Flood Perimeter Wall, Manhattan NY

This amendment is being issued to update the solicitation release date. Please see below.



The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Construction and Facilities Management, has a requirement to construct a floodwall at the perimeter of the Veteran Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) Manhattan, New York. This procurement is unrestricted and is to be competed full and open as Solicitation Number VA101-14-R-0004. The estimated cost for this project is $10,000,000-$20,000,000. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 237990 and the small business size standard is $33.5 Million. The approximate Construction Duration will be 365 calendar days after the issuance of the notice to proceed.



The contractor shall provide all labor, materials, transportation, supervision, supplies and tools necessary to completely prepare site to construct a floodwall at the perimeter of the Veteran Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) Manhattan, New York.



NOTICE TO PRIME (GENERAL) CONTRACTORS: The Prime Contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at http://www.sam.gov and VetBiz (if applicable) prior to award.



SOLICITATION and AMENDMENTS: Prospective Offerors must obtain copies of solicitation documents from FedBizOpps, which will be available on or about (Date).

By registering at FedBizOpps (http://www.fbo.gov) the Offerors will have access to downloading plans, specifications and amendments, which will be available only in Adobe PDF electronic format. The Offerors must be registered in SAM and have a DUNS Number to download documents. By registering for the Register to Receive Notification list at http://www.fbo.gov, you will be notified by e-Mail of any new amendments that have been issued and posted. No other notification of amendments will be provided. Potential Offerors are advised that they are responsible for obtaining and acknowledging any amendments to the solicitation. Request for Proposal will be issued on or about March 18, 2014.



PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE: A Pre-Proposal conference will be held at a day and time to be determined. A site visit will be conducted immediately following the Pre-Proposal conference.



There will be no public bid opening. All Offerors must ensure that their firms have the ability to provide both 100% Performance and Payment Bonds. In addition, the Offerors will be required to submit a bid guarantee (Bid Bond) with their proposal. The proposals will be evaluated and award made utilizing the Trade Off method per FAR Part 15. Offerors are advised award may be made without discussion.



If you have any questions, please contact Angeleque Batkins at angeleque.batkins@va.gov. In the subject line of any e-mail sent, identify: FLOODWALL VA101-14-R-0004.