Beaufort, 2 wells add to irrigation system

The National Cemetery Administration is soliciting offers under Solicitation No. VA786-16-Q-0395 for the following service at Beaufort National Cemetery; 1601 Boundary St.; Beaufort, SC 29902-3947



Contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, material and supervision necessary to perform a site visit, and subsequent construction work to replace completely prepare site for construction operations, furnish all labor and materials and perform all work as required by the Drawings and Specifications, including: the drilling of two (2) irrigation wells approximately 150 feet deep; the installation of three (3) 7.5 H.P. submersible pumps complete with all wiring, piping, controllers, VFDs; the manifold and controls to tie the new wells into the existing irrigation system, supplying and installing all enclosures, installation of fencing, the abandonment of the existing shallow irrigation well in the Maintenance Building per South Carolina regulations, the removal of the existing filtration equipment, and the restoration of the site.



Work shall last no more than 90 days and include the Contractor to provide, install, abandon, demolish, replace, disconnect, and/or remove and subsequent construction work according to the plans and specifications at the Beaufort National Cemetery.



The Magnitude of Construction: Between $250,000 and $500,000.

A bid guarantee is not required. Payment and performance bonds are required.

Site visit: Only one organized site visit. Meet at the Admin Building. See RFQ for further details.



If you cannot attend the site visit, you may look around on your own. If you are coming on a different date/time, please call Cemetery to notify personnel you will be onsite. There will be no cemetery personnel to answer questions or give tours other than at the organized site visit. Photos are not permitted unless you have written permission and are with a Cemetery Employee.



All questions before and after the site visit shall be submitted in writing to the Contract Officer (CO) at Katherine.Iacovelli@va.gov. The question period ends September 6 at noon.



Bidders are urged and expected to inspect the site where work is to be performed and to satisfy themselves regarding all general and local conditions that may affect the cost of contract performance. In no event shall failure to inspect the site constitute grounds for a claim after award.



Proposals will be evaluated and award will be made to the lowest priced responsible offeror conforming to the solicitation, which is determined to be in the best interest of the Government, price and other non-cost factors considered. An offeror's proposal may not be considered when proposed cost is unreasonably high or unrealistically low. Non-price factors that will be evaluated to determine award are past performance, risk, schedule and personnel. Responsibility determination will be made in accordance with FAR 9.1 Responsible Prospective Contractors. Price will be evaluated on the basis of its realism and acceptability to the Government.



This procurement will be set aside for- SDVOSB



The NAICS Code is 237110. Size standard is $36.5Million. Electronic solicitations will be available for download from http://www.fbo.gov on or about August 26, 2016.



Responses to the solicitation are due by 5 pm Eastern Time on 9/16/2016 through the Vendor Portal only.



Any amendments to the solicitation will also be available at www.fbo.gov. Offerors are advised they are responsible for obtaining any amendments.



Information shall be submitted in the manner requested in FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS. Failure to submit all documentation required as required so may result in your submission being determined non-responsive and removed from further consideration.