Install Medical Air Back-Up Pipe at OPA

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DESCRIPTION: The contractor shall provide all labor, supervision, materials, tools, equipment, and design-build services necessary for design and construction to install medical air back-up pipe at Outpatient Clinic Addition (OPA), VA Caribbean Healthcare System, San Juan, Puerto Rico, in accordance with the solicitation. This project will provide provide a back-up medical air piping connection to the Outpatient Clinic Addition (OPA). This back-up pipe shall connect the existing medical air compressors located at the Main Building mechanical room B9, to the medical air main pipe located at the existing OPA medical air compressors room. The contractor shall perform a thorough assessment of the existing medical air system in terms of capacity, operating pressures, medical air demand, etc. to determine the feasibility of the proposed piping. Existing equipment upgrades to increase capacity shall be performed if determined by the designer to allow the proper functioning of the proposed back-up system. Piping system design shall be, among others, as per VA Master Specifications, NFPA 99 Healthcare Facilities and National Electric Code, latest editions.

Project No. & Title: 672-18-108, Install Medical Air Back-up Pipe at OPA



Estimated Target Completion Period: 180 calendar days after receipt of the Notice to Proceed (NTP).



Magnitude of this project is between $100,000 and $250,000. NAICS 236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Constructions. Size Standard is $36.5 Million. Product Service Code - Z1DA.

This is a design build project/solicitation that will use the two-phase design-build selection procedures in combination with trade-off source selection process, providing the best value to the Government. One solicitation will be issued to covering both phases. The solicitation will be issued on or about April 30, 2018.



All information for this solicitation will be available at the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) web-site at www.fbo.gov.



At the time of proposal submission, contractors must have current registration/certification in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov and VetBiz at www.vip.vetbiz.gov. Proposals of contractors not registered/certified in both databases will not be considered for award.



Green Environmental Management System (GEMS) - Contractors selected for award of this contract are expected to be good stewards of the environment by complying with federal, state and local environmental laws and other requirements such as medical center policy and project specifications. In addition contractors should incorporate pollution prevention and waste minimization into operations.



Point of Contact: Ana G. Alvarado, Contracting Officer, Email: ana.alvarado@va.gov