AMMENDMENT 1- 36C25625R0066_ SOLICITATION ADD FENCE WHOLE HEALTH VETERAN GARDEN

Ammendment 1- The purpose of this amendment is to add the solicitation document titled "36C25625R0066_solicitation".

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Initial Solicitation Posting- THIS OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE ONLY FOR SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES. The Veterans Heath care System of the Ozarks (VHSO) in Fayetteville, Arkansas has a requirement titled “Add Fence Whole Health Veteran Healing Garden” for project 564-23-705, per issue for construction Drawings and Specifications. 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). At least 15 percent of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel shall be spent on the concern’s employees or the employees of other eligible SDVOSB concerns. See solicitation for RFI’s submission due dates.

A Firm-Fixed Price construction contract award is anticipated. Contractor shall furnish all labor, material, tools, equipment, expertise, administration, transportation, and supervision necessary to add a fence to the whole health veteran healing garden located at the VHSO Main Campus, 1100 North College Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72703. All construction work must adhere to the latest NEC, NFPA, OSHA, and life safety requirements. All construction work must be performed without affecting medical centers’ operations. Work includes supervision, labor, material, equipment, tools, supplies, consumable parts, and other work as required by the government provided construction plans and specifications. The period of performance will be 60 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed.

INTERESTED PARTIES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO REGISTER TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF ACTIONS INCLUDING POSTING OF THE SOLICITATION AND AMENDMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, OFFERORS ARE ADVISED TO CHECK THE SITE FREQUENTLY AS THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING AMENDMENTS TO THE SOLICITATION NOTICE.

A 90-day proposal acceptance period will be required. Payment Bond or an irrevocable letter of credit (ILC) will be requested from the contractor receiving the award. The magnitude of construction $25,000.00 AND $100,000.00. North American Industrial Classification Standard (NAICS) code assigned to this construction project is 236220, with a small business size standard of $45 million in average annual receipts for the past three (3) years. Offerors shall be registered with SBA VetCert at Veteran Small Business Certification (sba.gov), in System for Award Management (SAM) database at www.sam.gov and have completed online Representation and Certifications prior to the solicitation due date. Offerors shall be registered with the NAICS code assigned to this acquisition in VetCert.

Only one Site Visit will be conducted and no requests for additional Site Visits or make up Site Visits will be granted. Site Visit is scheduled for 03 April 2025 at 10:00 am Local Time (see attached RFP for further instructions) RFI's are due NLT 10 April 2025 by 2:00pm central time.

The RFP is posted and can be downloaded (without any charge) from the SAM.gov website. Offerors are responsible for obtaining the RFP (and associated documents/attachments) from the SAM.gov website and for acknowledging all Amendments to the RFP. It is the responsibility of all interested offerors to check the SAM.gov website as necessary for any Amendments to the RFP (to include the day bids are due).

In accordance with VAAR 819.7003 Eligibility, at the time of submission of proposal, the offeror must represent to the Contracting Officer that it is a SDVOSB concern, that it is a small business concern under the NAICS code assigned to the acquisition, and it is verified as a SDVOSB in VetCert Vendor Information pages at https://www.veterans.certify.gov. Offerors received from contractors who are not SDVOSB verified in VetCert will not be considered for award. Federal Acquisition regulations require that Federal Contractors register in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://www.sam.gov and enter all mandatory information into the system. Award cannot be made until the contractor has registered in SAM prior to submitting a proposal.