562-22-700 | Construction EHRM Infrastructure Upgrades | Erie, PA | Mihaila/Prather | Samantha/Leslie   4

INTRODUCTION: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) anticipates soliciting proposals and subsequently awarding a single, Firm-Fixed-Price contract for the Design-Bid-Build (DBB) EHRM Infrastructure Upgrades Construction project at the Erie VA Medical Center (VAMC) located at 135 E. 38th St, Erie, PA 16504. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Erie VAMC is seeking a general contractor to provide all necessary tools, labor, materials, equipment, permits, license, supervision, and quality control for EHRM Infrastructure Upgrades Erie, PA at the Erie VA Medical Center, in accordance with the drawings and specifications. Work includes general construction, alterations, grading, and the following infrastructure improvements: electrical power (normal and emergency); bonding; UPS; Building Management System (BMS) interfaces; new and upgrades of existing HVAC; reconfiguration, expansion, and renovation of existing spaces; communication infrastructure; physical security upgrades; upgrade of fiber infrastructure backbone campus-wide, within buildings and between buildings; construct new Data Center; hazardous material abatement and all necessary removal of existing structures and construction of certain other items. The upgrade to the infrastructure will include campus wide new campus wide fiber backbone underground routing and will require excavation, trenching, reinforced concrete duct bank with associated access points. Campus buildings impacted by the upgrades include Buildings 1, 6, 7, 8, 11, 14, and 18. Upgrades in these buildings will include existing rooms and telecommunications closets and include relocation, reconfiguration, expansion, and renovation involving new walls, doors and finishes, etc. throughout each space. Construction shall comply with VA Infrastructure Standard for Telecommunications Spaces (ISTS) V4.0, June 1, 2023. New Data Center to include electrical distribution, cable management, data cabinets, finishes and HVAC. The data center is designed for and meeting the requirements of a small/medium Campus Support Center. The Data Center shall be constructed to withstand blast protection requirements per the VA PSRDM. ADMINISTRATIVE: The solicitation will be issued as a Request For Proposal (RFP) conducted in accordance with FAR Parts 15, 19, and 36 and will be evaluated in accordance with the Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) procedures listed in the solicitation. The solicitation will be advertised as a total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside. Offers received from other than SDVOSB concerns will not be considered. The applicable NAICS code is 236220 with a size standard of $45.0 million. The solicitation will be issued around late March early April 2025. The period of performance is approximately 540 calendar days from the issuance of the Notice to Proceed. This notice is not a request for competitive offers. The Magnitude of Construction is expected to be between $20,000,000.00 and $50,000,000.00. All questions must be submitted in writing to the issuing office via email to Leslie.Prather@va.gov. Telephone calls will not be accepted. -END-