Q702--Biloxi IOTA Activation Contract (VA-24-00039607)

Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Health Administration

Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC)

March 12, 2024

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE Initial Outfitting, Transition, and Activation Services in support of the Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System/Biloxi VA Medical Center Building 1 Major Renovation Activation.

100% SDVOSB SET ASIDE

This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) intends to solicit quotes to provide non-personal Initial Outfitting, Transition, and Activation (IOT&A) services in support of the Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System/Biloxi VA Medical Center (VAMC). This requirement supports VHA's mission by providing contractor support services to help bring the hospital into full planned operations that will provide health care services to Veterans. This will be a firm-fixed-price contract with an estimated Period of Performance of (40) forty months.

The project includes Building 1 Renovations to restore the historic landmark hospital building s exterior envelope and rehab the 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors for patient care services. The project touches approximately 74,000 building gross square feet of full building renovation. Building 1 is connected to two other buildings creating a unique construction site and activation area. Renovation efforts on Floors 3 and 4 create 26 private medical surgical beds with centralized nursing stations to support a Central Monitoring unit and other supporting services such as Kinesiotherapy, Pharmacy, etc. Existing 20-bed Acute Care Inpatient Unit will be relocating from connecting Building 3-4th Floor. Renovations of Floor 5 includes administrative space to support Medicine Service operations and touch-down space for Acute Care providers, a large facility conference room, and an expanded Dental Clinic (12 operatories) and Dental Laboratory relocating from Building 1-1st Floor.

This requirement will be set-aside 100% for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) using FAR Part 12, 13 and 37. To be eligible for an SDVOSB set aside under VA s Veterans First Contracting Program, SDVOSBs must:

be verified by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as SDVOSB (see https://www.veterans.certify.sba.gov/ for details)

and

meet the small business size standard for NAICS 541614.

The solicitation is anticipated to be posted on Contract Opportunities for download on or about 25 April 2024. Potential offerors are advised that there may be truncated response time on the solicitation that will follow this Pre-Solicitation notice. Anticipated closing date of the solicitation will be 29 May 2024. Solicitation initial posting date and the closing date are subject to change as necessary.

Any questions for this Pre-solicitation notice should be sent via e-mail to both Lesa.Crockett@va.gov and Heidi.Gallaher@va.gov. No telephone requests/questions will be accepted.

This Pre-Solicitation notice does not constitute a request for proposals.

P.O.C: Lesa.Crockett@va.gov, Contract Specialist

Heidi.Gallaher@va.gov, Contracting Officer