This Sources Sought Notice is to solicit interested SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES or VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS capable of meeting the following requirement: The Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS), located in North Little Rock, AR, 72114 has a requirement to replace and install natural gas line. The government's intent is to issue a solicitation to award a single contract. This acquisition will be solicited pursuant to the Veterans' First Public Law 109-461 as a 100% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (SDVOSB) and/or Veteran-Own Small Business. Additionally, this acquisition will be awarded in accordance with FAR 14.408-1(a) to the responsible bidder whose bid, conforming to the Invitation for Bid, will be most advantageous to the Government, considering only price and the price-related factors. Please do not send questions regarding this notice, as it is only a Sources Sought Notice. Questions will be accepted only after the solicitation has been published. The anticipated solicitation is projected to post on or about August 28, 2018, on this website. Hard copies will not be mailed. The solicitation will be issued as an Invitation for Bid (IFB). INTERESTED PARTIES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO REGISTER TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF ACTIONS INCLUDING POSTING OF THE SOLICITATION AND ANY AMENDMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, BIDDERS ARE ADVISED TO CHECK THE SITE FREQUENTLY AS THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING AMENDMENTS TO THE SOLICITATION NOTICE. NOTE: Interested parties are to submit their Capabilities Statement to the Contracting Office (No more than 20 pages, please) via email to
[email protected] no later than 8/22/2018 at 2:00pm local time. The following is an abbreviated reference of Statement of Work and does not address the entire requirement: Contractor shall provide all materials, equipment, labor, supervision, and expertise necessary to construct and replace the natural gas piping installation at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, 2200 Fort Roots Drive, North Little Rock, AR 72114. All work shall be performed in accordance to the project plans and specifications and statement of work. The work to be performed consists of connecting to an existing 4-inch polyethylene natural gas distribution pipe; install 4-inch and 2-inch natural gas polyethylene pipes, tracer wire, polyethylene valves and boxes, meter risers with valves, riser brackets, polyethylene fittings, and all related equipment and fittings to service 10 buildings and 2 connections for future use in general accordance with the enclosed drawing entitled Natural Gas Piping Installation. A 60-day bid acceptance period is required. Performance and Payment bonds will be required from the contractor receiving award. A pre-bid conference is TBD . The magnitude of construction is between $100,000.00 and $250,000.00. The North American Industrial Classification Standard (NAICS) code assigned to this construction project is 237120 with a small business size standard of $36.5M/ 500 employees. Bidders shall be registered at the Vendor Information Pages at www.vip.vetbiz.gov, in System for Award Management (SAM) database at www.sam.gov, and have completed online Representations and Certifications prior to the solicitation due date. Bidders shall be registered with the NAICS code 237120 assigned to this acquisition. DISCLAIMER This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.