C--Conducting Professional Whole Building Commissioning Services provided by a Certified Commissioning Professional (CCP) or a Commissioning Authority (CxA) for VA facilities. VAMC, Brockton, MA; VAMC Bronx, NY; VAMC Canandaigua, NY;

C-Conducting Professional Whole Building Commissioning Services provided by a Certified Commissioning Professional (CCP) or a Commissioning Authority (CxA) for VA facilities. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Construction Management intends to solicit on an unrestricted basis for Third-party commissioning services that are required for major healthcare related projects at VAMC, Brockton, MA; VAMC Bronx, NY; VAMC Canandaigua, NY; VAMC Perry Point, MD. Sources Sought Notice. NAICS Code: 541330 Engineering Services. Size Standard: $4.5 Million. Selection Process: Diane Campbell, +1 (555) 000-0000; POC Scope: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Construction and Facilities Management is conducting market research for Small Businesses (SDVOSB, VOSB, WOSB, 8(a), HUBZone, and SDB) that can provide Whole Building Commissioning services. Third-party commissioning services are required for major healthcare related projects at VAMC, Brockton, MA; VAMC Bronx, NY; VAMC Canandaigua, NY; and VAMC Perry Point, MD. This is not a solicitation. This is market research for informational purposes only. Do not submit bids or proposals for this Request for Information. A determination will be made on whether or not this procurement can be set aside for small business or solicited on an unrestricted basis. The market research will help the government determine whether one of the small business socio-economic categories listed above will be used on a set-aside basis depending upon results received from this notice. The Commissioning Agent will be capable of supporting the Commissioning Process for the design, construction, and post-acceptance phases of projects with an estimated construction cost of over $100,000,000. These project are medical-related facilities (to include, but not be limited to VA Hospitals, VA medical clinics, VA dental clinics, VA Community Living Centers, and VA laboratories) as well as a broad range of other types of VA facilities (to include, but not be limited to administration, training, education, maintenance, recreation, domiciliary, central energy plants, other supporting facilities such as parking garages). Commissioning Services will be provided in accordance with the Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioning Process Manual. Prospective proposers shall review the Whole Building Commissioning Process Manual available on the VA Technical Information Library at http://www.cfm.va.gov/til/. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: a. The Commissioning Firm shall be certified by the National Environmental Balancing Bureau (NEBB), Associated Air Balance Council (AABC), the Testing Adjusting and Balancing Bureau (TABB), or other national or international certification agencies that provide specific firm and individual Commissioning Agent certifications. b. The Senior Commissioning Agent shall be a Whole Building Commissioning Certified Professional with a current certification from National Environmental Balancing Bureau (NEBB), Associated Air Balance Council (AABC), the Testing Adjusting and Balancing Bureau (TABB), or other national or international certification agencies. The Senior Commissioning Agent's certification shall be from the same agency that provides the Firm's Certification. He/she shall have a minimum of five (5) years of experience in commissioning projects similar in size and scope of the projects described in REQUIRED SERVICES above. c. The commissioning Firm, or proposed team, shall be familiar with construction practices, materials, standards, and design requirements. d. Commissioning Firms shall have key personnel in the following disciplines: Senior Commissioning Agent, Project Manager, Building Envelope Specialist, Electrical Engineering Commissioning Specialist, Mechanical Engineering Commissioning Specialist, and Communications/Security Engineering Commissioning Specialist. e. The Senior Commissioning Agent, Project Manager and Lead Field Personnel shall have either bachelor's degrees in their discipline or certifications from recognized national Commissioning Certification Organizations. Key personnel shall demonstrate a minimum of 5 similar projects commissioning systems in their discipline. . The completed project will be LEED Silver certified. The firm must demonstrate their ability to effectively utilize IFC version 2x-3 (or later) compliant parametric Building Information Modeling (BIM) system The government intends to award contracts to individual firms for each project location. Applicants must have an established working office within the area shown below for each location: Canandaigua, NY - 100 mile radius Brockton, MA - 50 mile radius Bronx, NY - 50 mile radius Perry Point, MD - 75 mile radius Please note that this is not a Request for Proposal. The Government is seeking information for market research purposes only. The Government may or may not issue advertisements for the above services. Any pre-solicitation published as a result of this market survey will be synopsized and posted at www.fbo.gov under a separate pre-solicitation announcement. If you are interested in participating in this project and are capable of performing these services, please submit your portfolio describing your interest and professional qualifications as listed above (including which locations you are interested in) to Diane Campbell, Contracting Officer, at Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Construction Management (00CFM3B1), 811 Vermont Ave., NW, Suite 565, Washington, DC 20420. Email submissions are acceptable. Please include your socio-economic category, size of business (large or small), and your Dun & Bradstreet Number. Due date for all submissions is December 13, 2010 by 2:00 pm Eastern Time. Please send your email submissions to contact@example.gov and to contact@example.gov. If you have any questions, please call me at +1 (555) 000-0000 or Michael Butler at +1 (555) 000-0000.