674-18-103 Convert Patient Rooms to Private Rooms Bldg. 204   3

36C25722B0017 The contractor shall furnish all materials, labor, tools, equipment, transportation, and all other incidentals necessary to complete the work to replace campus exterior lighting at South Texas VA Health Care System. The NAICS code for this procurement is 238210 with a small business size standard of $16.5M. The magnitude of this project is between $1,000,000.00 and $2,000,000.00. This project will be 100 percent set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. The POC for this project will be Lynn Pettit; Email Lynn.Pettit@va.gov. Important Notice: Apparent successful offerors must apply for and receive verification from the Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Verification and Evaluation (CVE) in accordance with 38 CFR Part 74 and VAAR 819.70 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 Center for Veterans Enterprises prior to submission of offer. Failure to be both VERIFIED by CVE and VISIBLE on VetBiz prior to submission of offer will result in the offeror s proposal being deemed non-responsive. All offerors are urged to contact the CVE and submit the required documents to obtain CVE verification of their SDVOSB status if they have not already done so.

Background
The contract is for the conversion of patient rooms to private rooms at the Olin E. Teague Veterans’ Medical Center located at 1901 Veterans Memorial Drive, Temple, Texas 76504. The project aims to provide private patient rooms for patients and their visiting family members.

Work Details
The project involves renovating a single floor (fourth floor) of the hospital bed tower to provide private patient rooms. The work will need to be phased and completed one wing at a time. It includes tasks such as coordinating with existing work, complying with construction documents and applicable regulations, demolition and renovation with minimal disruption, recycling demolition debris, and ensuring compliance with VA specifications.
Additionally, there are specific requirements related to housekeeping, false alarms, fire watch, smoking prohibition, security measures, tuberculosis screening for workers, fireproofing of wall penetrations, and compliance with various standards and regulations.

Period of Performance
Period of Performance is 485 Calendar days after Notice to Proceed.

Place of Performance
The construction projects will be performed at the Olin E. Teague Veterans’ Medical Center located at 1901 Veterans Memorial Drive, Temple, Texas 76504.