598-20-106 improve physical medicine and rehabilitation service - NLR

This procurement will be issued as a 100% Set-Aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) through RFP procedures under FAR 15 and other FAR Parts and Subparts as applicable. The Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS) has a requirement to Improve Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service in Building 170, Project No. 598-20-106. The tentative date for issuing the RFP is on or around May 13, 2024, with proposals due approximately 30 calendar days later on-or-around June 12, 2024 (the RFP will state the exact time/date that proposals are due).  The anticipated contract award date is approximately 30 calendar days or less after receipt of proposals. The recommended Contract Performance Period is 270 calendar days after issuance of the Notice to Proceed. Location of the work is at the Eugene J. Towbin Memorial Veterans Hospital located at 2200 Fort Roots Drive, North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114. The contractor shall provide all labor, materials, tools, equipment, expertise, administration, supervision transportation and anything else necessary to perform all work as described in project Scope of Work, Drawings, and Specifications.

NAICS Code 236220 is applicable to this RFP and the Small Business Size Standard is $39.5M.  The Construction Cost Range for this project (Magnitude of Construction) is between $2,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00.

Interested offerors are asked to please first read over the RFP and all its associated attachments/documents in their entirety prior to forwarding any questions to the Contracting Officer.  A cut-off time/date for receipt of questions will be established and listed in the RFP as well as a time/date for the scheduled Site Visit.  Only one Site Visit will be conducted and no requests for additional Site Visits or make-up Site Visits will be granted.

The RFP number for this project is 36C25624R0087. The RFP will be posted and can be downloaded (without charge) from the SAM.gov website. Amendments to this RFP will not be mailed but will be posted at the SAM.gov website.  Offerors are responsible for obtaining the RFP (and associated documents/attachments) from the SAM.gov website and for acknowledging all Amendments to the RFP.  It is the responsibility of all interested offerors to check the SAM.gov website as necessary for any Amendments to the RFP (to include the day bids are due). 

In accordance with VAAR 819.7003 Eligibility, at the time of submission of a proposal, the offeror must represent to the Contracting Officer that it is a SDVOSB concern, that it is a small business concern under the NAICS Code assigned to the acquisition, and that it is verified for eligibility and certified by SBA to compete for federal contracts as a Certified Service-Disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) at the Department of Veterans Affairs under the VA's Vets First program. Information on SBA certification can be found at Veteran Small Business Certification (sba.gov). Information on SAM Registration can be found at https://sam.gov/.