SOLICITATION NOTICE
Z -- RECOVERY Z--Recovery Act - Install New Emergency Generator
- Notice Date
- 11/25/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 238210
— Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Procurement Business Division;Tres Rios Building;27 Gonzalez Giusti Ave, Suite 600;Guaynabo PR 00968
- ZIP Code
- 00968
- Solicitation Number
- VA-248-09-RA-0439
- Response Due
- 3/15/2010
- Archive Date
- 6/13/2010
- Point of Contact
- Rey F. ClementeContract Specialist
- E-Mail Address
-
rey.clemente@va.gov
(Contracting)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
- Description
- This is a pre-solicitation announcement for the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), VA Caribbean Healthcare System (VACHS) under the Recovery Act (RA). An Invitation for Bid solicitation will be issued on or about January 29, 2010 for a construction project titled RA-Install New Emergency Generator. The project is to be performed at the VA Caribbean Healthcare System (VACHS) in VA Ponce Outpatient Clinic Building, Ponce, PR there after called "Euripides Rubio DVA Outpatient Clinic (OPC)". This procurement is a total set-aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) firms only. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) for this procurement is 238210 and size standard is $14.0 million. In accordance with FAR 36.204, disclosure of the magnitude of this construction, construction project is between $500,000 and $1,000,000. The Government contemplates award of a Firm Fixed Price contract resulting from this solicitation. The VA is seeking a Contractor to provide all labor, supervision, materials, tools, and equipment necessary to perform the following work: This RA construction project consists to provide a full emergency generator back-up system to the existing VACHS, Euripides Rubio DVA Outpatient Clinic (OPC), Ponce, Puerto Rico. The emergency generator to be installed on the facility is an existing Caterpillar model 3516, 1750KW / 4160V, 3 PHASE, 4 Wire at 4.16KV, to be relocated from VACHS, San Juan, Puerto Rico to VACHS, Euripides Rubio DVA Outpatient Clinic (OPC), Ponce, Puerto Rico. The generator shall be provided with its corresponding booster transformer 4.16KV to 13.2KV. The new emergency generator shall be located in the mentioned OPC's outdoor in a sound attenuated enclosure. The existing automatic transfer switch shall be relocated indoors from its present location adjacent to the substation. The automatic transfer switch must operate with 10 seconds of a power failure. The transition operation must be of the closed type. A new vertical 20,000 gallons and double wall diesel fuel tank shall be provided in the utilities area near the new emergency generator. All feeders shall be extended as required. The existing VA emergency generator shall be removed as part of this project. Although a Cathodic Protection System with a Rectifier/Impress System was requested on the 25% Schematic Design Review Comments, a Fuel System shall be used instead. Section 26 42 00, CATHODIC PROTECTION, indicates that this type of system shall be used for underground steel oil tanks and oil piping only when the soil resistivity is less than 4000 ohm-cm; otherwise, Section 23 10 00, FACILITY FUEL SYSTEMS shall be used. Construction shall comply with the latest VA requirements, the latest local and national codes. The Awardee shall be responsible to obtain the Electrical Generator General Permit, for the equipment to be installed on the project after award is made. Also this construction project includes relocation of an existing electrical generator 200 kW demolitions of concrete slab and debris, soil sampling and site closure for bioremediation site in accordance with the applicable Federal, State, and local Environmental Laws and Regulations. The interested bidder shall provide all labor, insurance, materials, and equipment for the soil sampling, laboratory chemical analyses, manifesting transportation, disposal of soil cuttings and material generated from the sampling of surrounding subsurface soils at emergency generator located in Euripides Rubio DVA Outpatient Clinic, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Completion Time: Shall be identified and scheduled for approximately three hundred sixty five (365) calendar days after Notice to Proceed. No lump sum price estimate will be accepted. As authorized by FAR 5.102, solicitation dissemination is limited to electronic medium, and VA will provide no hard copies and will be available for download at no charge at the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) System website (http://www.fbo.gov) on or about January 29, 2010. Further details of all dates and events, including site visit and bid opening date, will be available in the solicitation. Interested Bidders are advised that they are responsible for obtaining all bid documents and/or amendments to the solicitation. Therefore all Interested Bidders should be re-visiting the website periodically to look for any updates or amendments to the solicitation. Interested Bidders must initiate or validate their registration at the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database at http://www.ccr.gov; VetBiz Registry at http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov; Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) at http://orca.bpn.gov prior to the bid package submission. Award will not be made until registration has been completed. All questions in reference to this solicitation shall be submitted in writing to the Issuing Office Point of Contact from the date the solicitation is available to all interested bidders, up to three (3) days after per bid conference/site visit is conducted. All questions shall be submitted via e-mail attention Rey.Clemente@va.gov. No facsimiles will be accepted. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. Contractors are responsible to confirm complete transmission of questions. Mail inquiries or hand carry inquiries shall be delivered to the following Contracting Office address: Department of Veterans Affairs VA Caribbean Healthcare System Procurement Business Division Attn: Mr. Rey F. Clemente, Contract Specialist Tres Rios Building, Suite 600, 27 Ave. J. G. Giusti Guaynabo, PR 00968. Point of Contact(s): Mr. Rey F. Clemente, Contract Specialist.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/SJVAMC672/SJVAMC672/VA-248-09-RA-0439/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Department of Veterans Affairs - VACHS;Euripides Rubio DVA Outpatient Clinic (OPC);Lot 37, Santiago De Los Caballeros Ave.;Km 3.3 Finca Multedo Estrella;Ponce, PR 00731
- Zip Code: 00731
- Zip Code: 00731
- Record
- SN02011702-W 20091127/091125235043-e2f148dd4de4f448c5b80ba61b98d81e (fbodaily.com)
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