RECOVERY Z--Recovery Act: Project No. 550-08-106, Replace Elevator Cabs & Controls, Bldgs. 58, 98, 14 & 19

Recovery Project 550-08-106: VA Illiana Health Care System, 1900 East Main Street, Danville, IL 61832 has a construction requirement for Project No. 550-08-106, Replace Elevator Cabs & Controls, Buildings 58, 98, 14 and 19. Work includes, but is not limited to, the replacement or upgrade components of several elevators, including four in building 58, three in building 98, one in building 14 and one in building 19. Work is to include cab replacement, controls replacement, motor/operator replacement, associated general trades, electrical work, existing elevator and electrical systems demolition, building modifications, necessary removal of existing structures and construction and certain other items as required by the project specifications and drawings.

The solicitation will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 14 (SEALED BIDDING) and Part 36 (CONSTRUCTION) and will be evaluated in accordance with the procedures therein. The solicitation is 100% set-aside for SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS capable of performing the required work. Bids from other than service disabled veteran owned small business concerns will not be considered and shall be rejected (see numbered note 29). The SDVOSB must be small under relevant North American Industrial Classification Standard (NAICS) code and MUST be registered and verified in the following websites: http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov, http://www.ccr.gov, and https://orca.bpn.gov to be eligible for award. Bidders MUST ensure your registrations in these websites are correct, current, accurate, and have not expired. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for this information. Insufficient responses from Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses will result in exploration of other set-aside possibilities or advertised as full and open competition.



All work will be in strict compliance with all applicable codes and VA regulations. All workers on-site must be OSHA certified (one competent person must have 30 hour certificate and all other workers, prime and subcontractors, must have 10 hour certificate). This will be a firm fixed price contract. Project magnitude is $1,000,000 to $2,000,000. The NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) code is 238290. The small business size standard is $14M. The completion time for this project is 365 calendar days after receipt of Notice to Proceed.



Solicitation VA-251-10-RA-0060 will be available on or about 12/24/09 with a bid due date of 01/26/10 at 3:00 pm local time. This date is not firm and may change due to events beyond our control. Site visit information will be provided upon issuance of solicitation. Only one site visit will be conducted. Dissemination is limited to electronic medium and VA will not provide hard copies. Bidders are responsible for obtaining any amendments to the solicitation from this website. This notice is not a request for submission of offers. The Government is not obligated to issue a solicitation as a result of this notice. No other information is available until issuance of the solicitation. No bid list is maintained. All potential bidders should register on this website as interested vendors. Send inquiries to Contracting Officer via e-mail at cari.snyder@va.gov.