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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MAY 24, 2008 FBO #2371
SOURCES SOUGHT

Y -- SOURCES SOUGHT 8A 5,000 COLUMBARIUM PHASE III NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY OF THE PACIFIC HONOLULU HAWAII

Notice Date

5/22/2008
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

237990 — Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs, VA National Cemetery Administration Construction Support Division, VA National Cemetery Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs;National Cemetery Administration;Construction Support Division (41D3B);810 Vermont Avenue, NW;Washington DC 20420
 

ZIP Code

20420
 

Solicitation Number

VA-786A-08-RI-0056
 

Response Due

6/3/2008
 

Point of Contact

DANA W. IVEY CONTRACTING OFFICER PHONE 202 565-7063
 

Small Business Set-Aside

8a Competitive
 

Description

TO: 8(A) SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES SUBJ: POTENTIAL ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY - CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF AN APPROXIMATLEY 5,000 NICHE COLUMBARIUM AT THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY OF THE PACIFIC IN HONOLULU, HAWAII. In an effort to enhance opportunities for 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Small Businesses (8(a)) and increase the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) accomplishments in this important socioeconomic category, VA's National Cemetery Administration is performing preliminary market research to gauge the level of interest and capabilities of 8(a)s with regards to an upcoming acquisition for General Construction Services at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. The findings of the preliminary market research will be used in considering a 100% set aside for 8(a)s. NAICS code for this acquisition is 237990. The Size Standard is $31 Million. The magnitude of this project is between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT: Contractor shall provide all professional services, supervision, labor, materials, tools and equipment to construct an approximately 5,000 niche columbarium. Work involves general construction of approximately 5,000 columbarium niches in accordance with drawings and specifications including but not limited to: site preparation and erosion control, layout, demolition, earthwork, grading, drainage system, foundations and retaining walls, fabrication and placement of precast concrete columbarium niche units, marble niche covers, stainless steel hardware, fabrication and placement of architectural cast stone caps and end panels, pathway and courtyard paving, decorative gravel strips, signage and site furnishings, landscape planting, utilities and lawn irrigation. REQUIRED RESPONSES: Your review of this information and response to the following questions will be very helpful in determining if this acquisition may be set-aside exclusively for competition among 8(a)s. Please review the specifications and technical requirements carefully before responding to this e-mail. If the question is not applicable, please indicate ''N/R' in your reply to that question: (1) Has your firm, as a prime contractor, whether individually or through a formal joint venture, teaming agreement, or under subcontract to a Federal prime contractor, provided construction services for projects of similar size and scope as described in the brief description of project above including design-build? If yes, please provide the following information on your three most recent projects: (a) Contracting agency address and contracting officer's name and telephone number. (b) Contract Number, date and amount of award, date of completion. (c) Was your company the prime or a subcontractor? If you were a subcontractor provide the company name, telephone number, and a point of contact of the prime contractor. (d) Description of items/services provided under the contract. (e) If any bonding was provided, what was the amount of bonding? (f) If performance was as a subcontractor, please provide the name, address and telephone number of the point of contact at the prime contractor. (g) State whether or not there were any performance issues under the contract which resulted in the issuance of a Cure Notice or Show Cause Notice by the contracting officer. Reply (1): (2) Please list all current contracts and amount of bonding provided for each contract Reply (2): (3). If your responses to (1), (2) or (3) above is in the affirmative, please provide the prices paid to your firm by the Federal Government or the Federal Governments prime contractor for construction services. If services were performed by your company for a commercial contractor, please indicate prices paid to your firm by the company. Reply (3): (4) If your firm has never contracted with the Federal Government as a prime contractor, or as a subcontractor to a prime Federal, have you provided construction services to commercial sources? If so, please provide the specifics in terms of the largest customers of these services. If any bonding was provided, what was the amount of bonding? Please include any information relevant to any potential difficulties you note with complying fully with the Statement of Work and specifications. Reply (4): (5) In order to determine if an acquisition can be set-aside for 8(a), the contracting officer must determine that there are a sufficient number of 8(a) capable of performing the contract requirement and that award can be made at a reasonable, fair market price. To that end, please provide your firms individual and aggregate contract bonding capacity. Reply (5): (6) Has your firm ever been terminated for cause or default from a contractual arrangement, whether Federal or private sector, as a result of failure to perform, poor quality and workmanship provided, etc.? If so, please provide the specifics. Reply (6): (7) Has your firm, or any firm that you would potentially joint venture or team with for a large acquisition of construction services or for any acquisition ever bid on a Federal acquisition and been determined non-responsible by the contracting officer and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) failed to issue a Certificate of Competency to your firm or teaming partners when the matter was referred to SBA for review and consideration? Reply (7): PLEASE E-MAIL YOUR RESPONSES AND ANY RELEVANT INFORMATION REGARDING SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OR OTHER QUALIFICATIONS REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES REQUESTED, NO LATER THAN JUNE 3, 2008, AT 2:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME TO DANA.IVEY@VA.GOV. THE EMAIL SHOULD BE ENTITLED, "NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY OF THE PACIFIC COLUMBARIUM PHASE III - SOURCES SOUGHT." Do not send hard copy advertising or promotional materials. Please ensure that all responses are comprehensive and provide a name and point-of-contact for your firm for follow-up by this office or the procuring contracting officer. If you have responded to any previous e-mail messages or had other communications with our office regarding preliminary market research for this construction project, please be advised that it will be necessary for you to respond to this e-mail and the questions contained therein. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS SUCH. All information is to be provided on a voluntary basis at no charge to the Government. There is no entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs related to or arising out of responding to this request for information. All information provided becomes property of the Government. There is no guarantee, expressed or implicit, that the market research for this acquisition will result in a 8(a) set-aside sole source award, or any other guarantee of award or acquisition strategy.
 

Web Link

FedBizOpps Complete View
(https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=e85dbc9b63362a97554a9d7fddfca337&tab=core&_cview=1)
 

Place of Performance

Address: NMCP; 2177 PUOWAINA DRIVE; HONOLULU, HAWAII

Zip Code: 96813
 

Record

SN01579571-W 20080524/080522221206-e85dbc9b63362a97554a9d7fddfca337 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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