RECOVERY Y--Renovate Restrooms Phase II

The VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System (ECHCS) Medical Center, located at 1055 Clermont Street, Denver, Colorado is soliciting offers from experienced qualified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business concerns to provide all necessary labor, materials, tools, equipment and services to provide construction services for work to complete renovation of 20 patient restrooms in building 1, including remove and replace floors, wall coverings, and ceilings; remove and replace toilets, sinks and renovate showers; with several bathrooms being converted to bariatric level; plus minor repairs. Project work includes: architectural, mechanical, plumbing and electrical alterations in private in-patient restrooms. Includes work in high traffic, direct patient care areas in a healthcare environment and other related work as required by the solicitation, drawings and specifications. The estimated construction range is between $500,000 and $750,000. The VA is issuing this Request for Proposal in accordance with FAR Part 15 where technical capabilities and past performance are of greater and/or equal importance than cost and/or price. Selection criteria, in descending order of importance, include: (1) Construction Management experience of both corporate and project specific personnel assigned to the work site including technical and management approach, specifically with (a) renovation of interiors, to include ; remove and replace floors, wall coverings, ceilings, remove and replace toilets, sinks, renovate showers; and convert some restrooms to bariatric levels. (b) work in a medical center environment, (c) previous experience with construction phasing and (e) Safety and Infection Control experience; (2) Past Performance, with subfactors (a) past performance on same and/or similar projects specifically with Federal/State Governments and/or VA facilities and (b) Client Satisfaction; (3) Cost and/or Price realism relative to the scope and technical nature of the effort involved; (4) Bar Chart Scheduling and phasing; and (5) Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business sub-contracting participation. In accordance with P.L. 109-461, this acquisition is restricted to Small Business Concerns Owned and Controlled by Service Disabled Veterans (SDVOSB) concerns. NAICS Code 238390 is applicable to this acquisition with a Business Size Standard of $13.0 million. Solicitation documents will be available electronically on or about Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at the FedBizOpps website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. NO HARD COPIES OF THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED. A site visit and pre-proposal conference is scheduled for Wednesday, January 13, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. (Mountain Time), at the VA ECHCS Medical Center, 1055 Clermont Street, Building 7 (FMS), Conference Room, Denver, Colorado 80220. Prospective offerors are encouraged to attend this site visit to familiarize themselves with the project, project site and conditions which may effect your cost proposal. Upon review of the solicitation documents, prospective offerors are encouraged to provide questions and comments, in writing, in regards to the solicitation documents prior to the scheduled site visit to the e-mail address provided. Solicitation number VA-259-10-RA-0056 has been assigned and should be referenced on all correspondence regarding this announcement and solicitation. Interested firms are reminded that in accordance with FAR Part 4.11, prospective contractors are required to have an active registration in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and FAR Part 4.12, prospective contractors must complete electronic on line annual representations and certifications (ORCA) databases prior to award of a contract. Both can be accessed at the Business Partner Network (BPN) website at http://www.bpn.gov/.