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JAMES A HALEY VAMC - BB- RENOVATE AND REPLACE TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT BUILDING. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the Government. All informa... JAMES A HALEY VAMC - BB- RENOVATE AND REPLACE TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT BUILDING. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the Government. 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 costs incurred in developing information provided to the Government. The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 8 (NCO 8) is seeking capability statements specifically from Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), as well as any other small business construction contractors for the purpose of determining if adequate competition exists to set aside the following requirement Renovate and Replace Transportation Equipment Building 1, at the James A Haley Veterans Affairs Medical Center, located at 13000 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612. The contractor will provide all the services general construction, alterations, plumbing, mechanical, conveying equipment, electrical work, utility systems, and certain other items as described in the specifications and drawings included with this package. The Government reserves the right to consider a SDVOSB, VOSB, or any other small business set aside based on the responses hereto. The James A. Haley has requested for construction services, the replacement and complete modernization of elevators 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, and 18; building one at the James A. Haley VA hospital, located at 13000 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Tampa, Florida. The magnitude of construction is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00. This requirement may be fulfilled by awarding a stand-alone contract for the construction of this project. It will use the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code of 238290 Other Building Equipment Contractors with a size standard of $22M. The applicable Limitations on Subcontracting is Special trade construction contractors. In the case of a contract for special trade contractors, no more than 75% of the amount paid by the government to the prime for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, may be paid to firms that are not VET-CERT listed SDVOSBs.as set forth in 852.219-73 or VOSBs as set forth in 852.219-74. Any work that a similarly situated subcontractor further subcontracts will count towards the 75% subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. Cost of materials are excluded and not considered to be subcontracted. As part of its market research, The Network Contracting Office (NCO8) is issuing this Sources Sought to determine if there exists an adequate number of qualified and interested Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), or any other small business construction contractors capable of performing the above work. Please submit, via email to david.hernandez1@va.gov, a capability statement and past performance information that demonstrates that your firm can perform the above scope of work. Title your email Sources Sought for 36C24823R0132, Renovate and Replace Transportation Equipment Building 1 . The following information is requested and is limited to 10 pages: Company Name, address, point of contract, phone number, and email address. Company s SAM UEI, DUNS, and Cage Code. Warranty. Experience: The prime contractor shall have at least 5 years experience in projects that required work similar as this project. Interested business shall submit capability statements. Type of business (SB, SDVOSB, VOSB, etc.), provide a copy of your certification from https://veterans.certify.sba.gov. Ability to perform in the State of Florida Will your business use subcontractors to accomplish most of the contract or is does your firm have the capability to execute more than simple oversight and program management? Does your business have prior experience in leading a construction project for the total renovation and replacement of an elevator system, for a large Hospital. Please provide evidence. Interested parties must show both socio-economic status and  adequate bonding capacity in their capability statement. The Government will use the responses to this Sources Sought to determine the appropriate set aside; i.e., SDVOSB Set Aside, VOSB Set Aside, etc., for this requirement and will be posted on SAM.Gov for 10 calendar days beginning 05/17/2023 and ending on 05/26/2023 at 4:00PM. The anticipated solicitation release date is late May/early June 2023. This Sources Sought is only for the purpose of identifying potential sources. No Request for Proposal (RFP) exists at this time. Therefore, please do not request a copy of the RFP. DISCLAIMER This Sources Sought is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this Sources Sought. Prepared and Issued By: David Hernandez NCO8 Contracting Specialist.