Z--Asbestos Abatement IDIQ Aulson

IDIQ Multiple Award Asbestos Abatement for VISN 1 (New England). THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. This announcement is seeking information from industry, which will be used for preliminary planning purposes. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this synopsis. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. The purpose of this synopsis is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of industry, namely Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) and/or Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB). The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 1 has a requirement for on-going facilities asbestos abatement, for the following VISN 1 VA Facilities: VAMC Providence, RI; VA Connecticut Health Care System facilities located in West Haven and Newington, CT; VAMC White River Junction, VT; VAMC Manchester, NH; VAMC Togus, ME; VAMC Bedford, MA; VA Boston Healthcare System facilities located in Brockton, Jamaica Plains, and West Roxbury, MA. Interested parties meeting the requirements of this notice must submit the attached area of consideration with their response. Limitations on Subcontracting, the prime contractor must perform at least 15% of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with its own employees for general construction-type procurements. Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response under this sources sought synopsis. The intent of the project is to award a maximum of eight (8) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) asbestos abatement contracts to include the areas identified above. The types of work to be performed will be Asbestos Abatement. Remediation construction contractors have a size standard of $20.5 million in average annual receipts; the applicable NAICS code is 562910. The resulting contracts will not have fixed unit costs. All contract work will be completed through individual Firm Fixed Price (FFP) task orders awarded for individual projects. Each task order will be priced individually and will include its own wage determination. These task orders will be competed amongst the IDIQ awardees. The term of the IDIQ Multi-Award Contract may be a one-year Base Period from date of award, with four (4) one (1) year options to extend. Each task order will have its own completion date established. This notice is published to conduct market research to determine if there is a sufficient number of verified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) or Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) capable of performing the requirements to warrant a solicitation set-aside. In order to be eligible as an SDVOSB or VOSB, a firm must be verified in VetBiz. Registration may be accomplished at http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/. Additionally, all interested firms must be verified by the Center for Veteran Enterprises upon submission of a proposal in order to be eligible. An active registration in SAM is also required. Registration is available at www.sam.gov. For planning purposes, the Government intends to publish a solicitation for this requirement on or about July 1, 2016. Interested parties responding to this sources sought request shall submit the following information at a minimum: (1) Company name and address, point of contact with phone number, and DUNS number; (2) Documentation relating to capability of performance of asbestos abatement (including references with current point of contact and phone number); (3) Proof of registration in the VA Vet Biz website and verification by VA Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE) or status of verification application; (4) Company's Bonding Capability (construction bonding level per contract and aggregate construction bonding level, both expressed in dollars) via letter from bonding company documentation; (5) Completed area of consideration form with copies of licenses in the states identified as interest for consideration; and (6) any other pertinent company documentation. The response date to this Sources Sought notice is March 25, 2016 at 12:00 pm. This market research is for informational and planning purposes only to determine if a SDVOSB or VOSB set-aside is appropriate. The Government will not pay any costs for responses submitted. Electronic submissions are required via email to contact@example.gov. Subject line relating to this sources sought must read "VA241-16-R-0282 - ASBESTOS ABATEMENT IDIQ SOURCES SOUGHT RESPONSE". Should any firms interested in responding to this notice not be able to open the attachment for the area of consideration, please send an email to contact@example.gov - subject title must read "Send area of consideration - Asbestos IDIQ". RESULTS INFORMATION: Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Firms responding to this sources sought announcement, who fail to provide ALL of the required information requested, will not be used to help the Government make the acquisition decision, which is the intent of this sources sought announcement. The official Synopsis citing the solicitation number will be issued on Federal Business Opportunities www.fbo.gov and inviting firms to register electronically to receive a copy of the solicitation when it is issued. AREAS OF CONSIDERATION NOTE: OFFERORS MUST COMPLETE AREAS OF CONSIDERATION BELOW AND RETURN. LOCATION OF WORK - Offerors shall identify all location(s) they desire. LOCATIONS INTERESTED IN CONSIDERATION VA Medical Center Providence 830 Chalkstone Avenue Providence, RI 02908 ( ) Interested in Consideration for this location VA CT Healthcare System - includes the following locations: West Haven Campus 950 Campbell Avenue West Haven, CT 06516 Newington Campus 555 Willard Street Newington, CT 06111 ( ) Interested in Consideration for this location VA Medical Center White River Junction 215 North Main Street White River Junction, VT 05011 ( ) Interested in Consideration for this location VA Medical Center Manchester 718 Smyth Road Manchester, NH 03104 ( ) Interested in Consideration for this location VA Medical Center Togus 1 VA Center Augusta, ME 04330 ( ) Interested in Consideration for this location VA Medical Center Bedford 200 Springs Road Bedford, MA 01730 ( ) Interested in Consideration for this location VA Central Western Massachusetts 421 North Main Street Leeds, MA 01053 ( ) Interested in Consideration for this location VA Boston Healthcare System - includes the following locations: Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street Brockton, MA 02301 Jamaica Plain Campus 150 South Huntington Avenue Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 West Roxbury Campus 1400 VFW Parkway West Roxbury, MA 02132 ( ) Interested in Consideration for this location