RECOVERY Y--Recovery Act Repair Roofs

RECOVERY ACT, THIS PROCUREMENT IS A 100% SET-ASIDE FORSERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (SDVOSB) FIRMS.

The VA Maryland Health Care System is seeking services of a qualifiedService-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business to completely prepare sitefor building operation and furnish the labor, materials, equipment, andsupervision required for Recovery Act Project "Repair Roofs" located atthe VA Medical Center at Baltimore, MD 21201, (Baltimore City). Thebase bid will include partial roof repairs to the roof at the BaltimoreVA Medical Center.

The NAICS Code for this procurement is 238160. To be considered a smallbusiness under this code, the SBA standard size must not exceed $14.0million. The construction cost range for this project is between$250,000.00 and $500,000.00. The solicitation package for IFB#VA-245-09-RA-0233 is estimated to be posted on Fed Biz Opps, which canbe accessed at http://www.fedbizopps.gov, on or about July 28, 2009.The Government will not provide paper copies of the solicitation.Bidders will be responsible for downloading their own copy of thesolicitation package, drawings, and subsequent amendments, if any. Thesolicitation will be issued pursuant to the authority of Public Law109-461, 38 U.S.C. 8127 and 8128. Telephone, written, facsimile, ore-mail requests for the solicitation will NOT be honored.

Potential bidders MUST registers at Fed Biz Opps (www.fedbizopps.gov) inorder to receive notifications and/or changes to the solicitation.Potential bidders are responsible for monitoring this site for therelease of the solicitation package and any other pertinent information.The Interested Vendors List (IVL) will be activated and may be accessedand printed from the Fed Biz Opps website.

The bid opening will be on or about August 27, 2009. The bid-openingwill take place at the Perry Point VA Medical Center in Perry Point, MD21902. The building and room will be specified in the solicitation .The deadline for receipt of questions is 10 calendar days prior to bidopening. All questions must be submitted in writing to the ContractingOfficer.

All interested parties MUST be registered in the Central ContractorRegistration (CCR) Database and VetBiz Vendor Information Pages (VIP)and have completed Online Representations and Certifications Application(ORCA) prior to bid opening. If you are not registered with CCR, youmay request an application via phone at 1-888-227-2423 or registeronline at http://www.ccr.gov. You may register in VIP athttp://vip.vetbiz.gov. To complete Representations and Certificationswith ORCA, you may go online at https://orca.bpn.gov.



The Contracting Officer for this procurement is Thomas E. Lynn, Jr.,(410) 642-2411 Ext. 5934, email Thomas.Lynn@va.gov and the ProjectManager is Paul Hjardemaal, email: Paul.Hjardemaal@va.gov. All biddersmust ensure that their firms have the ability to provide 100%Performance and Payment Bonds, and 20% Bid Guarantee. Award of contractwill be SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.