Z1DZ--Project# 502-20-113 Building 9 - 3rd Floor Anti-Ligature Renovations - Construction

THIS IS A PRESOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY: No proposals are being requested or accepted with this synopsis. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. The purpose of this synopsis is to notify potential Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB s), in accordance with the requirements of Public Law 109-461 of this requirement. The Alexandria VA Health Care System has a requirement to renovate BLDG 9 3rd Floor to be Anti-ligature Compliant, Project #502-20-113. Location of the work is at the Alexandria VA Health Care System, 2495 Shreveport HWY, 71 N, Pineville, LA 71360. The contractor shall provide all labor, materials, tools, equipment, expertise, administration, supervision transportation and anything else necessary to perform all work as described in project Scope of Work, Drawings, and Specifications.

The applicable North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) primary code is 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. The Construction Cost Range for this project (Magnitude of Construction) is between $1.000,000.00 and $2,000,000.00.

Interested offerors are asked to please first read over the RFP and all its associated attachments/documents in their entirety prior to forwarding any questions/Requests for Information (RFI s) 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.

Anticipated contract will be awarded using FAR 15.101-1. This project will require a Bid Bond. A Site-Visit is planned for and the information will be provided with actual solicitation.

General construction. In the case of a contract for general construction, the contractor will not pay more than 85% of the amount paid by the government to it to firms that are not VIP-listed SDVOSBs as set forth in 852.219-10 or VOSBs as set forth in 852.219-11. Any work that a similarly situated VIP-listed subcontractor further subcontracts will count towards the 85% subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. Cost of materials are excluded and not considered to be subcontracted.

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 Vendor Information Pages (VIP) database on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization s VIP website (Home  · VetBiz Portal (va.gov)) and have the Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE) Verification Icon/Seal/Logo. To be considered for award, SDVOSB concerns must be registered and verified in the VetBiz Registry as a SDVOSB and have the Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE) Verification Icon/Seal/Logo. SDVOSB concerns must also be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. Information on the VetBiz Registry and CVE Verification can be found at h Home  · VetBiz Portal (va.gov). Information on SAM Registration can be found at SAM.gov | Home. Both of these are also required for Joint Ventures.

The official Solicitation citing this same solicitation number 36C25622R0073 will be issued on or around 01 June 2022 on SAM.gov- Contract Opportunities. The Contract Specialist and point of contact is jennings.herbst@va.gov and the awarding CO is gina.roach@va.gov.