Ancillary Specialty Care Expansion

Added: Mar 28, 2013 4:02 pm The Department of Veterans' Affairs is seeking the services of a qualified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business construction company to provide all labor, material, transportation, equipment and qualified supervision required to construct the "Specialty Care Expansion" project 517-316 located at the Beckley VA Medical Center, 200 Veterans Ave., Beckley, WV 25801.



In general, the scope consists of a two floor addition that is in an enclosed area of the second and third floors.



The work shall be sequenced and phased to minimize disruption or interruption of medical center clinical functions. In conjunction with the new construction, the project scope requires significant upgrades and improvement s to the structural, architectural, mechanical, plumbing and electrical systems of the existing building as well as abatement of existing asbestos containing material.



The existing building is a flat-roofed, concrete framed exterior cavity wall brick building, federally mandated and designed to comply with the structural requirements set forth by the Department of Veterans' Affairs Design Guide for Life Safety protected facilities.



All work shall be performed in strict accordance with constructions drawings and specifications and specifications prepared by Collaborative Design, Ltd. and completed within 545 days after Notice to Proceed. This includes final inspection and cleanup. The NAICS code for this project is 236220 with small business size standards of $33.5 million. The estimated constructions cost is between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000.



The drawings and specifications will be uploaded as part of the solicitation on or about 04/12/2013. A date and time for a pre-bid site visit will be stated in the solicitation. No other site visits will be conducted. The deadline for receipt of bids will be on or after 30 days after the solicitation is issued. Questions or Requests for Information (RFI's) from Bidders must be typewritten and emailed to eh Contracting Officer, Wes Brown @ Wesley.Brown2@va.gov.



To be qualified to submit a proposal on this project, firms must be classified as SDVOS-owned firms and registered in SAM (System for Award Management : http://www.sam.gov) and Vet Biz (http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov), prior to award. The online Representations and Certifications must be completed prior to the contract award.