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PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE: The Western New York Health Care System, 3495 Bailey Ave., Buffalo New York 14215 intends to issue a solicitation to Request for Proposals for construction Project #528 -09-122- Buffalo Domestic Booster Pumps Installation, and is a RECOVERY ACT PROJECT, the contractor shall be required to report to www.federalreporting.gov for this project. This Request for Proposal is 100% set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns. Offers from other than SDVOSB concerns will not be considered and shall be rejected. Please pay particular attention to the evaluation section of this solicitation that is attached. The Request for Proposal will contain a separate line in Block 17 of the SF 1442 for cost proposal. Award will be made on a competitive basis under Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 15 to a responsible CONTRACTOR responding to this solicitation. The CONTRACTOR is required to perform a minimum of 15% of the total work with their own forces. This does not include paperwork, submittals, etc. The CONTRACTOR must be registered under the NAICS code 238220 and must be registered and verified in the following websites: www.ccr.gov; www.vetbiz.gov; www.vets100.vets.dol.gov; and https://orca.bpn.gov to be eligible for award. Offerors must ensure their registrations are updated, correct, and have not expired. Solicitation packages will be available on or about 5/7/2010 at FedBizOps.gov. All questions concerning these projects must be in writing (no phone calls will be accepted) and submitted to the Contracting Officer (Jonathan Aikin) at the following e-mail address: jonathan.aikin@va.gov. No RFI’s will be accepted after Tuesday, May 25, 2010. Offers are due no later than 3:00 p.m. local time on Wednesday, June 4, 2010. Proposals are to be submitted electronically to the following e-mail jonathan.aikin@va.gov. NAICS: 238220- Plumbing Contractors applies. Size Standard: $14.0 million. PROJECT COST RANGE: $500,000.00-$1,000,000.00. Offerors are encouraged to attend the Pre-Proposal conference and walk-through scheduled for Wednesday, May 12, 2010, at 12:00 p.m. local time. The Pre-Proposal conference will be conducted at the Buffalo VA Medical Center, in Room 56, basement Floor, 3495 Bailey Ave. Buffalo NY 14215. Additional walk-throughs will not be scheduled. Please e-mail the Contracting Officer (Jonathan Aikin) to confirm the date and time of the schedule walk thru.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is looking for firms that are classified under one or more of the following socio-economic programs: SDVOSB, VOSB, HUBZone, 8(a), SDB, and/or WOSB. Firms must be a General Construction Prime Contractor registered in CCR as a small business under the applicable NAICS. Interested parties should contact the Contracting Officer by e-mail (jonathan.aikin@va.gov) or fax (716-862-6375) to assist in determining the type of procurement set-aside, if any, for the resulting solicitation. It is anticipated the resulting solicitation will be issued before the middle of May with responses due by the first week in June. The construction range is estimated to be between $500,000 and $1,000,000 and will require bonding capacity in that range. The work involves general construction, demolition, possible asbestos abatement, sitework, concrete, masonry, mechanical and electrical. The firms must also demonstrate their capability of performing at least 15% of the total work with their own forces. Firms having the skills, qualifications and capabilities to perform this work are invited to provide information to contribute to this market survey effort to assist in planning for the method of procurement. Responses must include 1. Company Name, 2. Address, 3. Point of Contact, 4. Phone Number, Fax Number, and E-mail Address, 5. DUNS Number, 6. Evidence of Bonding Capacity provided by Surety, 7. Construction Experience as a Prime Contractor for Similar Size Projects and Complexity, 8. Demonstration of Capability of Performing the required 15% of the Work with their own forces. This is NOT a Request for Proposals and the Government is seeking information for market research purposes only. Firms failing to respond to this Request for Information will not be precluded from responding to the solicitation when issued. Firms responding to this Sources Sought will need to respond again to a future separate FBO announcement of the anticipated procurement action in order to receive the solicitation documents.