Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Business Center, 5901 East Seventh Street, Bldg 149, Long Beach, CA 90822

Z -- MECHANICAL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES SOL RFP600-094-99 POC Ronald L. Townsend (562) 494-5815 Provide all labor, materials, supervision, equipment, tools, etc. necessary to perform and complete Mechanical Construction Services for repair and alterations to buildings and real property owned or leased by Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 22, within the California counties of Los Angeles, Riverside, Orange and San Diego, and Clark County, Nevada. This solicitation will result in a Multiple Awards of a Firm Fixed Price, Open End Mechanical Construction contract. This procurement is open to both small and large businesses. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 1711. Potential offerors shall be physically located within a radius of 120 miles of the VISN 22 Network Business Center, Long Beach, CA., and possess the ability to perform construction services in all counties listed above. The Government intends multiple awards (2 or more) resulting from this solicitation. Offerors will be required to submit a Technical Proposal, and a separable Cost/Price Proposal, as indicated in the solicitation. Proposals will be evaluated per source selection procedures within FAR Part 15.3 using the evaluation criteria outlined in the solicitation. Individual Task Orders will be issued under the awarded contracts either by Sole Source RFP or Competitive RFP, following individual CO determinations of the method deemed to be in the best interest of the Government. The offeror shall have the ability to perform mechanical construction services for construction projects ranging in dollar value from $25,000 to $4,000,000. The Base contract period for all contract awards will be one (1) year, with four (4) 1-year Option periods, for a maximum duration of five (5) years or until maximum accumulated task order value of $20,000,000 is expended, whichever occurs first. The scope of work includes mechanical construction (new construction, renovation, alteration, improvement, repairs, and minor construction) related to healthcare facilities. Mechanical construction as it relates to this RFP includes work related primarily to Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems, steam and condensate piping systems, chilled water piping systems, and engineered control systems. Construction shall be coordinated with all other trades involving Architectural, Structural, Electrical, Plumbing, and Site Planning work. Evaluation for award will be based on the following evaluation factors, listed in descending order of importance: Factor 1: Past Performance, Subfactor 1.1: Contractor Past Performance; Factor 2: Project Management, Subfactor 2.1: Project Experience, 2.1.1: Experience with multiple projects, 2.1.2: Technical Healthcare Experience, Subfactor 2.2: Capacity to Accomplish the Work, 2.2.1: Bonding Capacity, 2.2.2: Organizational Capacity, 2.2.3: Quality Control Capacity; Factor 3: Technical Approach, Subfactor 3.1: Mechanical Construction Project Work Plan/Schedule; Factor 4: Price. Technical evaluation criteria will rate higher than price factors for purposes of award. The tentative issue date of this solicitation is on or about March 19, 1999. A Pre-proposal Conference will be held (date and time to be set forth within the solicitation). The tentative date for receipt of proposals is April 19, 1999. All requests for the solicitation must be in writing on company letterhead to Ronald L. Townsend, Contracting Officer, at the above address or FAX to (562) 494-5828 on or before issue date. Posted 03/04/99 (W-SN305172). (0063)

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