Inactive Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES, PROJECT 589A7-21-700 This is a Sources Sought Notice to determine the availability of service disabled veteran owned small business (SDVOS... ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES, PROJECT 589A7-21-700 This is a Sources Sought Notice to determine the availability of service disabled veteran owned small business (SDVOSB) firms for a possible small business category type set-aside for Construction Services project: This is a Sources Sought Notice that is issued for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the government, implied or otherwise to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. An award will not be made on information received in response to this notice. This notice is not a Request for Proposal (RFP); it is a market research tool being utilized to determine the availability of sources prior to issuing a Best Value type RFP. PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SCOPE The project will consist of, but is not limited to, the following infrastructure improvements: Electrical (electrical panel upgrade, power (normal, emergency)), Bonding, UPS, Building Management System interfaces, assess for new and upgrades to existing HVAC, reconfiguration, expansion and renovation of existing space (demo, new construction, finishes), communication infrastructure (new Data outlets, patch panels, upgrade to Cat 6A cable) in buildings as necessary, physical security upgrades, assess and upgrade fiber infrastructure backbone campus wide within buildings and between buildings, install diversified path to datacenter for WAN, hazardous material abatement. The construction contractor shall provide all professional construction services for the project to renovate the existing IT closets in the follow building locations include: Buildings 1A, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5B, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 16, 19, 20, 21, 26, 29, 34, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62 and site. Construction shall include the abatement of any hazardous materials as identified on the provided drawings. Construction contractor shall be responsible for third party air monitoring services to be provided during remediation of hazardous materials (i.e. asbestos, lead, mold, etc). Remediation shall be performed by the construction contractor. The construction of this project will take place in a very busy occupied building and is to be completed to allow medical care functions to be maintained uninterrupted throughout construction necessitating carefully phased construction and coordination with VA COR/users. In accordance with VAAR 836.204, the estimated magnitude of the resulting construction price range is estimated to be between $10,000,000.00 and $20,000,000.00. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 236220, General Construction, small business size standard of $36.5 Million in average annual receipts for the preceding three years. Interested firms must be registered in https:www.SAM.gov with this NAICS code and qualified as a service disabled veteran owned small business under this NAICS code. Qualified service-disabled veteran owned small businesses are encouraged to respond and required to be registered in the VetBiz registry https://www.vetbiz.va.gov/ on or before the response date. The intent of this notice is to identify potential Small Business firms capable of performing these services. The Government will use the information obtained from this sources sought announcement to make a set-aside determination including further restriction under a socio-economic status, firms must identify their socio-economic status for NAICS code 236220, General Construction. The appropriate North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 236220 with the applicable business size of $36.5 million. If interested in this opportunity, please provide via email a Capability Statement: The Capability Statement is designed to inform the Department of Veteran Affairs, of any prospective construction contractors' project execution capabilities. The submission is limited to 10 single sided pages which shall include the following information: 1) Offeror's name, address, point of contact, phone number, e-mail address, and DUNS number; 2) Offeror's interest in bidding on the solicitation when it is issued; 3) Offeror's capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity and comparable work performed within the past 5 years - brief description of the project, customer name, timeliness of performance, customer satisfaction, and dollar value of the project) - provide at least 3 examples; 4) Offeror's CVE certification as a Veteran owned business; 5) Please provide Socio-economic status for NAICS code 236220, General Construction and provide percentage of self-performed labor your company can perform for this type of project; 6) Offeror's Joint Venture information if applicable - existing and potential; 7) Offeror's Bonding Capability in the form of a letter from Surety providing bonding level per contract and aggregate. The Response Due Date for this Sources Sought Notice is November 22, 2021, 2:00 pm Central Time. Respondents will not be notified of the results of analysis. Submit your responses to sean.jackson@va.gov. PLEASE REFERENCE "SOURCES SOUGHT: Project 589A7-21-700 Electronic Health Records Management Infrastructure Upgrades " IN THE SUBJECT LINE and first page of the response. The point of contact for submission of Capabilities Statement and questions is: Sean Jackson, Contracting Officer Email: sean.jackson@va.gov NCO 15 Contracting Office Leavenworth, Kansas 66048 No basis for claim against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this sources sought or Government use of any information provided. The Government will not pay for information or comments provided and will not recognize any costs associated with submission of comments. There is no guarantee, expressed or implicit, that market research for this acquisition will result in a particular set-aside, or any other guarantee of award or acquisition strategy. Respondents will not be contacted regarding their submission or information gathered as a result of this Sources Sought notice. Interested firms shall be required to respond to additional announcements separately from this announcement without further notice from the Government when posted to the Contract Opportunities website at https://beta.sam.gov/. The Contract Opportunities website is the only official site to obtain these documents.