This is a Sources Sought Notice to solicit interested SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES or VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS capable of meeting the following requirement: Veteran Healthcare System of the Ozarks (VHSO), located at 1100 N. College Ave., Fayetteville, AR, has a requirement titled "New Inpatient Mental Health Building . The government's intent in the future is to issue a solicitation toward a single contract award. 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. This acquisition is 100% set-aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). 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 (IFB), will be most advantageous to the Government, considering price and the price-related factors. Please do not send questions regarding this notice, as it is only a Sources Sought Notice to gage qualified and interested companies. Questions will be accepted only after the solicitation has been published. The anticipated solicitation is projected to post on or about the end of July 2018 or early Aug 2018, on the FBO website reflected below. Hard copies of this notice will not be mailed as a result of this posting. The dollar magnitude for this requirement is anticipated between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. The NAICS is 236220 applies and size standard is $36.5 Million. All respondents must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database (http://www.sam.gov) and have complete online Representations and Certifications at (http://www.sam.gov) along with VETS-4212 at https://www.dol.gov/vets/vets4212.htm in order to submit offers and be eligible for award. All offerors must be listed as verified in the VIP database, available in VETBIZ at https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/. Offerors are responsible for obtaining solicitation from vendor portal and acknowledgment all amendments to the solicitation. Amendments to the solicitation may be electronically sent or posted at the vendor portal website. You must register as Interested Vendor at the Fedbizopps website for solicitation. In order to receive e-mail notification of amendments, you must register in www.fbo.gov/; The solicitation will be issued as an Invitation for Bid (IFB). Work must be completed within the guidelines of the SOW. Project phasing and schedule will be coordinated with the VA COR in collaboration with the Contractor. A minimum 120-day bid acceptance period is required. Performance and Payment bonds will be required from the contractor receiving award. A pre-bid conference is TBD. NOTE: Interested parties are to submit their Capabilities Statement to the Contracting Office (No more than 10 pages, please) via email to
[email protected] no later than 7/11/2018 at 4:00pm (CST). The following is an abbreviated reference of Statement of Work and does not address the entire requirement: Telephone requests will NOT be accepted. Tentative Bid Opening is projected to occur on or about late Aug or early September 2018. PROJECT 564-610 CONSTRUCT NEW INPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH BUILDING VA MEDICAL CENTER FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS The Contractor must furnish all management, supervision, labor, material, equipment, tools, supplies, parts, and related services, in accordance with the SOW, drawings, and specifications to be complete and working systems, necessary for the construction of a new fully functioning, standalone inpatient mental health building in accordance to the VA Minor Construction Program. The location of the new facility must be located on the main campus of the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks located at 1100 N. College Ave, Fayetteville, Arkansas. The new finished single story 22,000 square foot secure inpatient mental health building must include but not be limited to, fifteen private patient beds, one patient isolation room, one patient seclusion room, a secure and safe outdoor courtyard for direct access by patients additional space for meeting and dining, group therapy, nursing station, patient exam rooms, staff support, and offices. The new building must comply with patient centered care for inpatient mental health facilities as described in the VA Mental Health Facilities design guide. All construction must be in compliance with the VA Barrier Free Design Standards, Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standard (ABAAS) for Federal Facilities, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, and all federal, state, and local building code and regulations. 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. The Government shall not be held responsible or liable for any information submitted, or for any costs associated the submitted information.