Project 629-25-104 ED Suicide Risk Mitigation Fence

THIS IS A PRESOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY: No proposals are being requested or accepted with this synopsis. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. The purpose of this synopsis is to notify potential Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs), in accordance with the requirements of Public Law 109-461 of this requirement. The Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System has a requirement to build an Emergency Department Drive Suicide Mitigation Fence, located in New Orleans, Project# 629-25-104. The contractor shall provide all labor, materials, tools, equipment, expertise, administration, supervision transportation and anything else necessary to perform all work as described in project Scope of Work, Drawings, and Specifications.

The applicable North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) primary code is 236220, Flooring Contractors. The Construction Cost Range for this project (Magnitude of Construction) is between $500,000 and $1,000,000.

Interested offerors are asked to please first read over the RFP and all its associated attachments/documents in their entirety prior to forwarding any questions/Requests for Information (RFI s) to the Contracting Officer. A cut-off time/date for receipt of questions will be established and listed in the RFP as well as a time/date for the scheduled Site Visit. Only one Site Visit will be conducted and no requests for additional Site Visits or make-up Site Visits will be granted.

Anticipated contract will be awarded using FAR 15.101-1, Tradeoff Process. This project will require a Bid Bond. A Site-Visit is planned and the information to support this site visit will be provided with actual solicitation.
In accordance with VAAR 819.7003 Eligibility, at the time of submission of a 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 that it is certified for eligibility in the SBA certification database at https://dsbs.sba.gov/ (see 13 CFR 128). To be considered for award, SDVOSB concerns must be certified at the above link as an SDVOSB. SDVOSB concerns must also be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. Information on certification processes can be found at https://dsbs.sba.gov/. Information on SAM Registration can be found at SAM.gov | Home. Joint Ventures must be registered in SAM as their own entity and one of the managing partners of the joint venture must be registered and verified as an SDVOSB in the SBA certification database.

As a reminder, in accordance with VAAR 852.219-75, offerors shall complete the clause certification and submit with RFPs. Failure to provide this certification will deem the contractor ineligible for evaluation and award.

The official Solicitation citing this same solicitation number 36C25626R0117 will be issued on or around 09/29/2026 on SAM.gov. The Contracting Officer is Jennings.herbst@va.gov
Pre-solicitation notice for Project# 629-25-104, Emergency Department Suicide Mitigation Fence, New Orleans, LA.
Location address:
Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System
2400 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70119