TIERED EVALUATION: West Tower Construction Project 610-314: Fort Wayne, IN VAMC

Page 1 of 1 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) of Project 610-314: West Tower Addition Construction project at the Fort Wayne VA Medical Center (VAMC) located at 2121 Lake Ave, Ft Wayne, IN 46805. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Ft.

Wayne VAMC is seeking a general contractor to build a 27,000 square foot addition on the West side of Building 1 and complete 2,500 square feet of remodeling at the VA Northern Indiana Health Care Campus with a period of performance of 700 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed. This project will add space for both Primary Care and the Emergency Department, install upgrades and correct deficiencies. The remodeling will occur in the basement and first floor of the existing building.

Additional aspects of the project include adding larger passenger and service elevators, IT closets and Electrical Closets to serve the basement and all floors and installation of an additional accessible entrance to the building. Within the Emergency Department, rooms will be reconfigured to be private, and privacy and security deficiencies will be corrected. On the exterior of the South side of the building, the parking stalls will be relocated to better serve the Emergency Department.

These upgrades will decrease the distance a Veteran has to travel from the parking lot to the building and will allow Primary Care to be located entirely on the 1st floor, utilizing the PACT model to improve patient care. This project will add a centralized specimen collection area on the 1st floor. This will allow the Veteran to come in, complete the specimen collection and leave without having to travel on elevators.

The existing space where the Emergency Department Currently is located will be changed to Swing Space without any required construction. This project will incorporate security measures to move a driveway that is too close to the building to meet the security requirements of the VA. All work to be completed at the VA Northern Indiana Health Care Ft Wayne Campus, 2121 Lake Ave, Ft Wayne, IN 46805. The project must be in full compliance with the latest edition VA Design Standards and other VA Operations Manuals.

ADMINISTRATIVE: The solicitation will be issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) conducted in accordance with FAR part 15 and will be evaluated in accordance with the procedures listed in the solicitation. This procurement will be set aside based on an order of priority as established in 38 U.S.C.

8127. The solicitation will be advertised as a tiered set-aside evaluation with the following tiers: (1) SDVOSB concerns, (2) VOSB concerns, (3) small business concerns with HUBZone small business concerns and 8(a) participants having priority; and (4) large business concerns. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 236220 with a size standard of $45.0 million.

The solicitation is expected to be issued in April 2024. The period of performance is approximately 700 calendar days from the issuance of the Notice to Proceed. In accordance with VAAR 836.204 the Magnitude of Construction is between $10,000,000.00 and $20,000,000.00. This notice is not a request for competitive offers. All questions must be submitted in writing to the issuing office via email to CS Skye Budney, Skye.Budney@va.gov AND CO Jennifer Braaten, Jennifer.Braaten@va.gov . Telephone calls will not be accepted. -END-