Central Energy Plant New Orlando VA Medical Center

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Construction and Facilities Management is seeking construction contractors. The contractor shall all furnish all labor, materials, tools and equipment, and services necessary for construction of the project described herein and other specific tasks as further defined in the resulting solicitation. Work is to be performed at the New Orlando VA Medical Center at 13800 Veterans Way, Orlando, Florida, 32827 which is located near the intersection of Highway 417 and Lake Nona Boulevard. The scope consists of construction the Central Energy Plant (CEP) in the northeast corner of the site and all mechanical and electrical equipment contained therein including, but not limited to: boilers, chillers, cooling towers, emergency generators, underground storage tanks, a main water storage tank and screen wall, and electrical switchgear. The CEP is primarily a tilt-up concrete panel design. Also included with package 1B are the associated parking lot and walkways, as well as incidental related work as identified in the specifications and drawings. The offeror shall furnish, obtain any and all necessary licenses required to perform this work in the State of Florida. This is a Request for Proposal (RFP) solicitation. There will be no public bid opening. The basis for award will be Best Value method. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation requirements and will provide the best value to the government considering recent and relevant past/present performance, technical capabilities, and price. Firms are advised that award may be made without discussions or any contact concerning the proposals received. The government reserves the right to award a contract to other than the low offeror. The magnitude of this project is between $50,000,000 and $100,000,000. The firm must be a General Construction approved under NAICS Code 236220 and the size standard $33.5 mil. Small business subcontracting goals for this project are as follows: (a) 28.7% for Small Business (SB); (b) 5% Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB); (c) 7% Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB); (d) 5% Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB); (e) 3% Hubzone Small Business, and (f) 10% Veteran-(Owned Small Business (VOSB). The closing date and time for submission of offers will be contained in the solicitation package. The solicitation is expected to be issued on or about November 2, 2009. A Pre-proposal conference is scheduled for 10:00 PM EDT, on November 17, 2009, at the Defense Finance and Accounting Service Building (DFAS) 2500 Lakemont Avenue, Rm. 229, Orlando, Florida 32803. All offerors, consultants, subcontractors, manufacturers and suppliers are invited to attend. The deadline for submission of Requests for Information is November20, 2009. The solicitation package will be posted on FedBizOpps, which can be accessed at https://www.fbo.gov/. In order to view the solicitation package you must register with FedBizOpps. For changes to the issue date or any other changes to the information in this synopsis, potential offerors are responsible to check the information at FedBizOpps https://www.fbo.gov/. The Government will not provide paper copies of the solicitation. Telephone, written, facsimile, or e-mail requests, for the solicitation package will not be honored. Potential offerors MUST register at FedBizOpps www.fbo.gov in order to receive notification and/or changes to the solicitation. The Interested Vendors List (IVL) will be activated and may be accessed and printed from the FedBizOpps web site. Prospective offerors who would like their company name included on the IVL list may do so on the FedBizOpps website under IVL. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any other pertinent information and for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package. All interested parties MUST be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database and have completed On-Line Representation and Certifications Application (ORCA) in order to receive a contract award. If you are not registered with CCR, you may request an application via phone at 1-888-227-2423 or register on-line at http://www.ccr.gov. To register with ORCA, you may go online at https://orca.bpn.gov. Points of contact for this procurement are; Noella Bond is the Contracting Officer at email noella.bond@va.gov.

DescriptionThe Department of Veterans Affairs is looking for firms that are classified under one or more of the following SBA programs: 8(a), HUBZone, SDB, WOSB, SDVOSB, and/or VOSB. The firm must be a General Construction Firm with an approved NAICS Code 236220, Small Business Size Standard of $33.5 million. A bid bond as well as performance bond will be required. There are six phases to this project. This project is bid package 1B only of the New VA Medical Center located in Orlando, Florida. Bid Package 1B will consist of the construction of the Central Energy Plant (CEP) in the northeast corner of the site and all mechanical and electrical equipment contained therein including, but not limited to: boilers, chillers, cooling towers, emergency generators, underground storage tanks, a main water storage tank and screen wall, and electrical switchgear. The CEP is primarily a tilt-up concrete panel design. The estimated magnitude for this project is between fifty million ($50,000,000) and one hundred million ($100,000,000). At this time, no solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a solicitation. Small Business Contractors and vendors having the skills and capabilities necessary to perform the stated requirements are invited to provide information to contribute to this market survey/sources sought. Responses should include the following information: 1. Company Name, 2. Address, 3. Point of Contact, 4. Phone number and e-mail address, 5. Business size determination and qualifying Small Business status, 6. Certification of Small business Status, 7. Available Bonding Capacity, 8. Construction experience of similar projects in size and complexity. Respondents are requested to submit a Capability Statement that exhibits clear and convincing evidence of your firm's capabilities and experience to perform the listed tasks. The capability statement is not to exceed 5 pages. Please provide your responses by email (ONLY) by September 14, 2009 to the Noella Bond, Contracting Officer, email address, noella.bond@va.gov. This sources sought notice is for market research purposes in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10. It does not constitute a solicitation and is not to be considered as a commitment by the Government. All firms responding to this sources sought notice are advised that their response to this notice is not a request that will be considered for contract award. All interested parties will be required to respond to the resultant solicitation separately from their response to this sources sought. Small business concerns failing to respond to this add will not be precluded from responding to the solicitation. Note that this is not a Request for Proposal and the Government is seeking information for market research purposes only. The Government may or may not issue solicitation documents. Look for any further information in FEDBIZOPPS. Telephone inquiries will not be returned. Point of Contact is Noella Bond, Contracting Officer, email noella.bond@va.gov.

Place of PerformanceAddress: VA Medical Center; 13800 Veterans Way, Orlando, Florida Postal Code: 32827Country: US