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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JUNE 04, 2010 FBO #3114
SOLICITATION NOTICE

Y -- Design-Build Multi-Specialty Care Outpatient Clinic, Walla Walla, WA

Notice Date

6/2/2010
 

Notice Type

Presolicitation
 

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

VA10109RP0223
 

Response Due

7/20/2010
 

Archive Date

10/18/2010
 

Point of Contact

Frank A Clemons
 

E-Mail Address

cting
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Construction and Facilities Management, Washington, DC is seeking proposals and Project Labor Agreement (PLA) feedback (See PLA questionnaire below) from contractors for the design and construction of the new Multispecialty Outpatient Clinic (OPC) Building in Walla Walla, Washington. The work will consist of the design/build of a new two-story building and associated site and utilities work. The size of the building will be approximately 66,000 GSF and the building will be located on the Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center, 77 Wainwright Drive, Walla Walla, WA 99362. Contractor shall completely prepare site for building operations and provide all labor, materials, tools, supplies, transportation, equipment, and design-build services necessary for design and construction of a multi-specialty outpatient clinic at Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center in Walla Walla, Washington. Work shall include site improvements and other specific tasks as further defined by this request for proposal (RFP). The Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center campus is listed in the National Registry of Historic Places and coordination with the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and the Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (THPO). The VA will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation requirements and will provide the best value to the government considering recent and relevant construction management, including corporate project experience and project personnel experience, technical/management approach; Past performance; schedule; small business participation, and cost/price. The government reserves the right to award a contract to other than the low offeror. The magnitude of this project is between $20 Million and $50 Million. This solicitation is as an unrestricted procurement. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 236220. To be considered a small business under NAICS 236220, the size standard must not exceed $33.5 million average annual receipts. The applicable small business subcontracting goals for this project are as follows: (a) 17.7% for Small Business (SB); (b) 5% Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB); (c) 3% Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB); (d) 5% Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB); (e) 3% HubZone Small Business (HUBZone), and (f) 5% Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB). The closing date and time for submission of offers will be contained in the solicitation package. The anticipated solicitation issue date is on or about June 18, 2010. A Pre-Proposal Conference is scheduled for July 1, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. PDT, at the Jonathan Wainwright VA Medical Center Theatre, Building #78, 77 Wainwright Drive, Walla Walla, WA 99362. The solicitation package will be posted on FedBizOpps, which can be accessed at https://www.fbo.gov/. In order to view the solicitation package, you must register with FedBizOpps. For changes to the issue date or any other changes to the information in this synopsis, potential offerors are responsible to check the information at FedBizOpps https://www.fbo.gov/. The Government will not provide paper copies of the solicitation. Telephone, written, facsimile, or e-mail requests, for the solicitation package will not be honored. Potential offerors MUST register with FedBizOpps at www.fbo.gov in order to receive notification and/or changes to the solicitation. The Interested Vendors List (IVL) will be activated and may be accessed and printed from the FedBizOpps web site. Prospective offerors who would like their company name included on the IVL list may do so on the FedBizOpps website under IVL. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring FedBizOpps for the release of the solicitation package and any other pertinent information and for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package. All interested parties MUST be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database and have completed On-Line Representation and Certifications Application (ORCA) in order to receive a contract award. If you are not registered with CCR, you may request an application via phone at 1-888-227-2423 or register on-line at http://www.ccr.gov. To register with ORCA, you may go online at https://orca.bpn.gov. Points of contact for this procurement are: Contracting Officer Frank A. Clemons at (202) 461.8486 email frank.clemons@va.gov and the Project Manager for this procurement is Antonio Bruscantini at (707) 562-8287, email Antonio.bruscantini@va.gov. Project Labor Agreements: The Office of Construction and Facilities Management (CFM) located in Washington, DC is conducting a survey regarding the use of a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for VA-01-09-RP-0223; Project Number is 687-400, Design-Build Multispecialty Outpatient Clinic (OPC). The PLA questionnaire is below. Please complete and return to me the PLA questionnaire within seven (7) days from the posting date of this announcement. 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. See FAR Provision: 52.222-33 Notice of Requirement for Project Labor Agreement. See FAR Clause 52.222-34 Project Labor Agreement PLA QUESTIONNAIRE: (Please respond to the questions below) 1. Is your company familiar with Project Labor Agreement (PLA) and its use 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 or decrease and what is the likely percentage of cost increase or decrease? 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? Company ™s Name and DUNS: Company ™s Address: Today ™s Date: Company Representative ™s Print Name: Company Representative ™s Signature: Telephone number and email: Within seven (7) days of the posting date of this announcement, please return your PLA questionnaire to me at frank.clemons@va.gov or fax 202.565.4595.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/vacoofmae/vacoofmae/VA10109RP0223/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial;VA Medical Center;77 Wainwright Drive;Walla Walla, WA

Zip Code: 99362
 

Record

SN02165798-W 20100604/100602234826-83e4dd021a24be407e2677339ce521a7 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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