Pedestrian Sky-Bridge Corrections

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Construction and Facilities Management, has a requirement to improve the pedestrian sky-bridge slope at the VA Medical Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico as required by the drawings and specifications. Work includes general construction including removing the existing flooring, preparing the concrete for the cementitious underlayment fil, installation of new handrails and application of new flooring and finished materials.
This procurement is being advertised as a service disabled veteran-own business set-aside and is to be competed as Solicitation Number 36C10F18R0700. The estimated cost for this project is $100,000-$250,000. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 236220 and the small business size standard is $36.5 Million. The approximate Construction Duration will be 90 calendar days after the issuance of the notice to proceed.
The contractor shall provide all labor, materials, transportation, supervision, supplies and tools necessary to complete the work.
The VA requires the following products for the underlayment floor topping system materials Brand Name or Equal to:
ARDEX MC Rapid: One Coat Moisture Control System for Concrete to Receive ARDEX Products.
ARDEX SD-P:Â Self Drying, Trowelable Concrete Underlayment.
ARDEX Forti Finish: High Strength, Finishing Underlayment.
NOTICE TO PRIME (GENERAL) CONTRACTORS: The Prime Contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at http://www.sam.gov at the time of submission of its offer.
SOLICITATION and AMENDMENTS: Request for Proposal will be issued on or about March 19, 2019. Prospective Offerors must obtain copies of solicitation documents from FedBizOpps. 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.
PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE: There will be no pre-proposal conference. A site visit will be held on April 2, 2019 at 10:00am.
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 awarded utilizing the Best Value/ Lowest Price Technically Acceptable method per FAR Part 15. Offerors are advised that award may be made without discussion.
If you have any questions, please contact Derek Underwood at derek.underwood2@va.gov. In the subject line of any e-mail sent, identify: VAMC San Juan, PR Pedestrian Sky Bridge Ramp Slope Modification, 36C10F18R0700..