Secretary Shinseki Announces $1 Million for Aurora Site

Secretary Shinseki Announces $1 Million for Aurora Site

Contract Will Prepare Site for New Facility

WASHINGTON – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki has announced the award of a $936,276 contract by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to a Washington state company for demolition and site clearing of VA’s new medical center in Aurora, Colo.

“This contract brings VA’s 21st century health care system closer to the Veterans of Colorado,” said Secretary Shinseki. “The contract is proof of VA’s commitment to Colorado’s Veterans.  It also encourages the success of businesses owned by Veterans who were disabled during their military service.”

This is the first of several contracts that will provide a new state-of-the-art VA medical center consisting of inpatient hospital beds, a community living center, a spinal cord injury center and outpatient services.  The total cost of the new facility is $800 million, with completion projected in 2012.

GSA-JV of Bellevue, Wash., a service-disabled, Veteran-owned business, was awarded the contract, which calls for building demolition, site surfacing and hazardous materials abatement at the location of the former Fitzsimons Army Hospital.

Last year, VA spent more than $2.2 billion in Colorado on behalf of the state’s 426,000 Veterans.  In Colorado, VA operates medical centers in Denver and Grand Junction, 13 outpatient clinics, four Vet Centers and two national cemeteries.