VISN 21 Wide Master Planning and Study A-E 2017-2022

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 21 (VISN 21) established a Master IDIQ for architect-engineering services on July 1, 2017, with ordering authority that closed on June 30, 2022. The vehicle is no longer active—all ordering activity ceased over four years ago, making it unsuitable for new business development.

The vehicle contracted planning, feasibility studies, environmental and biological assessments, seismic evaluations, compliance documentation, hazardous materials surveys, and pre-award architecture and engineering support across VISN 21's Northern California health care facilities. Work spanned locations including Palo Alto, San Francisco, Martinez, Sausalito, Menlo Park, Mather, and Las Vegas, with administrative oversight at VISN 21 facilities.

Forty-eight task orders totaling $21.9 million in combined potential value were issued over five years, with $20.7 million (95 percent) obligated by the ordering deadline. Award pace declined sharply in the final two years: 19 orders in 2018–2019, one in 2020, five in 2021, and four in 2022. The last order was placed August 11, 2022, three years and eleven months ago.

Competition was moderately concentrated among 16 primes. Concourse Federal Group LLC and AE Works LTD together held 36 percent of combined potential value, with five firms capturing 72 percent. DAV Energy Solutions, Concourse Federal Group, and Apogee Consulting Group led by order count, each receiving four to six awards.

Task orders were heavily set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business: 60 percent (29 orders) were SDVOSB competitive and 2 percent (one order) was SDVOSB sole-source, with 38 percent unrestricted. Typical order values ranged from $15,000 to $1.6 million. The largest single award was a master planning and electrical infrastructure order for $1.6 million. The shared vehicle ceiling was $5 million, well below the total potential value obligated across all awards.

All customers were the VA: VISN 21 funded 47 orders ($20.7 million), and VA Office of Construction and Facilities Management funded one ($1.2 million). Pricing was uniformly firm fixed price across all orders.

The purpose of this Master IDIQ is to provide Architect-Engineering (A-E) services related to: strategic capital planning, reviews, evaluations, analysis, certifications and documentation related to environmental and biological assessments, compliance with state historic preservation requirements, compliance with life safety and seismic regulations, hazardous materials abatement (mold, lead paint, asbestos), and pre award services.