Mental Health Clinical Addition CSI Project: 508-CSI-101

VA-247-11-IB-0101 Mental Health Clinical Addition - The Atlanta VA Medical Center 1670 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA., intends to award a construction contract for project 508-CSI-101, to construct “Mental Health Clinical Additionâ€. The proposed contract is limited to Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB). The government will not consider large firms or SDVOSB’s basing their past performance on their sub contractors considered to be large firms. All other firms are deemed ineligible to submit offers. The solicitation will be available ON or ABOUT, Tuesday, April 12, 2011to the Federal Business Opportunity Website (FedBizOpps). Pre-Bid site visit is estimated to be scheduled for Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. EST at the Atlanta VA Medical Center. Further information will be provided within the solicitation for confirmation of specific date and time. The site visit is not mandatory but highly recommended. Questions regarding the project will not be accepted after Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 3:30 p.m. (EST). All questions shall be submitted in writing to the Contracting Officer detailed information will be provided in the solicitation. It is the responsibility of the bidder to ensure a complete solicitation package is downloaded from Federal Business Opportunities website. The anticipated date for bid opening for this project will be May 4, 2011. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Mental Health Clinical Addition Project will provide 15,000 GSF of expanded space to house/facilitate the new Mental Health Clinical initiatives and Mental Health outpatient services. The new space will be constructed on top of the existing Ambulatory Care Building B identified in the contract construction specifications and drawings. The contractor who is awarded also shall provide all supervision, labor, equipment, materials, and any other expertise for work which includes general construction services for the required work, alterations, architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical work, utility systems, elevators, and necessary removal of existing structures and construction per specification and drawings to complete the necessary work for ten Air Handling Units. All work will be in strict compliance with all applicable codes and VA regulations and shall be completed within 365 calendar days after date of receipt of the Notice to Proceed. This will be a firm-fixed price contract award as the result of the Invitations for Bids/Sealed Bid (IFB) process. NAICS code is 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction, with a small business size standard of $33.5 million. Estimated construction cost is between $2,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. Performance and payment bonds are required. All interested SDVOSB firms must have bonding capability. A reminder that this is Notice of Set-Aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns: (a) The proposed contract is 100% set aside for award to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns. Offers or proposals from other than service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns will not be considered and shall be rejected. (b) Definitions. As used in this provision: “Service-disabled veteran owned small business concern†(1) Means a small business concern (i) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more services-disabled veterans; and (ii) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of a veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent caregiver of such veteran. (2) Service-disabled veteran means a veteran as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2), with a disability that is service connected, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(16). The Government shall make award to the responsible bidder whose bid, conforming to the invitation, will be most advantageous to the Government. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Any amendments to this solicitation will be made through the internet at www.fedbizops.gov. This will be the normal method of distributing amendments; therefore it is the offerors responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to this solicitation. Offers will not be publicly opened. The number of offers received, the identity of the offers received, the amount of any offer or relative standing of the offers will not be disclosed to anyone until the time of contract award. All contractors submitting bids, proposals, or quotes on the Department of Veterans Affairs solicitations must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at https://www.bpn.gov/ccr/contractors.aspx and VetBiz Registry at http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/. The purpose of these databases is to provide basic business information, capabilities, and financial information to the Government. You are encouraged to register as soon as possible if your business is not currently registered. Also ensure that your registration is active and/or current and up to date if your business is registered.