36C77623B0064 EHRM San Antonio Infrastructure Upgrades - Construction

28JUL2023 - IFB Solicitation No. 36C77623B0064 and attachments are posted herein.  Site Visit is scheduled for 11 August 2023 at 10 a.m. Central Time; meet at Main Hospital, Building 1, Ground Floor, Engineering Conference Room #E002.  Technical Questions are due to mary.harding@va.gov at 5:00 p.m. Central Time on 11 August 2023.  Bid Due Date is 31 August 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Page 1 of 1 INTRODUCTION: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) intends to solicit bids and subsequently award a single Firm-Fixed-Price contract for the EHRM San Antonio Infrastructure Upgrades construction project located at the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital, 7400 Merton Minter, San Antonio, Texas 78229. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The South Texas Veterans Health Care System is seeking a general contractor to furnish all labor, tools, material, equipment, quality control, supervision and project management to provide a variety of infrastructure improvements, to include, but not be limited to, information technology (IT) upgrades to modernize existing infrastructure and to support implementing a new Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) system. This project will include the following infrastructure improvements: electrical panel upgrade power (Normal, Emergency), bonding, UPS; building management system interfaces; new and upgrading of existing HVAC; reconfiguration, expansion and renovation of existing spaces, including demolition, new construction and finishes; Data Center (server rooms) work, HVAC, UPS, Power Distribution, Cable Management; communication infrastructure (new data outlets, patch panels, upgrade to Cat 6a cable) in buildings; physical security upgrades; upgrade fiber infrastructure backbone campus-wide within buildings and between buildings; and, hazardous material abatement. ADMINISTRATIVE: The solicitation will be issued as an Invitation for Bid (IFB) conducted in accordance with FAR Part 14 and bidder responses will be evaluated in accordance with sealed bidding procedures as stated in the solicitation. The solicitation will be advertised as a total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside. Bids received from other than SDVOSB concerns will not be considered. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 236220 with a size standard of $45 million. The solicitation is anticipated to be issued in late July 2023. The period of performance duration term is 365 calendar days from the date of issuance of the Notice to Proceed (NTP). 100% design plans and specifications will be included in the solicitation package. In accordance with the disclosure requirement of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulations (VAAR) 836.204, the estimated price range magnitude of this construction project is between $20,000,000 and $50,000,000. This notice is not a request for competitive offers. All questions must be submitted in writing to the cognizant procurement office via email to: mary.harding@va.gov. Telephone calls will not be accepted. -END-

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INTRODUCTION:

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) intends to solicit bids and subsequently award a single Firm-Fixed-Price contract for the EHRM San Antonio Infrastructure Upgrades construction project located at the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital, 7400 Merton Minter, San Antonio, Texas 78229.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The South Texas Veterans Health Care System is seeking a general contractor to furnish all labor, tools, material, equipment, quality control, supervision and project management to provide a variety of infrastructure improvements, to include, but not be limited to, information technology (IT) upgrades to modernize existing infrastructure and to support implementing a new Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) system. This project will include the following infrastructure improvements: electrical panel upgrade power (Normal, Emergency), bonding, UPS; building management system interfaces; new and upgrading of existing HVAC; reconfiguration, expansion and renovation of existing spaces, including demolition, new construction and finishes; Data Center (server rooms) work, HVAC, UPS, Power Distribution, Cable Management; communication infrastructure (new data outlets, patch panels, upgrade to Cat 6a cable) in buildings; physical security upgrades; upgrade fiber infrastructure backbone campus-wide within buildings and between buildings; and, hazardous material abatement.

ADMINISTRATIVE:

The solicitation will be issued as an Invitation for Bid (IFB) conducted in accordance with FAR Part 14 and bidder responses will be evaluated in accordance with sealed bidding procedures as stated in the solicitation. The solicitation will be advertised as a total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside. Bids received from other than SDVOSB concerns will not be considered. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 236220 with a size standard of $45 million. The solicitation is anticipated to be issued in late July 2023. The period of performance duration term is 365 calendar days from the date of issuance of the Notice to Proceed (NTP). 100% design plans and specifications will be included in the solicitation package. In accordance with the disclosure requirement of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulations (VAAR) 836.204, the estimated price range magnitude of this construction project is between $20,000,000 and $50,000,000. This notice is not a request for competitive offers. All questions must be submitted in writing to the cognizant procurement office via email to: mary.harding@va.gov. Telephone calls will not be accepted.

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