THIS IS A PRE-SOLICIATION NOTICE – The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network

Contracting Office 9 Central Region, 1639 Medical Center Parkway, Suite 200, Murfreesboro,

Tennessee 37129 will be soliciting a Request for Proposal (RFP) on or about 11/07/2023 for

construction services for the following project:

Project# 603-23-103 - Refurbish Cooling Towers at the Robley Rex VAMC, Louisville, KY 40206.

SET-ASIDE: 100% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)

PROJECT MAGNITUDE: Between $100,000.00 and $250,000.00

NAICS: 238220 – Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors

SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD: $19 Million

PROJECT OVERVIEW:

The project will require the selected contractor to provide all resources necessary to accomplish

and furnish all labor, material, equipment, transportation, and supervision necessary to completely prepare site for building operations as required per drawings and specifications at the

Robley Rex VAMC, Louisville, KY 40206 for the above-mentioned Project # 603-23-103 - Refurbish Cooling Towers. Work includes, but not limited to demolition, general construction, HVAC, plumbing, building envelope, electrical, and finishes.

Anticipated completion time from Notice-to-Proceed is 120 calendar days for the entire project.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Apparent successful offerors must have a current VETS 4212 report

on file with the Department of Labor, registered in SAM, and must apply for and receive

verification from the Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE) of

their SDVOSB status in accordance with 38 CFR Part 74 and VAAR 819.709 by submission of

documentation of veteran status, ownership and control sufficient to establish appropriate status,

offerors must be both visible and verified by the Department of Veteran Affairs CVE at the time

of submission of proposal. Failure to be both verified by CVE and visible on https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov at the time of proposal submission will result in the proposal being deemed nonresponsive.

All offerors are urged to contact the CVE and submit the aforementioned requirement documents to obtain CVE verification of their SDVOSB status if they have not already done so.

Questions related to this requirement will only be addressed in writing by way of email to the

Contracting Officer at Jeffery.ridenour@va.gov. The Project Number, Project Name, and

Solicitation Number must be included in the subject line of all questions related to this

requirement.

No questions will be considered until the actual solicitation is released on or about 11/07/2023.

END OF PRESOLICITATION NOTICE

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