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GENERAL INFORMATION

VA Central Western Massachusetts HCS Network Contracting Office 1 421 North Main Street Leeds MA 01053-9764

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Kyle Kiepke kyle.kiepke@va.gov

413.584.4040 x6483

SOURCES SOUGHT: The VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, has a requirement for a Firm Fixed Price contract to provide professional Architect/Engineer (A/E) Services necessary to develop a complete construction package with investigations, specifications, drawings, cost estimates, project phasing construction schedules, site visits, and construction period services to provide professional wayfinding design services necessary to develop concept drawings and specifications for the entire VA Boston Healthcare System’s three main campuses and five CBOCs.

The intent of this project includes but is not limited to:

· Perform a field survey of the identified facilities for the VA Boston.

· Field survey data collection format submittal prior to preliminary field survey meeting with the VA Engineering Department/interior design.

· A preliminary field survey meeting will be conducted to discuss the approach and data collection process prior to the field survey being initiated.

· Provide at a minimum, three (3), recommended Design Development options as to how the government could move forward with the proposed new wayfinding master plan

· Provide specific conceptual design layouts with the identified areas to review with VA wayfinding committee, Interior Design, staff, and key stake holders.

· Final design must be approved by wayfinding committee prior to proceeding to 100% concept documents completion.

· Design wayfinding master plan with VABHS Engineering and national standard requirements in mind using finish program guides, IBC, AABA and Barrier Free Design Guides, NFPA, Life Safety Code standards, etc.

· Review existing lead and asbestos abatement reports to determine if design concepts impact identified lead and asbestos containing materials. If so, design the abatement of such impacted hazard materials.

· In conjunction with the VABHS Interior Designer, address repairs/renovations to wall, floor and ceiling finishes affected by potential new conceptual designs.

More details are available in the Statement of Work (SOW) attached to this announcement.

The NAICS code is 541310 and the small business size standard is $12.5 million.

Interested parties responding to this sources sought request shall submit the following information:

(1) A positive statement of your intention to submit a proposal in response to a solicitation for this project and include your firm’s UEI number.

(2) Evidence your firm has experience with providing A/E Services for a wayfinding design for a VA Medical Center or hospital.

(3) Evidence your firm has experience providing A/E Services for a wayfinding design within a city and an urban environment.

NCO 1 looks forward to interest of well-qualified new entrants to contracting with the Veterans Health Administration including the interest of SB and WOSB contractors and especially responses from CVE SDVOSB/VOSB Firms. This notice is published to conduct market research to determine if there is a sufficient number of verified SDVOSB’s, VOSB’s, WOSB’s and SB’s capable of performing the requirements. All information must be submitted in sufficient detail for a decision to be made on the appropriate set-aside. Failure to submit all information requested will result in a contractor not being considered as an interested SDVOSB, VOSB, or SB concern. If adequate interest is not received this action will not a be set-aside.

SDVOSB or VOSB firms must be verified in the Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) database at https://veterans.certify.sba.gov by the Center for Veterans Enterprises. Additionally, all firms must have an active registration in SAM at www.sam.gov.

Interested firms must submit their experience no later than 2:00 PM EST on May 15, 2024, via email to kyle.kiepke@va.gov.

DISCLAIMER

This sources sought is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this notice. The Government will not pay any costs for responses submitted.

RESULTS INFORMATION: Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Firms who fail to provide ALL of the required information will not be used to make the acquisition decision, which is the intent of this announcement.

For planning purposes, the Government intends to publish a SF330 request for qualifications for this requirement on or about June 17, 2024. The SF330 request will be issued on SAM under Contract Opportunities on www.sam.gov and firms should register electronically to receive a copy when it is issued.

See attached SOW for more detailed information.

P02 SOW VABHS Design of Wayfinding 20240312.

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