537-24-106 Create Contractor Lie-Down Zone

What they want

• Prepare the ground: scan and mark underground utilities, clear trees and debris, excavate as a licensed geotechnical engineer (soil specialist hired by the contractor) directs, then compact, add weed barrier, gravel grid and gravel to a minimum bearing pressure of 8,000 PSF, with footings below the 42-inch frost line
• Furnish and install eight (8) new marine-grade 20-foot by 8-foot containers: four high-cube storage units and four insulated office units, double stacked, with railed 30-inch steel stairs and landings
• Install a 9-gauge, 7-foot chain link fence around the zone with a 20-foot sliding gate and lock, and remove existing fencing in the way
• Electrical: one 200A, 30-space breaker panel, four (4) energy meters, armored cable to each container, outlets, LED lights, occupancy sensors and photocell flood lights
• Rebuild or refinish the sidewalk and curb into a ramp for vehicle access to the zone
• Install security cameras that work with the VA's existing Avigilon video system, set up by a certified Avigilon distributor, with a plan set showing camera locations and views
• Submit kick-off, coordination, pre-construction and closeout documents, join weekly Microsoft Teams progress meetings, and file a daily Contractor Production Report (VA Form 10101)
• Provide a one-year parts and labor warranty from the VA's acceptance and as-built drawings in PDF and .DWG formats

What they'll judge offers on

• Price

What to include when you submit

• Email the complete bid, including the bid guarantee, to both the contract specialist and the contracting officer
• Fill in the bid schedule: CLIN 0001, All-Inclusive Bid (a contract line item number is one priced line of the order), and complete the offer section of Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442), including amendment acknowledgments
• Include the bid guarantee on SF 24, not less than 20 percent of the bid price and not above $2,000,000
• Include the signed VAAR 852.219-75 certificate of compliance with the limits on subcontracting
• Include safety and environmental record information (OSHA and EPA violations in the past three years) and the Experience Modification Rate (EMR, an insurance safety rating) on the insurance carrier's letterhead, with the Pre-Award Contractor Safety and Environmental Record Evaluation Form
• If bidding as a joint venture, include a copy of the joint-venture agreement in the bid package
• Prices are presumed to reflect the Illinois sales and use tax exemption the VA will give the awardee
• Fill in the contractor information block, including a past performance point of contact in your company
• Acknowledge every amendment, and download amendments from Contract Opportunities on SAM.gov

After award, you must have

• Anyone working on electrical systems rated 50 volts or more must be a state licensed master electrician or registered journeyman electrician; copies of required state licenses are submitted at kick-off From S02 - SOW.pdf: State Licensed Master Electrician or Registered Journeyman Electrician…
• Cameras must be installed and integrated by a certified Avigilon distributor From S02 - SOW.pdf: Damen Dispatch by a certified Avigilon Distributor.
• Furnish a payment bond (SF 25A) and a performance bond (SF 25), each for the value of the awarded contract From 36C25226B0030_1.docx: …will be required to furnish a Payment Bond, on form SF25A, and a Performance Bond, on form SF25.

Current contractor

No incumbent is named. The justification for other than full and open competition covers only the brand-name security camera items (Government estimate about $4,500: $900 licensing and $3600 hardware, compatible with the existing Avigilon system); the overall project is competed as an SDVOSB set-aside.

Not in the notice text

• Attached but not read: the drawings (S02 - Drawing.pdf), the site photos (S02 - SOW - Photos.pdf), the wage rates (S02 - Wage Rates.pdf and S02 - Wage Rates - Landscape.pdf) and the site visit sign-in sheet (S04 - Site Visit Sign-In Sheet.pdf, a scan). Only the start and end of S02 - Specifications.pdf and 36C25226B0030_1.docx were read.
• The Davis-Bacon wage rates that apply are in the wage rate files that were not read; the solicitation cites the Construction Wage Rate Requirements clause
• Amendment 0007 gives the new response due date but does not restate the virtual bid opening time
• The statement of work includes inpatient-room work zone and hospital-interior rules though the work is on exterior grounds; which apply is not stated
• The time zone and exact time of the question deadline (close of business) are not given
• The place of performance is blank in SAM.gov; the documents give it as the Eastern Exterior Grounds, Building 1A