B6 Concept Sketch.pdf

This sources sought notice requests capability statements from architectural and engineering firms for renovating a building to house an acute mental health inpatient unit. Interested parties are requested to provide their firm name, location, socioeconomic status, and expected team makeup in terms of small business subcontractors. Responses are requested by February 13, 2023 to be considered for the follow-on solicitation to provide design services. Relevant experience includes designing therapeutic mental health spaces adhering to anti-ligature safety standards, working with the Massachusetts State Historical Preservation Office on historical building renovations, and experience with VA design manuals. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 1 will utilize responses for market research and to determine the appropriate small business set-aside category.