C--Geri-Psych Ward Addition A-E 1898 Fort Sheridan Road Sheridan Veterans Affairs Medical Center Sheridan WY 82801-8320

DESCRIPTION: This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice for the following services under project number 666-311 - Geri-Psych Ward Addition projected at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) located at 1898 Fort Sheridan Road, Sheridan, WY 82801. This will be a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business Set-aside. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL; NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE WILL BE ISSUED UNTIL AFTER AN EVALUATION HAS BEEN MADE ON THE PROVIDED SF-330. The Sheridan Veterans Affair Medical Center (VAMC) is seeking architect/engineering firms to provide all A/E services for the investigation, preparation of working drawings, construction documents, construction period services, and cost estimates for the Geri-Psych Ward Addition project at the Sheridan Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) located at 1898 Fort Road, Sheridan, WY 82801. The design must, as a minimum, be in accordance with all applicable codes indicated in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Design Manuals and VA PUBLICATIONS (Master Construction Specifications, Construction Standards, etc.). Work includes, but is not limited to, Architectural, Mechanical and Electrical design services for Geri-Psych Ward Addition: a. Field investigation for as-built drawing needs of existing building systems. b. Interview and work with VAMC staff to determine the best arrangement of the Geri-Psych Ward addition and associated systems to improve functionality, accommodate modern equipment and improve overall workflow. It is the intent of this project to construct an expansion onto building 86 which will house 15 veterans and remodel Physical Therapy. Project designed to have second story added in the future. The second story will follow the same building materials parameters (foundation, utility access, columns, ceiling after 2nd floor added etcetera. Commissioning of at least HVAC Air Handling Systems, Heating Hot Water Systems, Chiller Systems, Exhaust Systems, Steam System, Direct Digital Control System (BACnet or similar Local Area Network (LAN), Room Pressurization Systems, Commercial Kitchen Hoods & Associated Fire Suppression Systems, Fuel Delivery and Storage Systems, Electrical system include Standby Generator Systems, Generator Paralleling Switchboards, Automatic Transfer Switches etc. Design will comply with Veteran's Affairs (VA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) requirements. The new building shall meet the latest federal requirements for energy efficiency. VA-owned facilities are required to meet, at a minimum, the energy standard prescribed in American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard 90.1-2010. Further, these facilities are required to achieve an energy consumption level of at least 30 percent below ASHRAE Standard, if that level is attainable without a resulting increase in life-cycle cost; or, if 30 percent below the ASHRAE Standard is unattainable, the maximum level that can be attained without a resulting increase in life-cycle cost. The buildings shall be designed so that the fossil fuel-generated energy consumption of the buildings is reduced. A/E firm is to produce documents including construction drawings and specifications, construction schedules, and cost estimates for construction. All work must be designed within a construction cost range of $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. A/E is required to submit four submissions of material for preliminary review at the 30%, 50%, 95%, 100% development stage for review. The will four submissions will each consisting of reports, drawings, specifications, phasing plans, and cost estimates. The proposed physical security of the expansion will need to be evaluated and designed to the medium level of protection of the Interagency Security Committee (ISC) Security Design Criteria (September 29, 2004) for all new mission critical facilities. The physical security standards also apply to the space being renovated in an existing building. When establishing a design and associated cost estimation budget for this mission critical project, the key point is that physical security is fully integrated into the program, rather than an added requirement. All other life safety measures (i.e., sprinklers, smoke detectors, visual and audible alarms, etc.), Fire protection for both the expansion and remodel shall be evaluated and/or designed. It shall meet all NFPA, VA Fire Protection Manual and local codes. A third party review of the plans shall take place. A/E firm to provide As-Built Record drawings of As-Constructed conditions in the AutoCAD format currently used by the Sheridan VA Engineering Department. Autodesk Revit © drawings will not be accepted. A/E Firm to submit finalized Contract Document Development to include but not limited to, full set of VA specifications, on CD-disc (MS Word ©) and hard copy. Provide the Contracting Officer a full set of electronic bid documents that can be advertised on Fed Biz Ops. The NAICS code for this project is 541330 Engineering Services. The SF-330 can be downloaded through the GSA Forms Library at: http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/formslibrary.do, type in 330 in the "Find A Form" block and click on search. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL; NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE WILL BE ISSUED UNTIL AFTER AN EVALUATION HAS BEEN MADE ON THE PROVIDED SF-330. Interested firms should submit one (1) copy of their current SF 330 no later than 12:00 PM Mountain Standard Time (MST) March 24, 2014 to contact@example.gov. The emailed file shall not exceed 5MB in total. Offerors will be evaluated on the following criteria: (1) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services; (2) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required, including, where appropriate, experience in energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reduction, and the use of recovered materials; (3) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time; (4) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; (5) Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project; provided, that application of this criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms, given the nature and size of the project; and (6) Reputation and standing of the firm and its principal officials with respect to professional performance, general management, and cooperativeness. (7) Record of significant claims against the firm because of improper or incomplete architectural and engineering services. (8) Specific experience and qualifications of personnel proposed for assignment to the project and their record of working together as a team. Important Notice: Apparent successful offerors must apply for and receive verification from the Department of Veteran Affairs Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE) in accordance with 38 CFR Part 74 and VAAR 819.70 by submission of documentation of Veteran status, ownership and control sufficient to establish appropriate status, offerors must be both VISIBLE and VERIFIED by the Department of Veteran Affairs Center for Veterans Enterprises at the time of submission of proposal. Failure to be both VERIFIED by CVE and VISIBLE on VetBiz at the time of proposal submission will result in the offeror's proposal being deemed non-responsive. All offerors are urged to contact the CVE and submit the aforementioned required documents to obtain CVE verification of their SDVOSB status if they have not already done so. VA NOTICE OF TOTAL SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (DEC 2009) (a) Definition. For the Department of Veterans Affairs, "Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern": (1) Means a small business concern: (i) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans (or eligible surviving spouses); (ii) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans (or eligible surviving spouses) or, in the case of a service-disabled veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent caregiver of such veteran; (iii) The business meets Federal small business size standards for the applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code identified in the solicitation document; and (iv) The business has been verified for ownership and control and is so listed in the Vendor Information Pages database, (http://www.VetBiz.gov). (2) "Service-disabled veteran" means a veteran, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2), with a disability that is service-connected, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(16). (b) General. (1) Offers are solicited only from service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns. Offers received from concerns that are not service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns shall not be considered. (2) Any award resulting from this solicitation shall be made to a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern. (c) Agreement. A service-disabled veteran owned small business concern agrees that in the performance of the contract, in the case of a contract for: (1) Services (except construction), at least 50 percent of the cost of personnel for contract performance will be spent for employees of the concern or employees of other eligible service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns; (2) Supplies (other than acquisition from a non-manufacturer of the supplies), at least 50 percent of the cost of manufacturing, excluding the cost of materials, will be performed by the concern or other eligible service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns; (3) General construction, at least 15 percent of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel will be spent on the concern's employees or the employees of other eligible service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns; or (4) Construction by special trade contractors, at least 25 percent of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel will be spent on the concern's employees or the employees of other eligible service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns. (d) A joint venture may be considered a service-disabled veteran owned small business concern if- (1) At least one member of the joint venture is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern, and makes the following representations: That it is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern, and that it is a small business concern under the North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) code assigned to the procurement; (2) Each other concern is small under the size standard corresponding to the NAICS code assigned to the procurement; and (3) The joint venture meets the requirements of paragraph 7 of the explanation of Affiliates in 19.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (4) The joint venture meets the requirements of 13 CFR 125.15(b). (e) Any service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern (non-manufacturer) must meet the requirements in 19.102(f) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation to receive a benefit under this program.