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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 06, 2011 FBO #3389
DOCUMENT

Y -- COMBINED HEAT AND POWER (CHP) PLANT -- TOMAH, WI - Attachment

Notice Date

3/4/2011
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

237130 — Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Program Contracting Activity Central;4141 Rockside Road - Suite 110;Seven Hills OH 44131
 

ZIP Code

44131
 

Solicitation Number

VA70111RI0122
 

Response Due

3/21/2011
 

Archive Date

5/20/2011
 

Point of Contact

Shaun McWeeny
 

E-Mail Address

Office Email Address
(shaun.mcweeny@va.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.215-3, "Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes" This Sources Sought Notice is for information and planning purposes only at this time and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). REQUIREMENT: The Department of Veterans Affairs, Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) is seeking to fulfill the mandated federal agency energy management requirements of increasing renewable energy consumption as stated in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), Executive Order (EO) 13423, "Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy and Transportation Management," and EO 13514, "Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance." In concert with these requirements, PCAC is seeking potential sources for the Design-Build of a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant at the following site: SITE:ADDRESS:CITY/STATE: Tomah VA Medical Center500 E. Veterans StreetTomah, WI 54660 The plant may be designed for a standalone building or as part of an existing plant; however, the CHP system must integrate into the facility's existing infrastructure. Sites may consist of multiple buildings on a campus style setting or a singular building in a metropolitan area ranging is total size of 250,000 to 750,000 square feet. All construction, interconnection, and environmental permitting will be the responsibility of the offeror. The VA is seeking a "Turn-Key" procurement, which will include all work. The offeror is to provide all data and analysis, design services and support services for obtaining required permits, trainings, labor materials, tools, equipment, and supervision to accomplish this project. The specific objectives of the CHP plants are to: 1.Increase VA's use of renewable fuels. Any fuel defined as renewable in the EOs and EPAct can fire plants. 2.Improve the overall operational efficiency of the existing boiler plants by installing the most appropriate, proven cogeneration system. Systems shall comply with all national codes, as well as national and state requirements. VA will have final approval of proposed systems. 3.Reduce annual utility costs. ADMINISTRATIVE / MISCELLANEOUS: This contract is being procured in accordance with FAR Parts 15, 19, and 36. This project is planned for advertising in April 2011. In accordance with VAAR 836.204, the magnitude of construction is between $10,000,000.00 and $20,000,000.00. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 237130 (size standard $33.5 million) applies to this procurement. The duration of the project is estimated at 640 calendar days from the issuance of a Notice to Proceed. This project will not allow a Fast Track process (design and construction allowed to progress as parallel activities). No construction may be started until the Government reviews the Final Design submission and determines it satisfactory for purposes of beginning construction. CAPABILITY STATEMENT: Respondents shall provide a general capabilities statement to address the following information: 1.Please provide no more than five (5) contracts that your company has performed within the last three (3) years that are of comparable size, complexity, and scope to this requirement. Describe your Self-Performed** effort (as either a Prime or Subcontractor). Please be specific and provide a complete reference to include at a minimum the project name, contract award amount, building use (e.g., medical facility), start and completion dates, and the project owners' contact information as this person may be contacted for further information. **Self-Performed means work performed by the offeror themselves, NOT work performed by another company for them for any of the project examples provided. 2.Please identify your company's number of years in business; affiliate information, parent company, and joint venture partners. 3.Respondents shall provide the company's resumes, not to exceed two (2) pages each for key personnel that would be involved in the project and their respective roles. 4.Provide company business size as designated by the NAICS and the U.S. Small business Administration. Also, provide business status (i.e., Large Business, Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women-Owned Small Business, Hub Zone Small Business, etc.). 5.Provide the prime contractor's available bonding capacity in the form of a letter of intent from your bonding company with this submission. It is requested that interested contractors submit a response (electronic submission) of no more than 10 pages in length, single-spaced, 12 point font minimum that addresses the above information. This response must be submitted as a single application-generated (not scanned), searchable PDF document that is less than or equal to 5MB in size. Please note that hard copies will not be accepted. Please also include a cover page, which includes, at a minimum: the company's name, address, Dun & Bradstreet number, socio-economic status, point-of-contact name, phone number, and e-mail address. Responses must include the Sources Sought number and project title in the subject line of their e-mail response. Please note that this is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE for Market Research purposes ONLY to determine the availability of small business firms for a potential small business category type set-aside. Particularly, the purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of potential small business sources to include small business in the following categories: Verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, Verified Veteran-Owned Small Business, Certified 8(a), Certified HUB Zone, and other small business. The capabilities will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining to Set-Aside for the Small Business community or to conduct as an Other Than Small Business Procurement. The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of available contractors. The Capabilities Statement for this Sources Sought is not expected to be a Request for Proposal or Invitation for Bid, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. This notice is for information and planning purposes only and is neither to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. No evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents. After completing its analyses, the Government will determine whether to limit competition among the small business categories listed above or proceed with full and open competition as other than small business. At this time no solicitation exists; therefore, please do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps at https://www.fbo.gov. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. Submissions (responses) shall be submitted via email to the primary point of contact listed below by March 21, 2011 at 12:00 PM (EST). No phone calls will be accepted. Contracting Office Address: VA Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) 4141 Rockside Road, Suite 110 Seven Hills, OH 44131 Primary Point of Contact: Shaun McWeeny, Contract Specialist E-Mail: shaun.mcweeny@va.gov
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/db2c84b7a7ec0011a699e639087dcd29)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA-701-11-RI-0122 CHP SOURCES SOUGHT - TOMAH WI.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=180421&FileName=VA-701-11-RI-0122-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=180421&FileName=VA-701-11-RI-0122-000.docx

 

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Record

SN02393747-W 20110306/110304234333-db2c84b7a7ec0011a699e639087dcd29 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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