Y--Install Railing Above Water Tanks Perimeter - Project No. 672-11-100 Construction Project to performed at VACHS, San Juan, PR.

This is a pre-solicitation announcement from the Veterans Hospital Administration (VHA) Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), Service Area Office (SAO), Network Contracting Activity -8 (NCA-8), Construction Team 3 for VA Caribbean Healthcare System (VACHS), San Juan, P.R. An Invitation for Bid (IFB) solicitation will be issued on or about May 31, 2011 for a construction project title: Install Railing above Water Tanks Perimeter. The project will be performed at the VA Caribbean Healthcare System (VACHS), Medical Center Building Premises, San Juan, Puerto Rico. This procurement is a total set-aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) firms that meet the criteria identified by 38 CFR, Part 74. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) for this procurement is 238120 and size standard is $14.0 million. In accordance with VAAR 836.204, disclosure of the magnitude of this construction, construction project is between $100,000 and $250,000. The Government contemplates award of a Firm Fixed Price contract resulting from this solicitation. The VA is seeking a Contractor to provide all labor, supervision, materials, tools, and equipment necessary to perform the construction work, in accordance with solicitation specifications, drawings and scope of work. Project description is as follows: this construction project is for the construction of a safety railing above the perimeter and safety required equipment of the two (2) existing 1,000,000-gals water tanks at VA Caribbean Healthcare System, VA Medical Center premises, located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The construction shall comply with the latest VA requirements, the latest local and national codes. Completion Time: shall be identified and scheduled for approximately one hundred fifty (150) calendar days after Notice to Proceed. As authorized by FAR 5.102, solicitation dissemination is limited to electronic medium, and VA will provide no hard copies and will be available for download at no charge at the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) System website (http://www.fbo.gov). Further details of all dates and events, including site visit and bid opening date, will be available in the solicitation. Interested Bidders are advised that they are responsible for obtaining all bid documents and/or amendment(s) to the solicitation. Therefore all Interested Bidders should be re-visiting the website periodically to look for any updates or amendments to the solicitation. Interested Bidders must initiate or validate their registration at the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database at http://www.ccr.gov; VetBiz Registry at http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov; Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) at http://orca.bpn.gov prior to the bid package submission. Award will not be made until registration has been completed. All interested bidders shall submit all questions reference to this solicitation in writing via e-mail attention to the Contracting Officer at contact@example.gov after the solicitation is available to the public at Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) System website http://www.fbo.gov. General questions or technical questions will be accepted only via e-mail attention to the Contracting Officer. Questions submission due date is scheduled to be up to three (3) days after the site visit or bid conference is held at VA Caribbean Healthcare System, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Late questions will not be accepted by the Government. Site visit date and time is provided in the solicitation instructions. NO FACSIMILES AND NO TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER. THE SITE VISIT IS NOT MANDATORY. HOWEVER IS THE SOLELY RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL INTERESTED BIDDERS TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SITE VISIT AS THE GOVERNMENT SCHEDULED IT. IF THE INTERESTED BIDDERS COULDN'T ATTEND TO THE SITE VISIT, THEN THE INTERESTED BIDDERS SHALL SUBMIT THEIR BEST BID, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS AND DRAWINGS REQUIREMENTS. NO EXEMPTIONS WILL BE MADE.