Y--Jacksonville National Cemetery | Build Pre-Placed Crypts, In-Ground Cremains and Columbarium

THIS PROCUREMENT IS A 100% SET-ASIDE FOR SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (SDVOSB) FIRMS. The Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), National Cemetery Administration (NCA), Contracting Service Office - Washington DC, intends to solicit a firm-fixed contract to provide and install pre-placed crypts, colubarium niches and in-ground cremains at the Jacksonville National Cemetery in Jacksonville, Florida under Invitation for Bid (IFB) VA786A-16-B-0061: The Contractor shall provide labor, tools, materials, equipment and supervision to provide and install 1,361 pre-placed crypts, 1,152 columbarium niches and 932 in-ground cremains at the Jacksonville National Cemetery as required by the drawings and specifications. DVA anticipates issuing a solicitation for this requirement on or about August 1, 2016. Interested contractors will be responsible for downloading copies of the solicitation package, drawings, specifications and subsequent amendments. The Government will not provide paper copies of the solicitation. The solicitation will be issued pursuant to the authority of Public Law 109-461, 38 U.S.C. 8127 and 8128. Telephone, written, facsimile, or e-mail requests for the solicitation will NOT be honored. The solicitation will provide instructions about the bid submission process. BIDDER'S MAILING LIST: Prospective Offerors are encouraged to register their interest in the solicitation on the FBO website (https://www.fbo.gov) so that they are notified of the issuance of the solicitation and any amendments. Individual copies of the Bidder's Mailing List WILL NOT be prepared nor distributed by the Contracting Officer. MAGNITUDE OF CONSTRUCTION: Between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. CONTRACT DURATION: Performance period for this requirement is Three Hundred (300) Calendar Days from date of receipt of the Notice to Proceed. THE GOVERNMENT CONTEMPLATES AWARD OF A FIRM FIXED-RICE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT UNDER 100% COMPETITVE SET ASIDE FOR SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (SDVOSB). Award will be made on a competitive basis under Federal Acquisitions Regulations (FAR) 14 to the lowest priced, responsive, responsible SDVOSB business responding to this solicitation. NAICS Code is 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction) with a Small Business Size Standard of $36.5M. In accordance with FAR 52.204-7 and VAARS 804.1102 to be eligible for award prospective contractors must be registered in both System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov and in the VIP database, available at http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov Registration is free, however, processing time, should be taken into consideration when registering. Offerors who are not registered should consider applying for registration immediately upon receipt of this solicitation. The Contracting Specialist for this procurement is William Robbins, +1 (555) 000-0000, email: contact@example.gov . All interested contractors must ensure that their firms have the ability to provide a bid guarantee and 100% Performance and Payment Bonds