656-13-2-239-0052 - Upgrade Street Lighting

Construction Project No. 656-12-237, entitled Upgrade Street Lighting at the St. Cloud VA Health Care System, St. Cloud, Minnesota. This solicitation is issued as an IFB (Invitation for Bid) construction project, which is 100% SET ASIDE FOR SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS firms. All bidders must be registered on www.sam.gov, www.vetbiz.gov and https://orca.bpn.gov by the bid due date. The NAICS code is 236220. This work is for the purpose of the replacement of street and parking lot HID lighting with high efficiency LED lighting. Work includes the removal of existing HID fixtures and the installation of new LED fixtures, while retaining the existing poles and bases. Wiring from the base to the fixture will be replaced. Fixtures will be either 480 volt or 208 volt, single phase. Inline fuses (2-pole) are to be installed at the base of each pole. Old light fixtures, ballasts and lamps are to be properly recycled or disposed of. Existing light fixtures that have single photo eye control will be converted so that several fixtures will be operated from one photo eye. If poles are re-drilled to accommodate the new fixtures, any extra holes shall be plugged to prevent corrosion. Work is to be performed as described in the contract drawings and specifications. All fees, permits and registrations required shall be the responsibility of the contractor. Liquidated damages do apply to this project and are $132.00 per day after the contract completion date. Potential offerors to note the OSHA training requirements as listed in the General Requirements section. Work cannot commence until the VA has received proof of required OSHA training. Any amendments issued to this solicitation will ONLY be available on www.fbo.gov. Bidders are advised that they are responsible for obtaining all amendments. NO HARD COPY DOCUMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. All project information will be available free of charge on www.fbo.gov. No bidders mailing lists are maintained by the Contracting Officer. The interested parties list is available on www.fbo.gov. The estimated dollar value for this procurement is between $500,000 to $1.0 Million. NO TELEPHONE QUESTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. All questions or inquiries must be submitted via email to wendy.hoeschen@va.gov. The solicitation will be issued on or around 4/9/2013. A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for 4/23/13 at 1:00 p.m. CST in Building 3 Room 207C; attendance is not mandatory but is strongly encouraged. A public bid opening will be held on 5/9/13 at 2PM CST when bids are due. Electronic or faxed bids will NOT be accepted. This project requires bidders to secure bonding. Award is subject to the availability of funds.