Y1NZ--Replace Site Water Loop, Durham VAMC

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. The purpose of this notice is to conduct market research and obtain information from qualified businesses in identifying the availability of the below requirement. No solicitation is being issued at this time. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary; the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. OVERVIEW The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 6 is conducting market research to identify potential sources for construction services to complete the below scope of work. The work site is the Durham VA Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. A Statement of Work, drawings and specifications are attached. The architect-engineering firm that designed the project shall not be contacted directly regarding this notice. Forward all questions to the point of contact identified below. SCOPE OF WORK Project 558-18-151, Replace Site Water Loop: Contractor shall replace the underground potable water loop and individual feeds that have exceeded their useful life for both the domestic and fire systems on the Durham VA Medical Center campus. Contractor shall replace the existing site water infrastructure with a new system designed to meet current standards and reduce service interruptions, provide for redundancy, accommodate future construction, and simplify required resting procedures, maintenance operations, and repairs. Statement of Bid Item(s): See attached Specifications for "Statement of Bid Item(s)." SMALL BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS For market research purposes, all responses to this notice will be reviewed, regardless of small business/socioeconomic category, including those firms that are identified as large businesses. Review of responses to this notice will support later determination of set-aside requirements, if a solicitation becomes available, where the rule of two is met regarding a set-aside, including set-asides under 38 U.S.C. 8127 and 8128 for SDVOSB and/or VOSB firms registered in the VIP database, in accordance with priorities set by regulation. NAICS CODE: 237110, Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction (SBA Size Standard: $39.5 million annual revenue) PRODUCT OR SERVICE CODE (PSC): Y1NZ, Construction of Other Utilities INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONDING: Interested companies can respond via email to schon.zwakman@va.gov, with the following information: (1.) Firm Point of Contact, including name, title, phone number and email address. (2.) Firm name, DUNS number and address of the applicable office. (3.) Relevant General Contractor license number(s) for the applicable State. Additional information may be requested by the Contracting Officer at a later time. POINT OF CONTACT: Schon Zwakman Contracting Officer Construction Team 1 Network Contracting Office 6 (NCO 6) 508 Fulton St, Bldg. 6 Durham, NC 27705 Schon.Zwakman@va.gov DUE DATE FOR RESPONSES: This notice will close on Wednesday, 25 August 2021, at 03:00PM Eastern. CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY A potential source, for the purposes of this notice, is considered to be any firm meeting the following requirements. Based on responses to this notice, some of the below requirements may be modified, where necessary, prior to release of any solicitation. 1. Anticipated prime contractor is a licensed General Contractor, and holds other required licenses, according to State regulation where the potential source is headquartered and performs work under the applicable NAICS code. 2. The prime source is registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://www.sam.gov, as whichever entity/office that would receive award in the event of a solicitation. 3. The prime source is registered in the VetBiz portal and Vendor Information Pages (VIP) database at https://www.vetbiz.va.gov, if applicable. (This is only applicable to firms meeting Small Business Administration (SBA) and VA requirements for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) programs.) 4. The prime source has completed submission of VETS-4212 Report for the current cycle. 5. The prime source has favorable (satisfactory) past performance information for federal contracts, as documented in Government databases, including the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) and Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), where applicable. Where performance ratings less than satisfactory have been identified, the circumstances of those ratings may be requested during discussions, or the offeror may be eliminated from the competition. 6. The prime source has no more than three serious, or one repeat, or one willful Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) or Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) violation(s) in the past 3 years and has an Experience Modification Rate (EMR) of equal to or less than 1.0.