Renovate 6th floor East for DOM Project 562-16-202

This amendment is issued to provide responses to questions, revise and add specifications and to supply the Site Visit sign in sheet. The BID DUE DATE remains unchanged.

This Amendment #A00001 is issued to revise the electrical drawing and to provide pictures of work area.

This notice is provided to inform all potential candidates to provide bids at this time for the Renovate 6th Floor East Domiciliary Construction Project.



The Veterans Integrated Service Network #04 (VISN 04) Contracting Office / Erie Veteran Administration Medical Center issues the attached Invitation for Bid (IFB) and intends to award a single, firm fixed-price contract for construction services related to the construction of the Renovate 6th Floor East Domiciliary project located at the Erie VA Medical Center, 135 East 38th Street, Erie PA 16504. All construction must be in compliance with applicable codes, VA policy/standards, and the terms of this solicitation and resultant contract. The contractor shall provide all tools, travel, trades, labor, materials, permits, licenses and supervision for construction of the 6th Floor East Domiciliary project as indicated in drawings and specifications. Work includes general construction, alterations, mechanical and electrical work, utility systems, necessary removal of existing structures and construction and certain other items.



Bids are due 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on May 15, 2017 in accordance with the attached solicitation. A public bid opening will be held on this date and time in the Main Hospital Building #1, Conference Room #1.



A Site Visit is planned for April 17, 2017 at 1:00 pm EST. Meeting will be held in the Main Hospital Building #1, Conference Room #1. All candidates arriving for the site visit MUST check in with the Security Office located in the entrance to the Emergency Care Clinic.



This project is being solicited as a TOTAL 100 % SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (SDVOSB). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this procurement is 236220, with a small business size standard of $36.5 million in annual receipts for the past three years.



The Magnitude of Construction cost is between $250,000.00 to $500,000.00.

The Veterans Integrated Service Network #04 (VISN 04) Contracting Office / Erie Veteran Administration Medical Center intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) to award a single, firm fixed-price contract for Construction Services related to the Construction of the Renovate 6th Floor East Domiciliary project located at the Erie VA Medical Center, 135 East 38th Street, Erie PA 16504. All construction must be in compliance with applicable codes, VA policy/standards, and the terms of this contract. The contractor shall provide all tools, travel, trades, labor, materials, permits, licenses and supervision for construction of the Renovate 6th Floor East Domiciliary project as indicated in drawings and specifications. Work includes general construction, alterations, mechanical and electrical work, utility systems, necessary removal of existing structures and construction and certain other items.



The period of performance is 240 calendar days from receipt of the Notice to Proceed.



The solicitation, specifications and drawings will be available at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. Amendments to the solicitation will also be posted on this website. All parties must obtain solicitation documents and amendments to the solicitation through the web site. Hard copies will not be mailed. Interested parties must go to the http://www.fedbizopps.gov web site to be entered on the Interested Vendors Mailing List and to obtain copies of the Interested Vendors Mailing List. It is the responsibility of the Contractor to frequently check the website for all notices, amendments, etc., regarding this solicitation. The Government will not be responsible for any notification not sent or received by the Contractor regarding the solicitation. The contract will be awarded in accordance with the procedures specified in the solicitation. The solicitation will be issued as an Invitation for Bid (IFB) conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR Subpart 14.



This project is being solicited as a TOTAL 100 % SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (SDVOSB). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this procurement is 236220, with a small business size standard of $36.5 million in annual receipts for the past three years.



The Magnitude of Construction cost is between $250,000.00 to $500,000.00.



The solicitation issue date will be on or about April 11, 2017.



All questions pertaining to this solicitation must be received in writing via e-mail to donald.kalivoda@va.gov. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL BE HONORED. All questions and Government responses will be posted to the FedBizOpps website.



A pre-bid conference/site visit will be conducted for this solicitation approximately one week after solicitation posting. Time, date and location will be specified in the solicitation.

All respondents must be registered in the System Award Management System (SAM) data base at time of bid submittal. Offerors must be verified in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA),Center for Veterans Enterprise(CVE) at http://www.vetbiz.gov/ at time of bid offering in accordance with Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) Subpart 819.7003(b) . Any offeror not CVE or SAM verified at time of bid submittal will be disqualified and bid will be rejected.

This positing is issued to notify all interested bidders that the solicitation posted for this project contains three (3) items that are Sole Source. Attached are the Sole Source Justifications.