J063--586-24-101 Upgrade Access Control System (VA-24-00000949)

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This procurement will be issued as a 100% Set-Aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) through procedures under FAR 13 and other FAR Parts and Subparts as applicable. The Jackson VAMC has a requirement to Upgrade the existing C*Cure 9000 Physical Access Controls System, Project No. 586-24-101. The tentative date for issuing the RFQ is on or around August 14, 2023, with quotes due on-or-around September 8, 2023 (the RFQ will state the exact time/date that proposals are due). The anticipated contract award date is approximately 30 calendar days or less after receipt of proposals. The recommended Contract Performance Period is 270 calendar days after receipt of award. Location of the work is at the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center located at 1500 E. Woodrow Wilson Ave., Jackson, Mississippi 39216. The contractor shall provide all labor, materials, tools, equipment, expertise, administration, supervision, transportation and anything else necessary to perform all work as described in project Scope of Work.

NAICS Code 238210 is applicable to this RFQ and the Small Business Size Standard is $19M.

Interested offerors are asked to please first read over the RFQ and all its associated attachments/documents in their entirety prior to forwarding any questions to the Contracting Officer. A cut-off time/date for receipt of questions will be established and listed in the RFQ as well as a time/date for the scheduled Site Visit. Only one Site Visit will be conducted and no requests for additional Site Visits or make-up Site Visits will be granted.

The RFQ number for this project is 36C25623Q1507. The RFQ will be posted and can be downloaded (without charge) from the SAM.gov website. Amendments to this RFP will not be mailed but will be posted at the SAM.gov website. Offerors are responsible for obtaining the RFQ (and associated documents/attachments) from the SAM.gov website and for acknowledging all Amendments to the RFQ. It is the responsibility of all interested offerors to check the SAM.gov website as necessary for any Amendments to the RFQ (to include the day quotes are due).

In accordance with VAAR 819.7003 Eligibility, at the time of submission of an offer, the offeror must represent to the Contracting Officer that it is a SDVOSB concern, that it is a small business concern under the NAICS Code assigned to the acquisition, and that it is verified for eligibility and certified by SBA to compete for federal contracts as a Certified Service-Disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) at the Department of Veterans Affairs under the VA's Vets First program. Information on SBA certification can be found at Veteran Small Business Certification (sba.gov). Information on SAM Registration can be found at https://sam.gov/.