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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JUNE 17, 2010 FBO #3127
SOURCES SOUGHT

Y -- Market Survey/Source Sought VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA Research Office Building, Project No. 646-500R

Notice Date

6/15/2010
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

236220 — Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Office of Construction and;Facilities Management (00CFM3B);811 Vermont AVE, NW;Washington DC 20420
 

ZIP Code

20420
 

Solicitation Number

VA10110RI0102
 

Response Due

6/25/2010
 

Archive Date

8/24/2010
 

Point of Contact

Robert Capers
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

This is a two parts Market Survey/Source Sought: 1) Small business capabilities and 2) PLA Questionnaire (from any offeror interested in submitting an offer under this procurement). Part 1: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Construction and Facilities Management is looking for potential small, bondable, and experienced businesses certified in the following categories: (1) Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), (2) Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), (3) Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) including 8(a), (4) HUBZone, and (5) Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) for the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, University Drive, Pittsburgh, PA, for Research Office Building, Project No. 646-500R. The firm must be a General Construction Firm with an approved NAICS Code 236220, Small Business Size Standard of $33.5 million. The estimated cost for this project is between $20,000,000 and $50,000,000. This project includes construction of a new three story hospital research office building addition consisting of 99,671 gross square feet of new space. The new space includes office space for researches, shell space for future laboratories, support spaces, as well as a roof top helicopter landing pad and bridge to the adjacent existing medical center building. The project also includes renovation of various parts of the existing hospital spaces to house utility and infrastructure modifications. There are two base bid items: (1) CLIN 001-Base Bid General; (2) CLIN 002 Base Bid Physical Security; and add alternates. This is a Market Survey and if you are a Small business contractor having the skills and capabilities necessary to perform the stated requirements including the NAICS code and size standard for small business you are invited to provide information to contribute to this market survey/sources sought. Responses should include detail information on the following: 1.Company Name, 2. Address, 3. Point of Contact, 4. Phone number and e-mail address, 5. Business size determination and qualifying Small Business status, 6. Certification of Small business Status, 7. Available Bonding Capacity, 8. Construction experience of similar projects in size and complexity. Part 2: This survey is regarding the use of a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for this entitled, "Inpatient/Outpatient Improvements." PLA is defined as a pre-hire collective bargaining agreement with one or more labor organizations that establishes the terms and conditions of employment for a specific construction project and is an agreement described in 29 U.S.C. 158(f). Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Policy: (a) Project Labor Agreement (PLA) is a tool that agencies may use to promote economy and efficiency in Federal procurement. Pursuant to Executive Order 13502, agencies are encouraged to consider requiring the use of project labor agreements in connection with large-scale construction projects. (b) An agency may, if appropriate, require that every contractor and subcontractor engaged in construction on the project agree, for that project, to negotiate or become a party to a project labor agreement with one or more labor organizations if the agency decides that the use of project labor agreements will ” (1) Advance the Federal Government's interest in achieving economy and efficiency in Federal procurement, producing labor-management stability, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations governing safety and health, equal employment opportunity, labor and employment standards, and other matters; and (2) Be consistent with law. Provision: 52.222-33 Notice of Requirement for Project Labor Agreement. Clause 52.222-34 Project Labor Agreement Please provide your responses (Part 1 and Part 2) via e-mail to the Senior Contracting Officer (00CFM3B1), Robert Capers, at robert.capers2@va.gov, with the subject line śPittsburgh Research Office Bldg “ (insert company name) ť by June 25, 2010. Small business concerns failing to respond to this add will not be precluded from responding to the solicitation. Place of Performance: Address: VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, University Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15240 PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND THE GOVERNMENT IS SEEKING INFORMATION FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. THE GOVERNMENT MAY OR MAY NOT ISSUE SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS. LOOK FOR ANY FURTHER INFORMAITON IN FEDBIZOPPS. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE RETURNED. QUESTIONNAIRE: (Please respond to the questions below) 1. Is your company familiar with Project Labor Agreement (PLA) used on construction projects? Yes/No: Comments: 2. Would your company likely submit a proposal for the VA construction solicitation that requires the use of a PLA? Yes/No: Comments: 3. If VA requires a PLA, would your proposed construction cost likely to increase/decrease and what ™s the likely percentage of cost? Yes/No: Comments: 4. Does the VA requirement to use of a PLA on a construction project restrict competition? Yes/No: Comments: 5. Do you expect subcontractor resistance should VA requires the use of a PLA on this construction solicitation? Yes/No Comments: 6. Do you have additional comments regarding the use of a PLA for this project? Small Business Category: SDVOSB, VOSB, SDB, HUBZone, 8a, WOSB, SB Large Business: Yes/No Company ™s Name: Company ™s Address: DUNS#:__________________ Company Representative ™s Print Name: __________________________ Company Representative ™s Signature: _________________ Date: ___________ Telephone number and email: __________________________________
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/vacoofmae/vacoofmae/VA10110RI0102/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA

Zip Code: 15240
 

Record

SN02177939-W 20100617/100615235410-0a02169487311fc25dda7cbd59f9c3c5 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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