Fence Installation at Dallas/Fort Worth National Cemetery

The Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration is soliciting offers from experienced qualified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business concerns to furnish all labor, material, equipment, and supervision necessary to fabricate and install perimeter fencing at

Dallas-Fort Worth Cemetery in accordance with the attached project drawings and specifications. at Dallas/Fort Worth National Cemetery and in accordance with drawings, specifications, and per applicable 2009 Uniform Plumbing Code standards and requirements at Dallas/Fort Worth National Cemetery, 200 Mountain Creek Parkway, Dallas, Texas 75211. There is no incumbent on this project. The Contracting Officer (CO) is Garry Harris, 303-914-5710. Bids will only be accepted by mail. Each Offeror must have a regularly established firm in the business called for, who are financially responsible, and able to show evidence of their reliability, ability, experience, facilities and personnel directly employed by them to render prompt and satisfactory service. Contractors that can meet the requirements of the RFP are requested to take into consideration the complexity and extent of the services to be performed. The VA is issuing this Request for Proposal in accordance with FAR Part 15, Technical capability, past performance/client satisfaction and scheduling/phasing, when combined are when combined are significantly more important than cost/price. In accordance with P.L. 109-461, this acquisition is restricted to Small Business Concerns Owned and Controlled by Service Disabled Veterans (SDVOSB) concerns. NAICS is 237990, is applicable to this acquisition with a Business Size Standard of $13.0 million. There will be no further pre-announcement of when the solicitation will be posted, however, solicitation documents will be available electronically on or about August 12, 2011 at the FedBizOpps website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. NO HARD COPIES OF THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED. Prospective offerors are encouraged to attend the site to familiarize themselves with the project, project site and conditions which may affect your cost proposal. Upon review of the solicitation documents, prospective offerors are encouraged to provide questions and comments, in writing, in regards to the solicitation documents prior to a site visit, questions are to be emailed to the CO. Solicitation number VA-259-11-RP-0347 has been assigned and should be referenced on all correspondence regarding this announcement and solicitation. All interested parties must register on the FedBizOpps site in order to receive notification or changes and/or new postings to the solicitation. Interested firms are reminded that in accordance with FAR Part 4.11, prospective contractors are required to have an active registration in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and FAR Part 4.12, prospective contractors must complete electronic on line annual representations and certifications (ORCA) databases prior to award of a contract. All SDVOSB submitting an offer must be registered and will be verified by the Contracting Officer in the VetBiz Information pages located at http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/.