RECOVERY Y--Recovery Act - Install Oxygen System at Community Living Center(CLC), 2nd Floor, Ward B, VA Caribbean Healthcare System (VACHS), San Juan, PR

RECOVERY ACT ACQUISITION PROJECT R672-09-110: This is a pre-solicitation announcement for the Department of Veterans Affairs-VHA, Acquisition Service Area Office (ASAO) East-8. ASAO East-8 intents to solicit offers and award one firm-fixed price contract for the Contractor to provide all labor, materials, equipment, and supervision to install a new main and secondary branch pipes to supply oxygen to all 13 bedrooms of the 2nd floor, Ward B area of the Community Living Center (CLC) at the main building of VA Caribbean Healthcare System (VACHS), San Juan, Puerto Rico.

As authorized by Public Law 109-461, the Veterans Benefits, Healthcare and Information Technology Act of 2006 and pursuant to 38 USC 8127(d), competition is restricted to SERVICE-DISABLED, VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (SDVOSB) concerns capable of performing the required work. Bids will only be considered from SDVOSB. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code number is 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. Size standard is $33.5M. Estimated cost range is between $500,000 and $1,000,000.



The solicitation will be made available on or about February 17, 2010. Actual response date will be indicated in the solicitation. This solicitation will be available in electronic format ONLY; dissemination is limited to electronic medium and the VA will not provide hard copies. Copies of the solicitation may be downloaded at no charge at the Federal Business Opportunity (FBO) website at www.fbo.gov. Any amendments issued to this solicitation will also be available at the URL address. Offerors are advice that they are responsible to review, monitor, and download this solicitation and any other related documentation posted in the above mentioned website to ensure that they have the most updated information about this acquisition. All interested offerors must initiate or validate their registration at the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database at www.ccr.gov; VetBiz Registry at www.vip.vetbiz.gov; Online Representations and Certifications (ORCA) at http://orca.bpn.gov; Veterans Employment and Training Service (Vets100) at http://vets100.vets.dol.gov. No other information is available until issuance of the solicitation. Questions shall be submitted in via e-mail at Hector.Rios-Lopez@va.gov, attention to the Contract Specialist. NO TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED.