RECOVERY Y--Recovery Act Repair Roofs

THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. THIS OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO CONTRACTORS UNDERRECOVERY ACT, THIS PROCUREMENT IS A 100% SET-ASIDE FOR SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (SDVOSB) FIRMS.



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



The NAICS Code for this procurement is 238160. To be considered a small business under this code, the SBA standard size must not exceed $14.0 million. 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 can be 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 the solicitation package, drawings, and subsequent amendments, if any. The solicitation will be issued pursuant to the authority of Public Law 109-461, 38 U.S.C. 8127 and 8128. Telephone, written, facsimile, or e-mail requests for the solicitation will NOT be honored.



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



The bid opening will be on or about August 27, 2009. The bid-opening will take place at the Perry Point VA Medical Center in Perry Point, MD 21902. The building and room will be specified in the solicitation . The deadline for receipt of questions is 10 calendar days prior to bid opening. All questions must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Officer.



All interested parties MUST be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (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, you may request an application via phone at 1-888-227-2423 or register online at http://www.ccr.gov. You may register in VIP at http://vip.vetbiz.gov. To complete Representations and Certifications with 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 Project Manager is Paul Hjardemaal, email: Paul.Hjardemaal@va.gov. All bidders must ensure that their firms have the ability to provide 100% Performance and Payment Bonds, and 20% Bid Guarantee. Award of contract will be SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.