Y1DZ--598-22-115 Site Utility Infrastructure-NLR

This procurement will be issued as a 100% Set-Aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) through RFP procedures under FAR 15. The Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS) has a requirement Upgrade/Replace Site Utility Infrastructure, Project #598-22-115. The tentative date for issuing the RFP is on or around November 17, 2026, with proposals due approximately 49 calendar days later on or around January 05, 2027. There will be no public bid opening. The period of performance is 720 calendar days after issuance of the Notice to Proceed. Location of the work is at the Eugene J. Towbin (EJT) VA Healthcare Center, 2200 Fort Roots Drive, North Little Rock, AR 72114. The point of contact for this notice is Contract Specialist, Julius Jones at Julius.Jones@va.gov.Telephone requests will NOT be accepted.

Abbreviated Scope of Work:

The scope of this project includes upgrading the water source, storage, and site distribution system at the North Little Rock (NLR) Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) campus:

All work shall be done is a manner and sequence to minimize impact to the campus, patients, visitors and staff. No prolonged outages are permitted and any activity affecting the campus shall be coordinated in advance. See additional sections for detailed information.

The NLR campus is short of reserve water capacity. This project includes a new elevated water storage tank. The new tank installation shall include all labor and materials required for a complete and operational system including, but not limited to, supporting structure, piping, appurtenances, and accessories as required.

The existing elevated 250,000-gallon water tower shall be demolished in its entirety including all below grade supporting structure, piping vaults, etc. The demolition shall be in strict accordance with the phasing schedule.

A new pump house with new pumps and new pump controls is included in this project. Physical and operational security, monitoring, controls, redundancy and emergency power are included. The new pump house installation shall include all labor and materials required for a complete and operational system including, but not limited to, structure, fence, paving, piping, cameras, access control, emergency generator, appurtenances, and accessories as required.

A new automated control system that interlocks to and also controls the existing south pump house as well as the new north pump house is included in this project. The new system shall be seamlessly integrated into the existing automation system currently operating the south pump house.

This project also replaces all existing, failing cast iron, ductile iron, galvanized, asbestos cement, and/or any other material water pipe with new pipe as shown on the project plans. The water supply lines are generally looped to improve supply redundancy and improve the water pressure. Additionally, new backflow preventers shall be installed on the Fire Protection supply lines to buildings which have fire protection systems. This installation will include pressure testing, disinfecting, and hyper-chlorinating as required for new piping installation per Federal, State, and Local codes. Multiple phases are required and part of the project.

237110 Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction is applicable to the RFP, and the Small Business Size Standard is $45M. Interested offerors are asked to first read over the RFP and all its associated attachments/documents in their entirety prior to forwarding any questions to the Contracting Officer. A cut-off time/date for receipt of questions will be established and listed in the RFP, as well as a time/date for the scheduled Site Visit. Only one Site Visit will be conducted and no requests for additional Site visits or make-up Site Visits will be granted.

The RFP number for this project is 36C25626R0084. The RFP will be posted and can be downloaded (without charge) from the SAM.gov website. Amendments to the RFP will not be mailed but will be posted at the SAM.gov website. Offerors are responsible for obtaining the RFP (and associated documents/attachments) from the SAM.gov website and for acknowledging all amendments to the RFP. It is the responsibility of all interested offerors to check the SAM.gov website as necessary for any Amendments to the RFP (to include the day bids are due). In accordance with VAAR 819.7003 Eligibility, at the time of submission of a proposal, the offeror must represent to the Contracting Officer that it is a SDVOSB concern, that it is a small business concern under the NAICS Code assigned to the acquisition, and that it is verified for eligibility in the Small Business Association website (Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert)) and have the Veterans Small Business Certification. SDVOSB concerns must also be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at www.sam.gov.

DISCLAIMER: This Pre-solicitation Notification is NOT a Solicitation. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Any liability associated with the submission of information in response to this notice is the responsibility of the submitting contractor. The Government shall not be held responsible or liable for any information submitted, or for any costs associated with the submitted information.