99--Air Monitoring/Industrial Hygiene monitoring for Asbestos Abatement Services

The VA Butler Healthcare System (VAPHS) intends to procure for a Firm Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for VA Professional Industrial Hygiene (VPIH) Services. This procurement is set-aside 100% for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB). The contract will be awarded to a single responsive and responsible SDVOSB contractor with the lowest price. The Contractor will provide all necessary labor, materials, equipment and supervision to perform services including, but not limited to, evaluating Asbestos Contaminated Elements (ACE) and Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM) or suspected conditions for three facilities in the VAPHS. Location is 325 New Castle Road, Butler, PA 16001. Work will include bulk and air sampling for positive identification of ACM and ACE. VPIH Services will be required from investigation to design through construction for ACM or ACE to be removed or affected by a construction project. This contract will run concurrently with a similar contract for asbestos abatement services. The scope of the contract is for Industrial Hygiene (IH) Services that coincide with emergency repairs and small renovation projects that will not exceed $30,000 in asbestos abatement costs for each project. An example of emergency repair is removal of 6 feet of thermal system insulation from a leaking steam pipe. A small renovation project may include removal of 160 square feet of asbestos floor tile/mastic and 160 square feet of contaminated suspended ceiling system. IH Services for these types of projects include background air sampling, air monitoring during abatement and final air sample clearances using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) method. The contractor will be required to review and advise the government on technical and procedural adequacy of all submittals and other contract documentation, monitor and inspect abatement contractors work, perform necessary sampling during removal work, and provide all other Industrial Hygiene Services associated with asbestos abatement work. It is anticipated that the contract will be awarded October 30, 2012. This is for a base year period of 12 months (1 year) with two (2) additional option year periods (option year = 12 months). Option years shall be exercised at the discretion of the Government and are not guaranteed. Task orders will be issued as the need arises during the contract period and will not exceed an annual amount of $100,000 for the Base year and $120,000 for the following option years. The applicable NAICS code is 562910 with the small business size standard of $14 million. The solicitation will be available on or about September 19, 2012 to interested parties through electronic data interchange at http://www.fedbizopps.gov for downloading free of charge. The bidder is responsible to download all amendments and other documents from this website without further notices from the VA Butler Healthcare System. All qualified responsive/responsible SDVOSB contractors may submit a bid which shall be considered by the agency if received timely. Contract is subject to availability of funds. Questions must be submitted to the Contracting Officer by e-mail to contact@example.gov and must type solicitation number VA244-12-B-1569 IDIQ IH Services in the subject line to be considered. Bid opening will be on or about October 18, 2012 at 1:00PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) at the Butler VA Healthcare, 325 New Castle Road, Butler, PA 16001, Room 328W. Prospective contractors shall complete electronic annual representations and certifications at http://orca.bpn.gov , shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at http://www.sam.gov and be registered and verified at http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov at time of submission of bid to be eligible for award of a contract.