Notice of Intent -- A/E Services, VA Medical Complex, Aurora, CO

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Omaha District, Contracting Division intends to negotiate and award on a sole source basis, a construction phase A/E services contract to a joint venture team (JVT) comprised of H&L Architecture, Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP, Cator Ruma & Associates, and S.A. Miro for the Department of Veteran Affairs' (VA) Eastern Colorado Health Care System (ECHCS) Replacement Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado. This will be a follow-on contract for the JVT who is the Designer of Record for the medical center and is currently providing construction phase A/E services support to the project under a VA contract. The Medical Center has 11 buildings connected by a four-level concourse, consisting of a diagnosis and treatment facility; two (2) inpatient and three (3) outpatient facilities; a research building, a central energy plant; and three (3) separate garages. The ECHCS that is currently partially physically complete. This contract will establish the terms and conditions upon which the contractor will perform the full spectrum of construction phase A/E services, including some engineering during design, as necessary to support completion of the construction of the ECHCS Replacement Medical Center. The proposed contract action is for construction phase services that the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. Per FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii), these services are deemed to be available only from the Designer of Record, JVT, for the continued provision of highly specialized services since an award to any other source would likely result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition, as well as unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS and no solicitation will be issued; however, any System for Award Management (SAM) registered firm that believes it can meet the requirement may give written notification to the Contracting Officer in the form of a capability statement. Supporting evidence in sufficient detail that demonstrates the ability to comply with the requirement listed must be furnished to the point of contact listed below by 10:00 AM CST on Friday, November 27, 2015. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The USACE, Omaha District, will not reimburse for any costs connected with supplying sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the requirement listed. This acquisition falls under Classification Code C1DA, Architect & Engineering - Construction: Hospitals and Infirmaries; and the North American Industrial Classification System code 541310, Architectural Services with a size standard of $7,000,000.