This procurement has been set-aside for Emerging Small Businesses located in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico geographic area ONLY, for a multidiscipline Architect-Engineer (A/E) Indefinite Delivery Quantity (IDIQ) contract. Therefore, DO NOT SUBMIT A SF 330 IF YOUR FIRM IS NOT AN EMERGING SMALL BUSINESS AND IS NOT LOCATED IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO. Emerging small business is a concern whose average annual gross revenue for the last three (3) completed fiscal years is not greater than 50 percent of the numerical size standard applicable to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to a procurement action. The applicable NAICS code for this procurement is 541310 and the small business size standard classification is $4.5M. The VA Caribbean Healthcare System (VACHS), San Juan, Puerto Rico, is seeking Architect/Engineering firms capable of providing multi-discipline A/E services including but not limited to: mechanical, electrical, civil, architectural, structural, interior design, site planning, landscaping, fire protection, soils, roofing, seismic, plumbing and environmental, on an as-needed basis under a indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract, in accordance with PL-582 (Brooks A/E Act) and as implemented in FAR Part 36.6, VAAR Part 836.6. Most highly qualified A/E Emerging Small Businesses located in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico geographic area are invited to submit their qualifications using SF330. In order to be eligible for an award, firms are required to register at the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) website located at http://www.ccr.gov and to have completed the electronic Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) at http://prca.bpn.gov . Services will be required for an undetermined number of projects of varying size and complexity. Individual Task Orders will be issued against the contract and requirements will be defined by separate scope of work for each request. Task order shall consist of, but not limited to: performing and conducting technical studies, fact-finding studies, analyses, surveys, investigations and reports, planning and developments and installations, designing and developing engineering construction working drawings, schematic design, design development, as-built, specifications, cost estimates and design analysis, preparing technical portions of Request for Proposal (RFP) packages, environmental studies, feasibility study, program analysis, design review, value engineering reviews, consulting/construction management for work, building designs for new facilities as well as rehabilitation and upgrade of existing facilities and systems, to include new buildings, building addition and/or building renovations, supervising and inspecting maintenance, repair and construction projects, and performing the necessary supervision and coordination of all phases of A/E work. For any one project, a Task Order will be issued not to exceed $200,000.00 and the total cumulative contract amount for task orders shall not exceed $1.0M per contract for the entire period of performance noted herein, including renewal options (if exercised). The minimum guarantee over the life of this contract is $2,000.00. Contract duration will be for one (1) base year plus four (4) options years from the date of the initial contract award. The total amount that may be paid under this contract (including all option years) is $1.0M. VACHS reserves the right to award multiple contracts. Award of individual task orders issued by the VACHS will be dependent upon the need and the estimated dollar value of the design. The following EVALUATION CRITERIA will be used during the A/E Selection Process: The A/E selection criteria are listed in order of importance or merit: (1) PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF PROPOSED TEAM: (a) Project Experience; (2) TEAM PROPOSAL FOR THIS IDIQ A/E multidiscipline services - BACKGROUND OF THE PERSONNEL (a) Project Manager; (b) Other key personnel; (c) Consultants. (3) PROPOSED DESIGN APPROACH FOR THIS PROJECT: (a) Proposed design philosophy; (b) Anticipated problems (Phasing) and potential solutions (4) EXPERIENCE & CAPABILITIES: (a) Interior Design; (b) CAD & Other Computer Applications; (c) Value Engineering & life Cycle Cost Analysis; (d) Environmental & historic preservation considerations; (e) Energy Conservation & new energy resources; (f) CPM & Fast Track Construction (5) PROPOSED MANAGEMENT PLAN - TEAM ORGANIZATION (a) Design phase; (b) Construction phase. (6) PROJECT CONTROL: (a) Techniques planned to control the schedule and costs; (b) Personnel responsible for schedule and cost control. (7) ESTIMATING EFFECTIVENESS: (a) Ten most recently bid projects. (8) AWARDS AND & PAST PERFORMANCE (a) Awards received for design excellence and/or letters of commendation; (b) past performance on contracts with government agencies (emphasis on VA work) (9) INSURANCE AND LITIGATION: (a) Type and amount of liability insurance carried; (b) Litigation involvement over the last five years & its outcome. Evaluation of past performance and experience may include information provided by the firm, customer inquiries, Government databases, and publicly available sources. Failure to provide all the requested data, accessible points of contact, or valid phone numbers could result in lower evaluation scores. SF Form 330 is available on-line at: http://vaww.va.gov/facmgt/ae. Interested A-E Firms meeting the requirements of this announcement are invited to submit four (4) completed SF 330's along with a summary addressing each of the evaluation criteria listed above to facilitate the selection process to: Tres Rios Building, 27 Ave. Gonzalez Giusti, Suite 600, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968; Attn: Ana Alvarado, by 3:00pm local time on July 14, 2008. No Faxed or emailed SF 330's will be considered. All submissions must be bound in some manner (spiral, binder, etc). Late responses will be handled in accordance with FAR Subpart 15.208. Interviews of selected firms will be conducted at San Juan, VACHS. The Government will not pay nor reimburse any costs associated with responding to this synopsis request. Award is subject to the availability of appropriated funds. The Government is not obligated to request any additional information from an AE firm who does not provide sufficiently detailed information. This is not a request for proposal. No additional information is available other than what is noted herein. Firms are responsible for monitoring the announcement to ensure that they have most up to date information about this acquisition.
