Pre-Solicitation Notice - Sources Sought Notice - Biloxi Bldg 1 Reno.docx

Pre-Solicitation Notice / Sources Sought Notice

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Construction and Facilities Management (CFM) is issuing a Pre-Solicitation Notice in combination with a Sources Sought Notice for a Design-Bid Build (DBB) construction project titled “Biloxi Building 1 Renovation” at the Biloxi, MS Veterans Affairs Medical Central (Project 520-317X) located at 400 Veterans Avenue, Biloxi, MS 39531.

This procurement will be UNRESTRICTED to be released under Solicitation Number 36C10F24R50025.

The Contractor shall provide all qualified supervision, labor, materials, transportation, and equipment necessary to complete Project 520-317X: Biloxi Building 1 Renovation in accordance with the drawings, specifications, and all other terms and conditions of the contract. This includes selective demolition, exterior building envelope alterations, and interior renovation of areas within Building 1. Most of the work will occur on unoccupied floors of 3, 4, 5 and within crawl spaces and the attic. There will be upgrades of the interior utilities and building systems including replacement of HVAC, plumbing, electrical, telecommunication systems, chilled water systems and modifications to the fire protection systems. There will be limited structural, mechanical, and electrical work related to the underside of the 3rd floor structure within the occupied areas of the 2nd floor including site restoration after all other project work is complete. The awardee shall also be responsible for monitoring the existing Building 1 foundation system by a separate, qualified consultant throughout the duration of the project.

A single Firm-Fixed Price award will be made on the Base CLIN 0001. There are no other CLINs. The Period of Performance is 912 Calendar Days after the Notice to Proceed.

The magnitude of construction cost for this project is between $25M and $50M. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 236220: Commercial and Institutional Building Construction and the Small Business Size Standard is $39.5 Million.

Offerors shall notice that a Project Labor Agreement will be a requirement of this contract. Please refer to contract FAR Clause 52.222-34: Project Labor Agreement – ALT I. The FAR Provision 52.222-33: ALT II is applicable (submission of PLA after contract award).

NOTICE TO OFFFERORS: All offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov before submitting an offer and must comply with FAR 52.204-7 and 52.204-8. Registration will be verified using the “Unique Entity Identifier” (UEI) that identifies the Offeror’s name and address exactly as stated in the offer.

SOLICITATION and AMENDMENTS: Prospective offerors must obtain a copy of solicitation documents from www.SAM.gov, which will be posted on or around April 5, 2024. By registering at www.SAM.gov, offerors will have access to downloading plans, specifications, and amendments, which will be available only in Adobe PDF electronic format. The offerors must be registered in SAM and have a UEI Number to download documents. By registering for the Register to Receive Notification list you will have notice of any new amendments that have been issued and posted, any notifications, and communication with other contractors and query to this requirement. No other notification of amendments will be provided. Potential offerors are advised that they are responsible for obtaining and acknowledging any amendments to the solicitation.

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE/SITE VISIT: Pre-proposal conference information will be outlined in the RFP.

There will be no public bid opening. All Offerors must ensure that their firms have the ability to provide both 100% Performance and Payment Bonds. In addition, the offerors will be required to submit a bid guarantee (Bid Bond) with their proposal. Award will be made utilizing the Best Value process IAW FAR Part 15. If you have any questions, please contact Jason Hardy at jason.hardy@va.gov. In the subject line of any email please identify “Solicitation 36C10F24R50003: Project 520-317X - Biloxi Building 1 Renovation”.

*** See Sources Sought Response Form on Separate Page ***

SOURCES SOUGHT RESPONSE FORM

Biloxi Building 1 Renovation (Project 520-317X) Biloxi, MS Solicitation: 36C10F24R50025

The Office of Construction and Facilities Management (CFM) is seeking input and feedback relating to this procurement and is offering the DRAFT SOLICITATION for review and comment. This is only a DRAFT SOLICITATION and NO TECHNICAL OR PRICE PROPOSALS are required at this time. Instead, please respond with the below form and send back to Contracting Officer, Jason Hardy at jason.hardy@va.gov by 11:00pm CST (local time) on 02/22/2024.

Organization Name:

Address:

SAM UEI Number:

Point Of Contact Name:

POC Title:

POC Email / Number:

|_| Small Business |_| Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) |_| Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) |_| Small Disadvantaged Business (Includes 8(a)) |_| Woman-Owned Small Business |_| Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Zone Small Business

|_| Subcontractor

|_| No

|_| No |_| Not Applicable

|_| No

|_| Not Sufficient

|_| No If Yes, please further clarify.

|_| No issues.

If Yes, please further clarify.

|_| No, requirement can be met.

|_| Project Labor Agreement in place.

If Yes, please further clarify.

|_| No If Yes, please further clarify.

|_| No, my organization is not interested.

|_| Not Applicable, my organization would be a subcontractor.

If No, please further clarify.

|_| No, there are no deterrents and my organization plans on submitting a proposal.

|_| Not Applicable, my organization would be a subcontractor.

If Yes, please further clarify.