Y-- Western New York National Cemetery Project Labor Agreement Questionaire

Page 1 of 3 Dear Prospective Contractor: This notice serves a twofold purpose: 1) Industry Day for construction of the new Western New York National Cemetery and 2) Sources Sought. This notice serves a twofold purpose: (1) Notifying potential offerors of the intent to hold Industry Day for The Western New York National Cemetery. The Industry Day has been set for January 12, 2017 at 10:00. The Industry Day will be held at the Freedom Hall, Buffalo VAMC, at 3495 Bailey Avenue, Buffalo, New York. Attendees are required to check in at the Greeter's Desk. Parking is limited and attendees are encouraged to carpool. The attendance is not mandatory however submission of your Qualifications is necessary. All responses to the sources sought must be submitted via email to the Contracting officer, Terance Crawley at contact@example.gov by December 28, 2016, 3:00 pm EST. At this time no solicitation exists, therefore, DO NOT REQUEST A SOLICITATION Package. Project Description: This project will construct the initial phase of a new national cemetery for eligible veterans and their dependents at the Western New York area. Phase 1 located at 1232 Indian Falls Road, Pembroke, NY 14036. The new project will develop approximately 3,800 gravesites for casket interments, 3,072 columbarium niches, 1,500 in-ground sites for cremated remains, ossuary, and 300 green burial plots for a total of 8,672 interment sites. The project will also include memorial walls to commemorate those whose remains are not available for interment. To optimize the use of available land for gravesites, the project will install pre-placed concrete crypts. Phase 1 will include an early turnover burial area with temporary administrative and maintenance facilities, temporary committal shelter, minimal roads and supporting utilities. Phase 1 will develop approximately 79-acres to provide for about ten years of burial capacity. In addition to the gravesite development, the construction includes access roads and entrance area, flag/assembly area, committal shelters, an administration building/public information center with electronic gravesite locator and public restrooms, maintenance complex, honor guard building, access control and physical security systems, memorial walkway/donations area, utilities and supporting infrastructure, signage, site furnishings, fencing, landscaping, and central controlled irrigation system. The estimated project duration will be approximately 990 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, and The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) of 236220 (Commercial building construction) CFM intends to conduct this acquisition in accordance with FAR Part 15, contracting by Negotiation. Industry Day VA will host an Industry Day Forum to discuss the upcoming Western New York National Cemetery project in Pembroke, New York. This event will provide background and general information on the project. The Industry Day Forum will be used for market research to give the Office of Construction and Facilities Management (CFM) the opportunity to engage contractors to determine overall interest in the project, experience with cemetery construction, and small business participation possibilities. An "Industry Day" has been set for January 12. 2017, at 10:00 am to 12:00 noon, The Industry Day will be held at the Freedom Hall, Buffalo VAMC, at 3495 Bailey Avenue, Buffalo, New York. Attendees are required to check in at the Greeter's Desk. Parking is limited and attendees are encouraged to carpool. Please respond with your intent to attend to Mr. Terance Crawley, Contracting officer at contact@example.gov. All questions and presentations from the Industry day will be made available through an amendment to this notice that will be posted on www.FBO.gov. Sources Sought Notice This sources sought notice is for market research purposes in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10. It does not constitute a solicitation and is not to be considered as a commitment by the Government. All firms responding to this sources sought notice are advised that their response to this notice is not a request that will be considered for contract award. All interested parties will be required to respond to the resultant solicitation separately from their response to this sources sought. Firms interested in submitting their capabilities for this project, you must include the following information: (1) Company name, address, point of contact with phone number and e-mail address; (2) Business size determination and qualifying small business status; (3) Bonding capacity (from surety), also provide firms total bonding capacity (single and aggregate), current available bonding capacity, and expected available capacity for 2017. Please limit responses to ten (10) pages. The Contractor capability statement shall include, but not be limited to: Corporate Experience: Provide at least three projects in the past five years that demonstrate experience with National Cemetery construction experience; if no national cemetery experiences provide at least three projects similar to parks, golf courses that contains at minimum an administration building, maintenance building, public restrooms, roads, landscape and irrigation. The Capability Statement must demonstrate Experience in all the elements of construction below: Earth WorkwEST The earth work must have been performed in the past five years with projects involving mass and finish grading earth work for cemeteries, parks or other land development projects of at least 40-acres. Paving Paving projects of similar size and scope involving NYDOT road construction. Landscaping Landscaping projects involving installation of lawns, trees, shrubs, and ground covers for cemeteries, parks, golf courses or other similar sites of at least 40-acres. Irrigation The irrigation system installation for cemetery, park or golf course sites of at least 40-acres. Precast Concrete Burial Components The crypt and columbarium experience must be in providing and placing crypts and columbarium niche units at a National Cemetery with three completed projects. All responses to the sources sought must be submitted via email to the Contracting officer, Terance Crawley at contact@example.gov by December 28, 2016 no later than 3:00 pm EST. At this time no solicitation exists, therefore, DO NOT REQUEST A SOLICITATION package.