Renovation of the Veterans Administration Regional Office in the Hiram H. Ward Federal Building in Winston-Salem, NC

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR MARKET RESEARCH ONLY! NO AWARD WILL BE MADE FROM THIS NOTICE! NO SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS, OR DRAWINGS ARE AVAILABLE! PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF A SOLICITATION! This NOTICE is published to gain knowledge of potential small business construction companies in the following category: Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Potential Contractors with the skill, capabilities and bonding necessary to perform the project work described are invited to provide a Capability Statement as described below. Capability statements will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining the best acquisition strategy available for this construction award. The solicititaion for this project is targeted for release in Fiscal Year 2014. The estimated cost range of the entire contract incoluding options has an order magnitude in the amounts between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00 dollars. NAICS code 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction, applies to this project with size standard of $33.5M gross income. Please note that under FAR 52.219-14(3) the contractor shall perform at least 15% of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials with its own employees. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The intent of this project is to renovate the Veterans Administration Regional Administration offices located in the Hiram H. Ward Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Winston Salem, North Carolina. The renovations include site improvement/site utility improvement/building entry/circulation zoning/control improvements. BONDS Bid, Performance and Payment bonds will be required in the total amount of the proposed cost and/or contract award price: Minimum Bonding Capacity estimated as $5M per contract. CAPABILITY STATEMENT The following statements will apprise the General Services Administration of prospective Contractor capabilities required by the above project description. Please provide your response to the following and limit your submission to three (3) pages. 1) Business name, address, point of contact (POC), POC's phone number and POC's email address. 2) DUNS and CAGE code 3) Please provide some history of the contractor's capability to perform a project of this magnitue and complexity, and comparable or similar work performed within the past 5 years. Provide brief descriptions of at least three (3) construction projects that were performed in an occupied building, including the project name, contract number (if Federal Government contract), timeliness of performance, customer satisfaction, and dollar value of the project. For each example describe if the project was self performed or a team effort. Also include any projects that were performed in an historic building that totaled over $4 million. 4) Contractor's small business classification: i.e. Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. 5) Contractor's Joint Venture or teaming information - existing and potential - if applicable and the same information for the mentor/joint venture company as described above for small businesss. 6) Contractor's Bonding capability in the form of a letter from a Surety, per contract and with aggregate amounts. All interested contractors should submit their Capability Statement 05:00 pm EST January 17, 2014 to Joseph Ardoin via email at joseph.ardoin@gsa.gov. Electronic submission via emails is the preferred method but packets may also be mailed to the address below: Contracting Office Address: GSA Region 4 Acquisition Division 77 Forsyth Street Southwest, Level T Atlanta, GA 30303 Place of Performance Veterans Administration Regional Office (VRAO) 251 North Main Street Winston-Salem, NC 27110 Primary Point of Contact: Joseph Ardoin Contract Officer joseph.ardoin@gsa.gov phone 404 224-2312