THIS IS A PRESOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY: No proposals are being requested or accepted with this synopsis. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. The purpose of this synopsis is to notify potential Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs), in accordance with the requirements of Public Law 109-461, of this requirement. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 16 has a requirement for on-going facilities construction, alterations, and repair of buildings, structures and other real property, and minor construction relating to, but not limited to, civil, mechanical, plumbing, structural, electrical, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), for the following VISN 16 location: Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System (that includes facilities at the Biloxi, MS main campus along with outpatient clinics at Pensacola, FL; Eglin AFB, FL; and Panama City, FL). Any contracts awarded will cover work at this medical center and associated outpatient clinics. Separate contracts will not be awarded for each separate facility/location. One pool of contractors will be selected for award. The anticipated Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts will be five-year firm and will be awarded as Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOCs) using FAR 15.101-1. It is anticipated that there will be approximately five (5) contracts awarded assuming sufficient qualified contractors submit proposals. Typical work includes, but is not limited to: interior and exterior renovations and alterations, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, heating and air-conditioning, HVAC Controls, fire suppression, intrusion alarms, communications, limited utilities, site-work, landscaping, fencing, masonry, roofing, concrete, asphalt, paving, storm drainage, limited environmental remediation, construction of new facilities, demolition, surveys, and other related work. Projects will be design/bid/build from already completed designs, or projects including a statement of work/scope of work and using the VA Master Construction Specifications (http://www.cfm.va.gov/til/spec.asp). The value for each subsequent individual Task Orders will be a minimum of $500,000.00 and maximum of $16,000,000. Each awarded contract value will not exceed $40 million. All contract work will be completed through individual Firm Fixed Price (FFP) task orders awarded for individual projects. Each task order will be individually priced and have its own wage determination. Task orders will be issued on a competitive basis among the MATOC holders only and the VA reserves the right to add Technical and Past Performance on more complex projects, but Price only is the preferred method for evaluation. There is a Seed Project (FCA Repairs Bldg. 17) that has been added to this requirement and will be awarded using FAR 15.101-1. This will also require an Offer Guarantee (i.e. Bid Bond). Limitations on Subcontracting: In the case of a contract for general construction, the prime contractor will not pay more than 85% of the amount paid by the government to its firms that are not VIP-listed SDVOSBs. In the case of a contract for special trade contractors, no more than 75% of the amount paid by the government to the prime contractor may be paid to firms that are not VIP-listed SDVOSBs. The applicable North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Primary Code is 236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Construction and the Small Business Administration s (SBA) Size Standard is $39.5M. Other 237 or 238 NAICS Codes may also be used to include, but not limited to, the following: NAICS 237130 - Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction, NAICS 237310 - Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction, NAICS 238160 - Roofing Contractors, NAICS 238210 - Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors, NAICS 238220 - Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors, and NAICS - 238910 Site Preparation Contractors. In accordance with VAAR 819.7003 Eligibility, at the time of submission of offers, and prior to award of any contracts, the offeror must represent to the contracting officer that it is an SDVOSB, that it is a small business concern under the NAICS Code assigned to the acquisition, and that it is an SDVOSB listed as verified in the VIP database at: https://www.vetbiz.va.gov. This notice is published only to provide an update for SDVOSB s as this is a total 100% SDVOSB set-aside. In order to be eligible as an SDVOSB a firm must be registered and verified as an SDVOSB in VetBiz at https://www.vetbiz.va.gov. All interested firms must be verified as SDVOSBs in VetBiz at the time of submission of a proposal in accordance with VAAR 819.7005 in-order to be eligible and at the time of contract award. An active registration in SAM.GOV (https://sam.gov) is also required. The official Solicitation citing this same solicitation number 36C25621R0152 will be issued on or shortly after July 22, 2021 on SAM.GOV Contract Opportunities (https://sam.gov/content/opportunities). The Contract Specialist and Point of Contact is Bill Geary @
[email protected]. Offerors are responsible to acknowledge all Amendments to the solicitation and it is the responsibility of all interested offerors to check the SAM.GOV Contract Opportunities website as necessary for any Amendments to the solicitation. Interested offerors are asked to please read over the solicitation and all its associated attachments/documents in their entirety prior to forwarding any RFIs/Questions to the Contracting Officer. A cut-off time/date for receipt of RFIs/Questions will be established and listed in the solicitation as well as the time/date for the Seed Project Site Visit. Only one Site Visit will be held and no requests for additional Site Visits or make-up Site Visits will be granted.