Construct Mental Health Recovery Enhancment Center

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 "Mental Health Recovery Enhancement Center" project 652-310 located at the H.H. McGuire VA Medical Center, 1201 East Broad Rock Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia, 23249.

In general, the project scope consists of an approximately 20,000 square foot addition and renovation of approximately 2,000 square feet of existing adjacent areas on the first floor.

The work shall be sequenced and phased so as to minimize disruption or interruption of medical center clinical functions. In conjunction with the new construction, the project scope requires significant upgrades and improvements 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 construction drawings and specifications prepared by Avetech Design Group, PLC, and completed within 630 days after the Notice to Proceed. This includes final Inspection and cleanup. The NAICS code for this project is 236220 with a small business size standard of $33.5 million. The estimated construction cost is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000.

The drawings and specifications will be uploaded as part of the solicitation on or about

2/7/2013. A date and time for a pre-proposal conference / site visit will be stated in the solicitation. No other site visits will be conducted. The deadline for receipt of proposals will be on or about 3/7/2013. Questions or Requests for Information (RFI's) from Bidders must be typewritten and e-mailed to the Contracting Officer, Mark S. Harville @ mark.harville@va.gov.

To be qualified to submit a proposal on this project, firms must be classified as SDVOSB-owned firms and registered in SAM (System Award Management System : http://www.sam.gov/)

the Central Contractor Registry and Vet Biz (http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/general user/register/default.asp) , prior to award. The Online Representations and Certifications must be completed prior to the contract award.