Z--Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) IDIQ Construction Multi-Trade Phoenix and Prescott

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY TO VA-258-10-RP-0032. The solicitation is now intended to be issued on or about April 1, 2010 and shall remain open for approximately 45 days. Interested parties to this PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE are strongly encouraged to register at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs VENDOR PORTAL located at https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov Please note that this is a Secure Socket website and therefore the https must be used when attempting to open the website rather than the standard http. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Southwest Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 18 - Phoenix VA Health Care System (PVAHCS), 650 E. Indian School Rd., Phoenix, Arizona, 85012-1892, and Northern Arizona VA Health Care System (NAVAHCS), 500 Hwy 89 North, Prescott, Arizona, 86313-5000, have a requirement for on-going facilities construction, alterations, and repair of buildings, structures and other real property at the PVAHCS and NAVAHCS. The intent of the project is to award Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC) via multiple award Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity multi-trade construction contracts to include the following areas: Phoenix VA Health Care System (PVAHCS), 650 E. Indian School Rd., Phoenix, Arizona, 85012-1892, and Northern Arizona VA Health Care System (NAVAHCS), 500 Hwy 89 North, Prescott, Arizona, 86313-5000. The types of work to be performed will include General Construction as well as specified Specialty Trades. The applicable NAICS codes are 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction, 238210 Electrical Contractors, and 238220 Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors. General building and heavy construction contractors have a size standard of $33.5 million in average annual receipts. Special trade construction contractors have a size standard of $14 million. The resulting contracts will not have fixed unit costs. All contract work will be completed through individual task orders awarded for individual projects between the two locations. Each task order will be priced individually and will include its own wage determination. These task orders will be competed amongst the IDIQ awardees. The government intends to award task orders that are ARRA American Reinvestment and Recovery Act funded and the terms and conditions related to those funds will be applicable to those individual tasks only. The term of the IDIQ Multi-Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) may be a one-year Base Period from date of award, with four (4) one (1) year options to extend or one two-year Base Period from date of award, with three (3) one (1) year options to extend. Each task order will have its own completion date established. The solicitation is 100% Set-Aside for certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) or Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) qualified as defined under Public Law 109-461, 38 U.S.C. 8127 and 8128 who are capable of performing the requirements under the categories described in the solicitation when posted. Interested parties shall be required to be registered in the US Department of Veterans Affairs Vet Biz database to be considered responsive offers. Registration may be accomplished at http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/. The Government will not pay any costs for responses submitted and instructions for submissions will be contained in the actual solicitation when posted to Federal Business Opportunities (FBO). Once the solicitation is posted to FBO the solicitation itself and all attachments will be visible on the VA VENDOR PORTAL. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE OTHER THAN WHAT IS NOTED HEREIN. FIRMS ARE INSTRUCTED NOT TO CALL OR EMAIL REQUESTING MORE INFORMATION and to please watch the Fed Biz Opps or the U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs VENDOR PORTAL for the actual posting of the solicitation package. ONLY ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF OFFERS THROUGH THE U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs VENDOR PORTAL located at https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov will be accepted prior to the closing date of the solicitation.