Z1AA--Asbestos-Containing Floor Tile and Mastic Removal Durham VAMC Solicitation

The solicitation 36C24626Q0500_1 is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set Aside for the removal of asbestos-containing floor tile and mastic at the Durham VA Medical Center in North Carolina, with performance strictly limited to the facility at 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705. The work must be completed within ten calendar days after the Notice to Proceed, during standard business hours Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays, and requires full compliance with federal, state, and local regulations including 40 CFR Part 61, 29 CFR 1926.1101, and North Carolina HHCU requirements. All asbestos waste must be double-bagged, properly labeled per DOT/EPA guidelines, accompanied by Waste Shipment Records, and disposed of at approved facilities. Contractors must provide a comprehensive deliverables package including a site-specific Safety Plan, Work Schedule, personnel certifications including OSHA-10 and North Carolina asbestos accreditation, HHCU permits, TEM clearance reports achieving ≤70 structures/mm², and WSRs submitted within ten working days of disposal. The solicitation is firm-fixed-price, with evaluation based first on Technical Capability, including three past similar projects and mandatory on-site visit completion on July 28, 2026, followed by Past Performance in asbestos abatement and air monitoring, and finally Price, with award to be made on a best-value trade-off basis, not lowest-price technically acceptable. All offers must be submitted electronically by July 31, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. EST to [email hidden] in a two-volume format: Volume 1 as a completed, signed SF-1449 and Volume 2 as a single PDF containing the technical narrative. The Contracting Officer, Cleveland Wynne, is the sole point of contact for all administrative matters, while the Contracting Officer’s Representative remains TBD. Invoicing must be conducted exclusively through VA’s Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment System (EIPP) in X12 EDI format; no fax, email, or scanned submissions are permitted. Contractors must be registered in SAM, hold a valid UEI and CAGE code, and comply with federal prohibitions on covered telecommunications and surveillance equipment from designated foreign entities. Subcontracting is capped at 50% of the contract value due to the SDVOSB set-aside, and contractors