Expand Patient Care Areas Construction at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE FOR Upgrade Patient Care Areas Project at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center, Iron Mountain, MI. Contractor shall provide for and furnish all labor, superintendence, materials, tools, equipment, transportation, licenses, certificates, insurance, temporary protection, and other items designated under the provisions of this contract Upgrade Patient Care Areas, necessary to construct a 13,294 square foot 2nd floor clinic expansion to the existing Outpatient Clinic, a 2,318 square foot 3rd floor mechanical penthouse, and installation of a new elevator and circulation stairway connecting the existing first and new second floors. The project work also includes work within the existing facility including installation of utility piping/conduits and wiring, installation of utility chases, and renovations within the Laboratory and Imaging Department work areas adjacent to the proposed 2nd floor expansion. Work includes architectural, structural, fire protection, HVAC, Plumbing, electrical and other aspects of construction as required by the drawings and specifications.



All work is to be completed within 420 days after the issuance of the notice to proceed.



This construction project is set-aside for Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSBs). All prospective contractors must be registered on the VetBiz website, www.vetbiz.gov, to be considered for award. The solicitation, specifications and drawings will be posted on Fedbizops. There will be pre-construction conference held for this project and all prospective bidders are encouraged to attend. Details of the pre-construction conference will be included in the solicitation packages.



The solicitation will be issued on/about June 29, 2010 with the bid opening on/about July 29, 2010. The bidder is responsible to monitor and download any amendments from Fedbizops which may be issued to this solicitation. In accordance with Public Law 109-461, the Veterans Benefits, Healthcare and Information Technology Act of 2006. Pursuant to 38 USC 8127(d), competition is restricted to VOSB construction firms. The project magnitude range is between $5,000,000 - $10,000,000. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) for this procurement is 236220; size standard $33.5 Million applies. In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, Required Central Contractor Registration and in accordance with FAR 2.101, VAAR 802.101, VetBiz Registration, prospective firms must be registered in Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and in the VetBiz databases prior to award. Firms may obtain CCR information at http://www.ccr.gov and VetBiz information at http://vip.vetbiz.gov.

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Iron Mountain, Michigan will be soliciting a construction project that shall include but not be limited to furnish labor, materials, supervision to perform work to construct the Expand Patient Care Areas Project. The project work includes the construction of a 13,294 square foot 2nd floor clinic expansion to the existing Outpatient Clinic, a 2,318 square foot 3rd floor mechanical penthouse, and installation of a new elevator and circulation stairway connecting the existing first and new second floors. The project work also includes work within the existing facility including installation of utility piping/conduits and wiring, installation of utility chases, and renovations within the Laboratory and Imaging Department work areas adjacent to the proposed 2nd floor expansion. Work includes architectural, structural, fire protection, HVAC, Plumbing, electrical and other aspects of construction as required by the drawings and specifications. The estimated construction cost is between $5M and 10M.



The contract duration is 420 calendar days. The estimated award date of the contract is August 2010.



The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 236220, which has a size standard of $33.5M in average annual receipts over the past three years.



Please provide your companies profile link (vetbiz.gov or ccr.gov), list of previous projects completed of similar magnitude and bonding capacity to Jason Hinze, Contracting Officer, at Jason.Hinze@va.gov (Telephone responses will not be accepted), if you are either a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, (SDVOSB) or Veteran-Owner Small Business VOSB, 8(a), Hubzone, or Small Business that would be interested in bidding on this project. Please respond to this notice by June 4, 2010.



Please note that this is not a Request for Proposal. An IFB is anticipated to be released on or about 30 June 2010 based on the responses from this notice.