Y1NB--PRE-SOLICITATION CONSTRUCTION REPLACE BOILERS AND BOILER PLA Central Texas Veterans Health System, Temple, TX

THIS IS A PRESOLICIATION NOTICE A REQUEST FOR QUOTE POSTED ON OR ABOUT 8/15/2024.

The Central Texas Veterans Health Care System currently has a requirement for a project to replace the existing boiler plant Bldg. 58 equipment and the new building to create a new 13,700 SF Energy Center which will service the entire Temple Campus and connection all utility systems to existing utility feeds. The new Energy Center will incorporate 3 large water-tube boilers (17,500 lbs./hr.) to accommodate the campus steam load. The Energy Center will house the boiler plant, engineering control center, associated electrical switchgear, boiler plant emergency generator, fuel oil storage, associated auxiliary components, and water treatment. This project also includes, but not limited to, installation of communication and data systems both internal and extended to other buildings on the campus, Fiber optic cables, servers/sub-servers, steam lines, water lines, control wires, electrical power, and fire alarm cables.

The contractor shall be responsible for providing all labor, materials, and equipment needed for the services required:

The contractor shall provide all work necessary for the construction of a new Boiler Plant building that will serve as the central hub for campus servers, sub-servers and telecom equipment and house site fiscal and IT staff. The work includes general construction, alterations, roads, walks, grading, drainage, associated components, assemblies, emergency power, communication, and data systems both internal and extended to other buildings on the campus, necessary removal of existing structures, construction of other items, and functional requirements as described and depicted in the specifications and on the drawings for the Work.

The NAICS code for this procurement is 236220 with a small business size standard of $45M. The magnitude of this project is between $20,000,000 and $50,000,000. This project will be 100% set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses.

The POC for this project will be Taminie Panich, taminie.panich@va.gov.

Important Notice: Apparent successful offerors must apply for and receive verification from the Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Verification and Evaluation (CVE) in accordance with 38 CFR Part 74 and VAAR 819.70 by submission of documentation of Veteran status, ownership and control sufficient to establish appropriate status, offerors must be both VISIBLE and VERIFIED by the Department of Veteran Affairs Center for Veterans Enterprises prior to submission of offer. Failure to be both VERIFIED by CVE and VISIBLE on VetCert prior to submission of offer will result in the offeror s proposal being deemed non-responsive. All offerors are urged to contact the CVE and submit the required documents to obtain CVE verification of their SDVOSB status if they have not already done so.