RECOVERY Z--Repair and Replace the Exterior Faade VA Medical Center, Providence, RI

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. This is not a request for proposal. There will not be a solicitation issued at this time. This notice is published to determine set-aside procedures for an upcoming American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) project. The VA Medical Center, Providence, RI, has a requirement for Repair and Replace the Exterior Faade (Phase 2) of Building 1, Project 650-08-130. The purpose of this notice is to determine if there are qualified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and/or Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) contractors with sufficient bonding capacity to perform this project to warrant a set-aside procurement action. The project description is as follows: Removing existing masonry parapets and replacement with new masonry parapets; vertical and horizontal crack repairs in masonry walls; lintel replacement with masonry; 100% repointing masonry; vertical control joints; brick spall/brick delamination; rebuilding masonry corner; remove and replace louver; ramp repairs and removal; and replacement of a metal canopy.The applicable NAICS 238140, Masonry Contractors, and the size standard is $14 million. SDVOSBs and/or VOSBs interested must be registered in the US Department of Veteran Affairs Vet Biz database as well as the Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Registration is to be accomplished at the following website: http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/ for VetBiz and www.ccr.gov for CCR. Interested parties responding to this sources sought notice shall submit the following information at a minimum:

(1) Company name, address, point of contact with a phone number, and a DUNS number

(2) Documentation relating to capability of performance of a masonry project with a construction magnitude of $2m-$5m and $5m - $10m (including references)

(3) Ability to meet at least 25 percent of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel will be spent on the concern's employees or the employees of other service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, which is a requirement of Public Law 109-461 for specialty trade construction.

(4) Proof of registration in vetbiz and CCR

(5) Documentation on bonding capacity in the aggregate as well as per project. Address that capacity will be available on or about February/March 2010.



The due date for responses to this sources sought is November 27, 2009, at 11:00 am. Electronic submissions only to judith.ruggiero@va.gov.