Z1DA--586-22-703 EHRM TASS Construction

Project: 586-22-105 Pharmacy Physical Security Upgrade Issuing Office: NCO 16 Location of Project: VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Verification: This action is a 100% set aside for verified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB). The award of this solicitation shall not be delayed due to loss of SDVOSB verification. Offerors must be registered and verified as a SDVOSB in the Veterans Small Business Certification at http://veterans.certify.sba.gov. Offerors received from contractors who are not verified as a SDVOSB in Veterans Small Business Certification at the time of offer submission and at the time of contract award will be considered non-responsive and will not be considered for award. SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM): SAM has replaced the Central Contractor Registration (CCR), Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) and the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS). Federal Acquisition Regulations require that federal contractors register in the SAM database at https://www.sam.gov and enter all mandatory information into the system. Award cannot be made until the contractor has registered. Offerors are encouraged to ensure that they are registered in SAM prior to submitting their bid. Completion of Representations and Certifications shall consist of completion of annual representations and certifications electronically via SAM. It is not necessary to complete and return as a part of the offer package FAR 52.204-8, Annual Representations and Certifications, contained in this solicitation unless offeror identifies changes in FAR 52.204-8(d). VETS-4212: Title 38, USC Section 4212(d) and Public Law 105-339, requires that federal contractors report, at least annually, the number and category of veterans who are within their workforce. This VETS-4212 report can be submitted per the instructions at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/programs/vets4212. For assistance contact VETS-4212 customer support at 1-866-237-0275 or vets4212- customersupport@dolncc.dol.gov. For procurement awards in excess of $150,000, this report must be completed and accepted prior to any Federal contract award. Therefore, all potential contractors are encouraged to file every year. Past Safety Record: OFFERORS SHALL SUBMIT CONTRACTOR EVALUATION FORM CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AS A PART OF THE OFFER PACKAGE. All offerors shall submit information pertaining to their past Safety and Environmental record using attached Contractor Evaluation Form. The information must show that the offeror has no more than three (3) serious, or one (1) repeat or one (1) willful OSHA violation(s) in the past three years. If those totals are exceeded, the offeror shall attach an explain why and submit as much information as possible regarding the circumstances of its past safety and environmental record, including the number of EPA violations and/or the number of serious, repeat, and/or willful OSHA violations, along with a detailed description of those violations. All offerors shall submit information regarding their current Experience Modification Rate (EMR). This information shall be obtained from the offeror s insurance carrier and be furnished on the insurance carrier s letterhead. If an offeror s EMR is above 1.0, offeror must attach a written explanation of the EMR from its insurance carrier furnished on the insurance carrier s letterhead, describing the reasons for the EMR, and the anticipated date the EMR may be reduced to 1.0 or below. Self-insured contractors or other contractors that cannot provide their EMR rating on insurance letterhead must obtain a rating from the National Council on Compensation Insurance, Inc. (NCCI) by completing/submitting form ERM-6 and providing the rating on letterhead from NCCI. Note: Self-insured contractors or other contractors that cannot provide EMR rating on insurance letterhead from the states or territories of CA, DE, MI, NJ, ND, OH, PA, WA, WY, and PR shall obtain their EMR rating from their state run worker s compensation insurance rating bureau. If the NCCI cannot issue an EMR because the offeror lacks insurance history, offeror shall submit a letter indicating so from its insurance carrier furnished on the insurance carrier s letterhead, and include a letter from the NCCI indicating that is has assigned offeror a Unity Rating of 1.0. This requirement is applicable to all subcontracting tiers, and prospective prime contractors are responsible for determining the responsibility of their prospective subcontractors. The above information, along with other information obtained from Government systems, such as the OSHA and EPA online inspection history databases, will be used to make an initial Determination of Responsibility. Site Visit: Only one site visit will be conducted. Attendance at the site visit is not mandatory, but highly suggested for proper proposal preparation. Information provided at the site visit shall not alter the terms and conditions of the solicitation and specifications. Terms of the solicitation and specifications remain unchanged unless the solicitation is amended in writing. Requests for Information (RFIs): RFI s are due no later than (NLT) 3:00 PM Local Time 27 April 2026 or as amended and will not be accepted after this date. RFI s should be submitted by email to the Contract Specialist, Andrew Misfeldt at andrew.misfeldt@va.gov. Responses will be provided by amendment to the solicitation in a question and answer format within 7 days of RFI submission due date. Subject Line of the RFI e-mail should be as follows: Company Name, RFI #1, 36C25626R0019 and Project Title. Proposal Due Date: Proposals are due NLT the date/time shown in Block 13a of Standard Form (SF) 1442. Complete proposals must include an electronic copy of the Bid Bond and must be submitted by email to andrew.misfeldt@va.gov. Magnitude of Construction: The magnitude of construction is between $2,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. North American Industry Classification (NAICS) code: The applicable NAICS code for this procurement is 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. The Small Business size standard is $45 Million. Wage Determination (WD): The applicable Davis Bacon WD for this solicitation is incorporated as an attachment to this solicitation. Period of Performance: The successful offeror shall begin performance within 10 calendar days after receiving the notice to proceed and complete all work within the time specified in the award. All punch list items must be completed during the established period of performance. Funding: Award is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds. The Government does not compensate vendors for proposal development and submission. Superintendence: The offeror shall provide, from their own staff, a competent 30 hour OSHA certified superintendent. This individual shall be 100% full time dedicated to supervision and assigned to this project while work is being performed on site. The offeror shall not divide or split up their superintendence duties among multiple projects at the same facility. Each project stands alone and requires a dedicated superintendent to be allocated and funded to that particular project. Holidays: The following federal holidays are observed: New Year's Day Martin Luther King Jr. s Birthday President's Day Memorial Day Juneteenth Day Independence Day Labor Day Columbus Day Veterans Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day Any other holiday proclaimed by the President as a Federal Holiday. When a holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday will be observed as a legal holiday. When a holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is observed by U.S. Government agencies. Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS): Upon completion of contract performance and annually if performance is longer than 365 days, the Contracting officer will evaluate contractor performance for use in future contract award decisions. The Contractor shall be provided an opportunity to comment on the contracting officer s evaluation. If you wish to familiarize yourself with this system, you can find it at https://www.cpars.gov/. The government retains the evaluations, contractor responses, and review comments, if any, as part of the contract file. The evaluations are available for Federal Agencies for support of future award decisions through CPARS. The contractor must provide the contracting officer with the name and email address of the contractor CPARS POC. This is the person responsible for responding to these evaluations. This person will be granted access to CPARS during the award and assigned the system role of contractor representative (CR). PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND EVALUATION INFORMATION This part describes the precise mechanism for evaluating and selecting offers for this procurement for: PROJECT NO. 586-22-105 Pharmacy Physical Security Upgrade To assure timely and equitable evaluation of…