REHAB ELEVATED WATER TANK--Construction

This requirement has been cancelled due to lack of funding. If funding becomes available at a later date, this requirement will be re-posted.

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE. The Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 19, on behalf of the VA Medical Center located at 2121 North Avenue, Grand Junction, Colorado, 81501 will be soliciting bids from experienced verified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business concerns to provide all necessary labor, materials, tools, equipment and services to facilitate improvements to Building 11, Elevated Water Tank at the Grand Junction Veteran Affairs Medical Center (GJ VAMC). The bulk of the work involves improvements/repairs to the existing water tank, so that it works properly. more details will follow when the solicitation is posted. Davis-Bacon wage rates to apply. Specifications and Drawings will be included in the solicitation.



The estimated construction range is between $250,000 and $500,000. The VISN 19 RMAC is going to issue a solicitation in accordance with FAR Part 36. In accordance with P.L. 109-461, this acquisition is restricted to small businesses owned and controlled by Service Disabled Veterans that are Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) certified. NAICS Code 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction, is applicable to this acquisition with a Business Size Standard of $33.5 million.



Solicitation documents will be available electronically on or about October 14, 2013 at the FedBizOpps website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. NO HARD COPIES OF THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED.



Note: at this time the project is subject to the "availability of funds." This status may, or may not change before the solicitation is issued. The following FAR clause addresses the issue - FAR 52.232-18 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS (APR 1984):

Funds are not presently available for this contract. The Government's obligation under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer.



An optional site visit and pre-proposal conference at the GJ VAMC will be held approximately two weeks after the solicitation is posted. Additional details concerning the site visit will be available within the solicitation after it's posted. Prospective bidders are encouraged to attend the site visit to familiarize themselves with the project, project site and conditions which may impact your costs. Upon review of the solicitation documents, prospective bidders are encouraged to provide questions and comments, in writing, regarding the solicitation documents, prior to the scheduled site visit, to the Contract Specialist via email to timothy.nyberg@va.gov. "GJ VA259-14-R-3304, Rehab Elevated Water Tank" should be referenced on all correspondence regarding this announcement and pending solicitation.



The deadline for proposals is expected to be thirty (30) days after the solicitation is posted. All contractor work is expected to be completed within 120 calendar days after the notice to proceed is issued. Interested firms are reminded that in accordance with FAR Part 4.11, prospective contractors are required to have an active registration in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and FAR Part 4.12, prospective contractors must complete electronic on-line annual representations and certifications (ORCA) databases prior to award of a contract. Both can be accessed at the Business Partner Network (BPN) website at http://www.bpn.gov/. All SDVOSBs submitting an offer must be registered and will be verified as SDVOSB's by the Contracting Officer in the VetBiz Information pages located at http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/. This announcement serves as the advance notice for this project per FAR 36.213-2.