SOURCES SOUGHT
Y -- Inpatient/Outpatient Improvements VA Healthcare System, Bay Pines, Florida Two parts: Market Survey/Source Sought and PLA Questionnaire
- Notice Date
- 6/14/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 236220
— Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Office of Construction and;Facilities Management (00CFM3B);811 Vermont AVE, NW;Washington DC 20420
- ZIP Code
- 20420
- Solicitation Number
- VA10110RI0101
- Response Due
- 6/24/2010
- Archive Date
- 8/23/2010
- Point of Contact
- Robert Capers
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a two parts Market Survey/Source Sought: 1) Small business capabilities and 2) PLA Questionnaire (from any offeror interested in submitting an offer under this procurement). Part 1: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Construction and Facilities Management is looking for potential small, bondable, and experienced businesses certified in the following categories: (1) Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), (2) Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), (3) Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) including 8(a), (4) HUBZone, and (5) Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) for the VA Healthcare System, Bay Pines, Florida, Inpatient/Outpatient Improvements. The firm must be a General Construction Firm with an approved NAICS Code 236220, Small Business Size Standard of $33.5 million. The estimated cost for this project is between $50,000,000 and $100,000,000. This project (516-005 Inpatient/Outpatient Improvements) consists of the construction of a new 156,000 GSF multi-story Mental Health Addition with a bridge connecting to the main hospital, Bldg. 100. Also included in the project is of the CEP expansion and shops relocation, the relocation of the oxygen tank farm, Bill Young Blvd., underground utilities, warehouse and loading dock, and the existing pedestrian walkway and courtyards. The construction of this project should allow for maintaining full operation of the existing facility during work. There are two base bid items: (1) CLIN 001-Base Bid General; (2) CLIN 002 Base Bid Physical; (3) CLIN 003 Connecting Bridge; and (4) CLIN 004 Pedestrian Walkway. This is a Market Survey and if you are a Small business contractor having the skills and capabilities necessary to perform the stated requirements including the NAICS code and size standard for small business you are invited to provide information to contribute to this market survey/sources sought. Responses should include detail information on the following: 1.Company Name, 2. Address, 3. Point of Contact, 4. Phone number and e-mail address, 5. Business size determination and qualifying Small Business status, 6. Certification of Small business Status, 7. Available Bonding Capacity, 8. Construction experience of similar projects in size and complexity. Part 2: This survey is regarding the use of a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for this entitled, "Inpatient/Outpatient Improvements." PLA is defined as a pre-hire collective bargaining agreement with one or more labor organizations that establishes the terms and conditions of employment for a specific construction project and is an agreement described in 29 U.S.C. 158(f). Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Policy: (a) Project Labor Agreement (PLA) is a tool that agencies may use to promote economy and efficiency in Federal procurement. Pursuant to Executive Order 13502, agencies are encouraged to consider requiring the use of project labor agreements in connection with large-scale construction projects. (b) An agency may, if appropriate, require that every contractor and subcontractor engaged in construction on the project agree, for that project, to negotiate or become a party to a project labor agreement with one or more labor organizations if the agency decides that the use of project labor agreements will ” (1) Advance the Federal Government's interest in achieving economy and efficiency in Federal procurement, producing labor-management stability, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations governing safety and health, equal employment opportunity, labor and employment standards, and other matters; and (2) Be consistent with law. Provision: 52.222-33 Notice of Requirement for Project Labor Agreement. Clause 52.222-34 Project Labor Agreement Please provide your responses (Part 1 and Part 2) via e-mail to the Senior Contracting Officer (00CFM3B1), Robert Capers, at robert.capers2@va.gov, with the subject line œBay Pines “ (insert company name) by June 24, 2010. Small business concerns failing to respond to this add will not be precluded from responding to the solicitation. Place of Performance: Address: VA Healthcare System, 10000 Bay Pines Blvd., Bay Pines, FL 33744 PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND THE GOVERNMENT IS SEEKING INFORMATION FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. THE GOVERNMENT MAY OR MAY NOT ISSUE SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS. LOOK FOR ANY FURTHER INFORMAITON IN FEDBIZOPPS. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE RETURNED. QUESTIONNAIRE: (Please respond to the questions below) 1. Is your company familiar with Project Labor Agreement (PLA) used on construction projects? Yes/No: Comments: 2. Would your company likely submit a proposal for the VA construction solicitation that requires the use of a PLA? Yes/No: Comments: 3. If VA requires a PLA, would your proposed construction cost likely to increase/decrease and what ™s the likely percentage of cost? Yes/No: Comments: 4. Does the VA requirement to use of a PLA on a construction project restrict competition? Yes/No: Comments: 5. Do you expect subcontractor resistance should VA requires the use of a PLA on this construction solicitation? Yes/No Comments: 6. Do you have additional comments regarding the use of a PLA for this project? Small Business Category: SDVOSB, VOSB, SDB, HUBZone, 8a, WOSB, SB Large Business: Yes/No Company ™s Name: Company ™s Address: DUNS#:__________________ Company Representative ™s Print Name: __________________________ Company Representative ™s Signature: _________________ Date: ___________ Telephone number and email: __________________________________
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- Place of Performance
- Address: VA Healthcare System, Bay Pines, Florida
- Zip Code: 33744
- Zip Code: 33744
- Record
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