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, 110 ACRES SOL 916-001/9707-AE DUE 030597 POC Contact: Project Manager, Scott Gebhardtsbauer, 202-565-5449, Fax 202-565-5086 National Cemetery, Dallas/Ft Worth, TX. -- A response is requested from intrested parties who would qualify and bid this construction project if it were limited to Small Business Competition as defined by FAR 52.219 -- The project will execute the initial phase of the master plan for the 638-acre site. The approximately 110 acre development for Phase 1, is estimated in the cost range between $10M and $20M and includes the following elements and features: An entrance area, administration/maintenance complex, public information center, flag/assembly area, lake for stormwater management and holding basin for irrigation water, memorial walkway/donation area, Two committal service shelters, roadway system, site furnishings, clearing and grading for approximately 14,600 gravesites (including 2,000 lawn crypts), columbarium and garden niches (2,000 total), gas, water, and electric utility systems, a deep water well, and a irrigation system. -- Bidders will be required to furnish performance bonds andrepresentations/certification 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 placed 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 5,1997. -- This is not a Request for Proposal or a Solicitation to Bid. (0049)

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