Department of Veterans Affairs, Contracting Officer (185B), VBA/NCS Team, 810 Vermont Avenue N.W., Washington, DC, 20420

Y -- SOURCES SOUGHT FOR PHASE 1 DEVELOPMENT SOL 915-001/9708-AE DUE 031997 POC Contact: Project Manager, Walter A. Krucoff, 202-565-5297, FAX 202-565-5086 Illinois National Cemetery, Joliet, IL -- A response is requested from interested parties who would qualify and bid this construction project if it were limited to Small Business Competition as defined by FAR 52.219 -- This project will construct the initial phase of the master plan for the 982.3-acre site, and the estimated cost range is between $10,000,000 and $20,000,000. The approximately 162 acre development for Phase 1, includes the following elements and features: entrance area, public information center, administration/maintenance complex, flag/assembly area, memorial walkway/donation area, Three committal service shelters, roadway system, site furnishings, clearing and grading for approximately 25,000 gravesites (including 2,000 lawn crypts), 3,000 columbarium niches and 2,300 garden niches, gas, water, and electric utility systems, a deep water well and a irrigation system. -- Bidders will be required to furnish performance bonds and representations/certifications to comply with Small Business limitations. -- Only Prime/General Contractors are to respond -- Replies shall be submitted as a certified letter stating that they are a Small Business Prime/General Contractor who would bid the Construction Project and request that they be places on the mailing list to receive the Presolicitation Notice.- They shall be addressed to and received by the Contracting Officer (185B), Room 563, Lafayette Building, 811 Vermont Avenue N.W., Washington DC 20420, no later than 1:00PM (EST), March 19, 1997. -- This is not a Request for Proposal or a Solicitation to Bid. (0049)

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