Ft. Sam Houston, turf renovation, raise and re-Align, cleaning, & install of new concrete grade beam headstone support in sections 15 & 17.

RFP: VA786-15-R-0125, Amendment 0001

Raise and Realignment Services at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery



Amendment Summary of Changes

The purpose of subject amendment is to correct and change the NAICS Code and Business Size Standard for Raise and Realignment Services at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.

The NAICS Code is changed from 238110 with a Small Business Size Standard of $15M to 561730 with a Small Business Size Standard of $7.5M.

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This is a pre-solicitation announcement for Request for Proposal (RFP) VA786-15-R-0125 for additional Raise and Realignment Services at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. An initial contract was awarded to the following company: AllServ Inc., 307 Lexington Ave, P.O. Box 85 Chaplin, SC 29036 for $2.7M in July 2014. This pre-solicitation announcement is for a new contract to perform additional Raise and Realignment Services at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. The Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration (NCA) located at 155 Van Gordon Street, Lakewood Colorado is soliciting offers from experienced and qualified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Concerns capable of providing all plant, labor, tools, parts, equipment, transportation, supervision, and incidentals capable of performing Raise and Realignment Services at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery located at 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, San Antonio, TX 78209. Correspondence or questions regarding this announcement shall be in writing and sent to the Department of Veterans Affairs, National Contracting Activity, Mr. Derek C. Reed, 155 Van Gordon Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80228. The statement of work consists of having a single contractor install concrete grade beam headstone support systems; remove conflicting underground irrigation lateral lines and sprinkler heads, and reinstalling a new, fully functional irrigation system; raise, realign, lower, level, and backfill upright headstones onto new grade beam support system; clean various upright marble headstones; and level topsoil surfaces and renovate designated sections of turf throughout the cemetery. All work shall be done in strict accordance with the contract specifications and drawings. The estimated magnitude of construction range is between $1M and $5M, and a bid guarantee, payment and performance bond is required. This is a best value RFP and the Government reserves the right to make contract award to other than the lowest priced offeror as the RFP will be issued in accordance with FAR Part 15. The evaluation criteria and their relative order of importance as follows: The Government intends to award a single contract to the offeror determined responsive, responsible, and who represents best overall value to the Government. The evaluation criterion includes past performance, program management experience, staffing, scheduling and quality control. The relative order of importance as follows: Past performance is the most important factor and is considered somewhat more important than the remaining non-price factors of program management experience, staffing, scheduling, and quality control. However, all non-priced factors are equal in importance, and when combined are considered significantly more important than cost or price. The Government will evaluate offers against the established evaluation criteria and price will be evaluated for completeness, reasonableness, and realism. This requirement is set-aside 100% for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Concerns and only qualified and eligible SDVOSB concerns will be considered for possible contract award. NAICS Code 238110 is applicable to this acquisition with a Small Business Size Standard of $14.0M. Solicitation documents will be available electronically on or about March 16, 2015, at www.fbo.gov. NO HARD COPIES OF THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED. Information regarding the mandatory site visit and pre-proposal conference will be listed in the solicitation. NO OTHER SITE VISITS WILL BE HELD. Upon review of the solicitation documents prospective offerors are encouraged to provide questions or comments in writing to the Contracting Officer. The deadline for receipt of questions will also be listed in the solicitation. Please ensure the solicitation number is referenced on all correspondence sent in response to this announcement. All qualified and eligible SDBVOSB concerns must be registered and have an active account in www.vetbiz.gov, and www.sam.gov. Failure to have active accounts in both databases may render your offer non-responsive and exclude your firm from further consideration of possible contract award. The Contracting Officer for this project is Mr. Derek C. Reed who can be reached at (303) 914-5710. Offerors are encouraged to email questions to derek.reed@va.gov. All responsible sources may submit a proposal in response to this announcement which may be considered by this agency.