Y--Major Construction Project Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Phase3 Expansion Elwood, IL

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA,) Office of Construction and Facilities Management (CFM,) in Washington, DC, 425 I. Street, NW, is issuing this pre-solicitation notice for the Two-Phase Design-Build requirement for the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, in Elwood, IL. This is Small Business set-aside procurement under Solicitation Number 36C10F18R0452. The Contractor shall provide and furnish all supervision, labor, materials, tools, transportation, supplies and travel necessary to expand and improve the existing Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. This project will comprise the third construction phase of cemetery development, and will primarily include the construction of additional burial facilities intended to provide 10 years of service on existing, undeveloped land. The remainder of the site will be developed in future 10-year phased projects. Since this is an existing cemetery, only those facilities and infrastructure elements necessary to support the added maintenance, operations, and burial capacity for approximately 10 years will comprise this phase of construction. This investment will develop approximately 30 acres of undeveloped land to provide approximately 21,900 gravesites, including both casket and cremation sites in new burial sections. Also included in this project will be necessary renovations/ upgrades to the existing PIC-Administration and Maintenance facilities, repairs and sealing of the existing road system, and necessary repairs to the Committal Shelters. This project will also include an evaluation of the existing structures and accomplish and retrofit/incorporate Guiding Principles for High Performance and Sustainable Buildings MOU and Renewable Energy Initiatives as required. Additionally, any FCA condition D or F corrections will be incorporated onto this project. This notice is not a request for competitive offers. The point of contact is David Bullerwell, reachable by email at contact@example.gov. In the subject line of any e-mail sent, identify: ABRAHAM LINCOLN NATIONAL CEMETERY PHASE III EXPANSION 36C10F18R0452. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA,) Office of Construction and Facilities Management (CFM,) reserves the right to use only FBO, to provide notification of any amendments to this RFP. By registering at FedBizOpps (http://www.fbo.gov), Offerors will have access to downloading plans, specifications and amendments, which will be available only in Adobe PDF electronic format. It is the Offeror's responsibility to view the FBO website daily for any amendments to the RFP. The Offeror's must be listed in the Vendor Information Pages at www.vetbiz.gov, currently registered in the System for Award Management, www.sam.gov. CFM plans to issue the solicitation mid-March early April, 2018. CFM will not accept telephone calls. The approximate project duration will be 1,280 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed. The estimated magnitude for this project is between $20,000,000 and $50,000,000. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) of 237990, (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction) with the size standard of $36.5 Million. Offerors may submit proposals with or without a Project Labor Agreement (PLA.) The PLA shall fully conform to the FAR Subpart 22.5 Project Labor Agreement for Federal Construction Projects and submitted in compliance with FAR 52.222-33 and FAR 25.222-34. No additional points or weight will be assigned to proposals submitted with a PLA in consideration of a proposal for award. CFM intends to conduct this acquisition in accordance with Subpart 36.3, Two-Phase Design-Build Selection Procedures.