SOURCES SOUGHT
C -- Houston National CemeteryAE firm SDVOSB, VOSB, 8(a), HubZone, WOSB, and SDB
- Notice Date
- 10/8/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Office of Construction & Facilities Management, Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Facilities Management, Department of Veterans Affairs;Office of Construction and;Facilities Management (00CFM3B);811 Vermont AVE, NW;Washington DC 20420
- ZIP Code
- 20420
- Solicitation Number
- VA-101-09-RI-0006
- Response Due
- 10/16/2008
- Archive Date
- 12/15/2008
- Point of Contact
- Robert Capers<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is looking for Architect/Engineer firms certified in the following programs: SDVOSB, VOSB, 8(a), HubZone, WOSB, and/or SDB. The AE firm must be approved under NAICS Code 541320 with a small business size standard of $4.5 million and must have experience designing cemetery facilities with a project value of about $20 million. The project site is located at the Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Texas. The AE must have an established working office within Houston, Texas or within a 150 mile radius. This Phase 4 Gravesite Development and Cemetery Improvement project will consume approximately 20 acres of the 206 undeveloped acres remaining at Houston National Cemetery. The Phase 4 Gravesite Development and Cemetery Improvements project, of roughly 20-acres of undeveloped land, will yield a total of approximately 20,500 gravesites including both full-casket and cremain sites. In addition, this project will include the installation of about 3,500 full-casket pre-placed crypts in existing Section R. This project will also accomplish infrastructure improvements to the existing Houston National Cemetery as identified in the Study on Improvements to Veterans Cemeteries. This project will provide for sufficient burial capacity until the year 2023 and provide for the following elements and features: New Interment Areas (Burial Sections) will contain approximately 14,500 full casket gravesites, including around 14,000 pre-placed crypts; approximately 250 in-ground, garden niche, or terraced sites, approximately 5,750 columbaria niches; and in the existing cemetery Section R burial area approximately 3,500 pre-placed crypts. Other elements to be addressed in this project include: Access Roads and Parking; one (1) Committal Service Shelter; a Public Restroom; Irrigation System; Repairs to Existing System; Construct Directional Entrance Sign; Repairs to Existing Curb, Gutter, and Repair/Replace Concrete Storm Sewer Inlets and Culverts as Required, Replace Site Furnishings/Receptacles as Required, Electrical Upgrades, Corrections, and Metering, Dredge Existing Irrigation Ponds, Wetland Preservation and Mitigation, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Improvements. In addition, estimating capabilities of the applicants will be considered. An estimate of construction cost based on level of design detail will be required at each design phase. The selected firm shall design to the estimated governments cost for construction. The schematics and design development will include all appropriate architectural and engineering disciplines and a firm estimate of construction cost. The construction documents and construction period services shall be awarded at the option of the government. In addition to design capabilities, emphasis will be placed on the cost and scope management capabilities of the applicants. If your firm can fulfill this requirement as stated above, please forward an email to Robert.capers2@va.gov with the name and address of your firm, DUNS number, name and phone number of a point of contact in case further information is needed. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND THE GOVERNMENT IS SEEKING INFORMATION FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. LOOK FOR ANY FURTHER INFORMAITON IN FEDBIZOPPS. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE RETURNED.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Houston, TX<br />
- Zip Code: 77038<br />
- Zip Code: 77038<br />
- Record
- SN01689908-W 20081010/081008215214-d9aa758cb47ef4b0686741dce7797649 (fbodaily.com)
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