard Form 25A, the most up-to-date forms can be found on http://www.gsa.gov/forms.

Payment and performance bonds are required. The Contractor shall furnish required performance and payment bonds within 10 calendar days after award of the task order.

12. Bid Bonds/Bid Guarantee: Bid guarantees shall be required whenever a performance bond or a performance and payment bond is required. In accordance with FAR 52.228-1, the amount of the bid guarantee shall be twenty percent of the bid price or $3,000,000, whichever is less. Bid bonds shall be provided on a Standard Form 24, the most up-to-date forms can be found on http://www.gsa.gov/forms.

13. Liquidated Damages: N/A to this task order.

14. 52.211-10 Commencement, Prosecution, and Completion of Work. The Contractor shall be required to (a) commence work under this contract within 10 calendar days after the date the Contractor receives the notice to proceed, (b) prosecute the work diligently, and (c) complete the entire work ready for use not later than 180 calendar days. The time stated for completion shall include final cleanup of the premises.

15. Proposal Submission: See MATOC solicitation instructions for information on proposal submission.

Seed Project Attachments:

· Attachment 06a - Drawings 100CD-Architect

· Attachment 06a - Drawings 100CD-Electrical

· Attachment 06a - Drawings 100CD-Mechanical

· Attachment 06a - Drawings 100CD-Plumbing

· Attachment 06a - Specifications 100CD

· Attachment 06b - Seed Project Price Schedule Sheet

· Attachment 06c - Base Offer Cost Breakdown

· Attachment 06d - Site Visit Instructions - Seed Project VISN 8 MATOC - Caribbean

· Attachment 06e - PCRA 672-22-10