Abraham lincoln national cemetery columbarium and cremains project

By way of this Market Survey/Sources Sought Notice, the USACE-Chicago District intends to determine the extent of firms engaged in construction services involving construction of a 5,000 Niche Columbarium, and 750 In-Ground Cremains at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery (ALNC)

ALNC is located approximately 50 miles south of Chicago in Elwood, Ill. The cemetery lies in the northwestern area of the former Joliet Army Ammunition Plant. The responses to this Notice will be used for planning purposes for an upcoming procurement. Therefore, this Notice does not constitute a Request for Quotes (RFQ), Request for Proposals (RFP), or an Invitation to Bid (IFB); it does not guarantee the future issue of a RFQ, RFP, or IFB; nor does it commit the government to contract. Respondents are advised that this Agency will not pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in response to this Notice; all costs associated with responding to this Notice will be solely at the responding party's expense.

GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS:

The Contractor will be required to construct a 5,000 niche columbarium and a 750 in-ground cremains (IGC). The columbarium niches shall be standard 10 ½" wide by 15" high by 20" deep and shall include smooth-face limestone caps (pre-cast concrete wall caps will not be acceptable), letter signs, and granite niche covers with stainless steel rosettes, and stainless steel mounting hardware, and shall meet the requirements set by the drawings and specifications. The columbarium wall design shall match existing columbarium at the cemetery. The granite niche covers shall be Government-furnished / Contractor installed.
Additional information on Cemetery Components can be found at the link below.
https://www.cem.va.gov/cem/grants/columbarium_cremain_burials.asp

Interested parties are to complete the attached questionnaire and provide your responses by Monday, February 19, 2018 before 1 PM (Central Time) to the following:

Tom Russell - Thomas.j.russell@usace.army.mil
Phone: (312)846-5376

or to

Regina Blair - Regina.G.Blair@usace.army.mil
Phone:(312) 846-5371