RECOVERY Y--RECOVERY ACT ARRA Renovate Nutrition and Food Service Soiled Area

The Bay Pines VA Healthcare System anticipates the award of a firm-fixed-price contract to include all labor, materials, supervision, design and essentials to renovate the soiled operation area in the main kitchen to improve safety, workflow, and the environment for the care of our veterans by N&FS, Bay Pines VAHCS, Fl. The solicitation will be issued on or about December 1, 2009 and proposals will be due on or about January 15, 2009. THIS ACQUISITION IS SET-ASIDE 100% TO ELIGIBLE SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS FIRMS (SDVOSB). An organized pre-proposal site visit will be conducted, Time and Date to be determined. All information for this solicitation will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) web site at www.fbo.gov. No hardcopies will be available. Period of performance is 120 calendar days. The applicable North American Industry Classification (NAICS) code for this procurement is 236220 and the business size standard is $33.5 Million. The magnitude of construction for this requirement is between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000. All interested Small Business firms must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at http://www.ccr.gov/, also must be registered at the VetBiz Vendor Information Pages http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/general_user/default.asp as a SDVOSB firm, and ensure current annual Representations and Certifications are filed online at https://orca.bpn.gov The POC for this project is Michael Carlson email: Michael.carlson3@va.gov