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This is a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Scope of Work for Fire Protection and Life Safety Design Review and Statement of Conditions Services issued by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) under Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC).
The Government seeks to procure professional and technical services from a qualified fire protection engineering firm to provide third-party fire and life safety reviews for VA Healthcare Systems across the United States and territories. The BPA covers two task order types: (1) Fire Protection and Life Safety (FPLS) Design Reviews for new VA capital and non-capital projects and leases, requiring review of occupancy classification, construction requirements, means of egress, protection measures, building services, and design specifications at design phases (typically Schematic Design/35% and Construction Documents/95% submittals); and (2) Statement of Conditions (SOC) Drawings Preparation and Updates to support Joint Commission accreditation requirements, documenting sprinkler coverage, hazardous storage areas, fire-rated and smoke-rated barriers, suite boundaries, smoke compartments, chutes, shafts, and approved equivalencies or waivers. Individual task orders will range from $1,500 to $350,000 and may span multiple fiscal years. The BPA term consists of a base year and five one-year option terms, awarded as a small business set-aside under NAICS Code 541330 (Engineering Services) with a size standard of $25.5 million as of January 1, 2026.
Contractor qualifications require at least five years of fire protection and life safety design experience for healthcare facilities, with no disciplinary action history. The firm must provide a core team of W-2 employees including one Project Manager (minimum two years healthcare facilities project management experience), two Fire Protection Engineers (licensed P.E.s with ABET-accredited degrees in fire protection engineering, five years' experience in life safety drawings, NFPA codes, sprinkler and fire alarm systems, and healthcare facility design), and one Drafter/BIM-CAD Technician (minimum two years healthcare facilities BIM and CAD experience with Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD proficiency). An equivalency exception for Fire Protection Engineers is available at the Contracting Officer's sole discretion where combined education, licensure, certifications, and experience demonstrate substantially equivalent technical competency. All work must comply with VHA Directive 7712, VA Fire Protection Design Manual, International Building Codes, NFPA 101 Life Safety Code and National Fire Codes (except NFPA 5000 and 900), Joint Commission standards, and VA Technical Information Library standards. Travel and per diem are non-reimbursable under the firm fixed price contract structure, and security requirements will be specified per individual task order based on each VAHCS facility's policies.
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Veterans Health Administration Facilities Requirements and Oversight Version 1.5 810 Vermont Ave NW Sep 10, 2026 Washington, 20420
Blanket Purchase Agreement
Fire Protection and Life Safety Design Review and Statement of Conditions Services
Professional Services Scope of Work
1. GENERAL INTENT: The Veterans Health Administration Healthcare Environment and Facilities Programs of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) (herein referred to as “the Government”) intends to procure professional and technical services to provide third-party fire and life safety professional services for VA Healthcare Systems across the United States and its territories. As its own Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ), the Veterans Health administration is responsible for ensuring its adopted fire and life safety codes and standards are adhered to in the design, construction and operation of its facilities. Task orders issued under this BPA will either be for services to perform fire protection and life safety reviews for design and construction projects, or to develop and update healthcare facility Statement of Conditions (SOC) drawings, in accordance with the requirements of the individual task order’s scope of work (SOW). The task orders may span multiple Federal fiscal years depending on the type of work required. All work performed under this BPA shall be compliant with all Federal laws, executive orders, and regulations and VA adopted codes and standards related to the planning, design, leasing, construction, operation and disposal of VA facilities and infrastructure.
The successful offeror shall be required to furnish all materials, labor, equipment, and competent supervision necessary to manage and accomplish individual projects.
Individual task orders under the BPA will be between $1,500 and $350,000, subject to the conditions of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.216-19.
The BPA term will consist of a base year and five, one-year option terms. From year to year, the Government will decide in accordance with FAR 8.405-3(e), whether to exercise the forthcoming option year. The Government may reduce the amount of work to be accomplished or terminate this BPA without cost.
The services procured under this BPA shall be under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 541330 – Engineering Services. As the Government intends on awarding the BPA as a type of a small business set aside contract, the Small Business Size Regulations (13 CFR § 121.201) size standard for this NACIS code of $25.5 Million (as of Jan 1, 2026) applies. Subsequent updates to the Small Business Size Regulations that increase/decrease the size standard will be followed as required.
2. DEFINITIONS: The following definitions are fundamental to the understanding of the requirements of this BPA SOW and all task orders issued under it.
a. Architect/Engineer (A/E) – The qualified design professional who oversees and leads the study for, design of and construction period services efforts for a project. When used in a group context, it refers to the design team that is working together to prepare, deliver and oversee the construction of a project’s design.
U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Acquisition University (DAU), ACON 002, Architect- Engineering Contracting, https://www.dau.edu/acquipedia-article/architect-engineering-contracting
b. Commissioning / Commissioning Process (Cx) – A quality‐focused process for enhancing the delivery of a project. The process focuses on verifying and documenting that all of the commissioned systems and assemblies are planned, designed, installed, tested, operated, and maintained to meet the owner’s project requirements.
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers / National Institutes of Building Sciences (ASHRAE/NIBS), Guideline 0‐2019 The Commissioning Process dated Jan 2019, https://www.ashrae.org/news/esociety/updated-commissioning-guideline
c. Commissioning Agent (CxA) – The qualified commissioning professional who administers the commissioning process by managing the commissioning team.
Where CxA is used it means the Commissioning Agent, members of the staff or appointed members of the commissioning team. Note that U.S. Green Building Council in its Leadership in Engineering and Environmental Design (LEED) program uses the term Commissioning Authority in lieu of Commissioning Agent.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Whole Building Commissioning Process Manual dated Nov 1, 2013, https://vatilms.va.gov/vatilms/reports/PG-18-10
d. Life Safety Agent (LS Agent) – A term used in some VA design and commissioning services scopes of work to refer to the third-party fire protection engineer (FPE) performing the independent fire protection and life safety design review for projects. Third-party FPE or LsA may be used interchangeably. May also be used to describe an engineer or firm working on a Statement of Conditions drawing set update.
e. Third-Party Reviewer – A qualified fire protection engineer(s) who is not associated with (i.e., having a financial or contractual relationship) the design team.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VHA Directive 7712, Fire Protection Code Reviews of Delegated Construction Projects, dated May 19, 2022, https://www.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=9797
f. Veterans Affairs Clinic (VAC) – Formerly Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC), a VA Clinic is a VA-operated, VA-funded, or VA-reimbursed site of care operating under the administrative control of a VA Healthcare System and is https://www.dau.edu/acquipedia-article/architect-engineering-contracting https://www.dau.edu/acquipedia-article/architect-engineering-contracting https://www.ashrae.org/news/esociety/updated-commissioning-guideline https://vatilms.va.gov/vatilms/reports/PG-18-10 located separate from a VA Medical Center. This is the most numerous type of outpatient site of care in VHA. A VAC can provide primary, specialty, subspecialty, mental health, or any combination of healthcare delivery services that can be appropriately provided in an outpatient setting. There are two recognized outpatient VAC classifications in VHA: Multi-Specialty VACs and Primary Care VACs.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VHA Directive 1229(1), Planning and Operating Outpatient Sites of Care, amended Oct 14, 2019, https://www.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=5439
g. Veterans Affairs Healthcare Center (VAHCC) – A VA-owned, VA-leased, contract, or shared clinic operated at least five days per week that provides primary care, mental health care, on site specialty services, and performs ambulatory surgery and/or invasive procedures, which may require moderate sedation or general anesthesia. A VAHCC may be designated as an ambulatory surgery clinic (ASC) if it meets the requirements of the assigned surgical complexity level and provides all associated support infrastructure, such as pharmacy, laboratory, and x-ray, to perform these healthcare services safely and effectively. A VAHCC may be the parent facility of a VA Healthcare System.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VHA Directive 1229(1), Planning and Operating Outpatient Sites of Care, amended Oct 14, 2019,
h. Veterans Affairs Healthcare System (VAHCS) – An integrated healthcare delivery system under the direction of one administrative parent facility and comprised of multiple healthcare facilities, offering an array of healthcare services to Veterans in a defined geographic area. A VAHCS is the collection of VAMCs, VAHCCs, VACs, other sites of care and administrative sites it operates to deliver services.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VHA Handbook 1006.02, VHA Site Classifications and Definitions, dated Dec 30, 2013, https://www.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=2970
i. Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) – A VA point of service that provides at least two categories of care (inpatient, outpatient, residential, or institutional extended care). Typically, a VAMC is the parent facility of a VA Healthcare System.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VHA Handbook 1006.02, VHA Site Classifications and Definitions, dated Dec 30, 2013,
3. STATEMENT OF WORK: The LsA shall serve as an objective, independent third-party advocate for the Government on the project with internal and external stakeholders, and with other Government consultants and contractors.
Work performed under this BPA will be done to enhance the performance and safety of VA buildings and infrastructure designed in compliance with VA’s adopted codes, standards and manuals, as well as constructed with elements from the following specification divisions (as defined by the VA Technical Information Library [TIL] and the Construction Specifications Institute [CSI] MasterFormat 2004 as updated):
Division Number Division Title Division 01 General Requirements Division 07 Thermal and Moisture Protection Division 08 Openings Division 10 Specialties Division 14 Conveying Equipment Division 21 Fire Suppression Division 23 Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning Division 26 Electrical Division 27 Communications Division 28 Electronic Safety and Security
Additional work elements include supporting VAHCSs with Joint Commission (https://www.jointcommission.org/en-us) accreditation inspection readiness tasks as VHA voluntarily submits itself for healthcare facility accreditation.
Task orders under this BPA shall be one of two types:
a. Fire Protection and Life Safety (FPLS) Design Reviews – FPLS task orders are issued to support new VA capital and non-capital projects, as well as leases.
The LsA will review the following items (at a minimum) from the project’s design documents:
i. Classification of Occupancy
ii. Minimum Construction Requirements (and separation)
iii. Means of Egress
iv. Protection Measures
v. Building Services
vi. Design Specifications (if provided)
vii. Design Narrative (if provided)
viii. Design Specifications https://www.jointcommission.org/en-us
ix. Confirmation that an A/E’s FPE has performed fire alarm, fire suppression, and life safety design for the project (for projects not designed by VA staff)
Typical VA capital projects require two FPLS reviews at the Schematic Design (SD)/35% submittal and at the Construction Documents (CD)/95% submittal.
Other project types may only require one review. Individual reviews are not complete until all identified review comments are resolved to the LsA’s and VA’s satisfaction and are certified by the LsA and VA project manager.
Follow-up technical support shall be provided by the LsA as needed to respond to A/E, CxA or VA questions regarding the FPLS review comments.
Review comments shall be provided to VA by the LsA in the format specified in the attachment to this SOW (example comment provided for formatting guidance;
use of either the Microsoft Word or Excel version of the report template is at the LsA’s discretion). Once the report is certified, it becomes part of the project’s records.
b. Statement of Conditions (SOC) Drawings Preparation and Updates – SOC task orders are issued to support VA Joint Commission (JC) accreditation requirements for drawing sets of covered buildings that comply with the Physical Environment Essentials for Health Care Standards for Hospital Accreditation, the Environment of Care Standards for Ambulatory Health Care Accreditation, and other applicable JC standards for other accreditation programs the VAHCS may participate in. SOC drawings additionally serve as record drawings for facility operations and maintenance, as well as an existing conditions reference document for development of capital and non-capital construction project scopes, budgets and design documents. Accreditation inspections occur approximately every three years for each VAHCS. Drawings and associated documents include:
i. Areas of building fully sprinklered (if building only partially sprinklered)
ii. Locations of all hazardous storage areas
iii. Locations of all fire-rated barriers
iv. Locations of all smoke-rated barriers
v. Sleeping and non-sleeping suite boundaries, including size of identified suites
vi. Locations of designated smoke compartments
vii. Locations of chutes and shafts
viii. Any approved equivalencies or waivers
Drawings shall be provided to VA by the LsA in the format specified by VA’s Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Computer Aided Design (CAD) standards found in VA Program Guide PG-18-13 Topic Specific Standards and Criteria (https://vatilms.va.gov/vatilms/reports/PG-18-13). Specific file formats will be provided in the task order SOW.
The above paragraphs constitute the basic outline of the work to be accomplished and in no way comprises all the details for task orders issued under this BPA. The LsA shall be solely responsible for the management, including all associated labor, equipment, materials, mailing costs, and inspections, to meet the requirements of the individual project. The LsA shall further provide meeting minutes for all meetings held under each task order.
4. TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE CRITERIA: The primary criteria for LsAs on task orders issued under this BPA shall be the most current versions of:
a. VHA Directive 7712 Fire Protection Code Reviews of Delegated Construction Projects (https://www.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=9797)
b. VA Qualifications and Scope of Services, Project Fire Protection Engineer (https://vatilms.va.gov/vatilms/reports/Miscellaneous%20Scopes%20of%20Servi ce%20and%20Checklists)
c. VA Fire Protection Design Manual (https://vatilms.va.gov/vatilms/reports/PG-18-10%20Design%20Manuals)
d. International Building Codes (IBC) as noted below (https://www.iccsafe.org/products-and-services/i-codes/the-i-codes/)
e. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 101 Life Safety Code as noted below (https://www.nfpa.org/codes-and-standards/nfpa-101-standard-development/101)
f. NFPA National Fire Codes, with the exception of NFPA 5000 and NFPA 900 (https://www.nfpa.org/for-professionals/codes-and-standards) https://vatilms.va.gov/vatilms/reports/PG-18-13 https://vatilms.va.gov/vatilms/reports/Miscellaneous%20Scopes%20of%20Service%20and%20Checklists https://vatilms.va.gov/vatilms/reports/Miscellaneous%20Scopes%20of%20Service%20and%20Checklists https://vatilms.va.gov/vatilms/reports/PG-18-10%20Design%20Manuals https://www.iccsafe.org/products-and-services/i-codes/the-i-codes/ https://www.nfpa.org/codes-and-standards/nfpa-101-standard-development/101 https://www.nfpa.org/for-professionals/codes-and-standards
g. The VHA-Joint Commission Clarification Document (https://vaww.hefp.va.gov/fire-protection) Note: this is an internal VA website that is not available to the public; the most current document will be provided to the LsA upon contract award and when it is updated
h. Joint Commission Accreditation Standards (https://www.jointcommission.org/en-us/standards)
NFPA 101 primarily addresses life safety and fire protection features while the IBC addresses a wide range of considerations, including, but not limited to, structural strength, seismic stability, sanitation, adequate light and ventilation, and energy conservation. VA buildings must meet the requirements of NFPA 101 and documents referenced by NFPA 101 in order to comply with the accreditation requirements of Joint Commission. Therefore, designs shall comply with the requirements of the latest edition of NFPA 101 and documents referenced therein. Design features not addressed by NFPA 101 or documents referenced therein shall comply with the requirements of the latest edition of the IBC or as otherwise addressed in other VA adopted criteria. For design features that are addressed by both the IBC as well as NFPA 101 or a document referenced by NFPA 101, the requirements of NFPA 101 or the document referenced by NFPA 101 shall be used exclusively (this applies even if the IBC requirements are different).
Secondary criteria is hosted on the VA Technical Information Library (TIL) available at http://www.cfm.va.gov/til/index.asp. The TIL is managed by the VA Office of Construction and Facility Management and is the master repository for all VA numbered standards for construction to include design and construction specifications, procedures, standard details, BIM/CAD standards, equipment guides, space planning and design guides. The documents of the TIL shall be the minimum design criteria for all VA projects performed in the construction of new facilities and the modernization, alteration, addition, or improvement of its real property to include commissioning, recommissioning and retro-commissioning projects. All SOC drawings as well as design and commissioning documents which are reviewed by the LsA shall be developed in accordance with the VA TIL, including (but not limited to) the following listed VA references (most recent version/edition):
Program Guide Number
Program Guide Title
PG-18-1 Master Construction Specifications PG-18-3 Design and Construction Procedures
[Including but not limited to: Codes, Standards, and Executive Orders]
PG-18-4 Standard Details and CAD Standards PG-18-10 Design Manuals (by discipline) https://vaww.hefp.va.gov/fire-protection https://www.jointcommission.org/en-us/standards http://www.cfm.va.gov/til/index.asp
PG-18-13 Topic Specific Standards and Criteria PG-18-14 Room Finishes, Door, and Hardware
Schedules PG-18-15 Minimum Requirements for A/E
Submissions ALERTS VA Standards and Design Alerts
Where conflicts exist between VA adopted codes and standards and the documents on the TIL, the LsA shall bring this to the attention of the Government. The resolution of the conflict shall be made by the authority having jurisdiction for VA to ensure consistency department wide.
5. POLICY CRITERIA: Federal laws and executive orders, as well as VA and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) policies in the form of plans, directives, handbooks, operational memos, notices and manuals mandate requirements for the design, construction, operations, energy efficiency and sustainability of Government capital assets that are owned and leased.
Federal laws and executive orders impacting Government capital assets are numerous and subject to periodic change. If a new or changed Federal policy imposes new requirements or changes existing policies (Federal, VA or VHA), they will be referenced in the task order SOW as a mandatory criteria to follow.
VA and VHA policies are available at https://www.my.sites.va.gov/policy, https://www.va.gov/vapubs/ and https://vaww.va.gov/vhapublications/ (Note: the last link is an internal VA websites that is not available to the public). The most current revision of a document shall be used and may be annotated by a “(#)” added to the document number. Additional changes to policies may be in a separate publication with the same document number annotated by “/#”. As applicable to FPLS reviews, these include, but are not limited to:
a. VA Directive 0055 VA Energy and Water Management Program
b. VA Handbook 0730/4 Security and Law Enforcement
c. VHA Directive 7515 Medical Gas and Vacuum Systems
d. VHA Directive 1028 Facility Electrical Power Systems
e. VHA Directive 1810 Boiler and Boiler Plant Operations
f. VHA Directive 1811 VHA Healthcare Engineering Program Requirements https://www.my.sites.va.gov/policy https://www.va.gov/vapubs/ https://vaww.va.gov/vhapublications/
Where conflicts exist between VA/VHA policy or other Federal requirements, the LsA shall bring this to the attention of the VA. The resolution of the conflict shall be made by the authority having jurisdiction for VA to ensure consistency department wide.
6. COLLABORATION REQUIREMENTS: The LsA during work on task orders, in addition to the members of VAHCS integrated project team, shall collaborate as needed with VA Office of Infrastructure (OI), VHA Facilities Requirements and Oversight (FRO) staff, other VHA program offices, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) Capital Assets Management staff, Health Systems Area (HSA) staff, the CxA for the project and any VA or VHA program office that by policy has review and oversight responsibilities for certain types of capital projects (i.e., sterile processing spaces, operating rooms, radiology departments, sterile compounding pharmacies, etc.). Design review comments from these entities that impact the fire and life safety elements of the design, shall be incorporated into the review comments. For all LsA task orders, any LsA deliverables shall be coordinated with the project’s design submittals to ensure compliance with all project FPLS requirements are met.
7. FIRE PROTECTION AND LIFE SAFETY FIRM QUALIFICATIONS: Offering firms for this BPA shall have at least five years of experience performing fire protection and life safety design services for healthcare facilities. If, for any reason, the firm is subjected to disciplinary action by a licensing authority during this period, the LsA shall immediately notify the Contracting Officer. Any firm that has been the subject of disciplinary action by their licensing authority within the five years preceding the solicitation of this BPA contract is not eligible for an award.
8. FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEER QUALIFICATIONS: Offering firms for this BPA shall assemble a LsA team with the following minimum disciplines (as W-2 employees):
Position Quantity Project Manager 1 Fire Protection Engineer (FPE) 2 Drafter and/or BIM/CAD Technician 1
The project manager shall not be the same person as one of the FPEs. Discipline specific qualifications by position are:
a. Project Manager – A minimum of two years of experience in healthcare facilities project management. No other specific qualifications, but rates charged for project management work shall not be the same as a firm Principal (or equivalent title) as the work managing task orders is not equivalent to business development and firm management work.
b. Fire Protection Engineer – Shall meet the requirements below:
i. A licensed professional engineer (P.E.) who:
(1). Has obtained an ABET-accredited bachelor’s degree in fire protection engineering or fire protection engineering technology, or a master’s degree or other advanced degree in fire protection engineering (“fire safety” or similar degrees are not acceptable), (2). Has passed the principles and practices examination in fire protection engineering, and
(3). Maintains a current professional engineer license in fire protection engineering from a U.S. state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory. It is understood that some jurisdictions do not issue dedicated P.E. licenses in fire protection engineering; in such cases, an individual’s licensure must be predicated upon passing the principles and practices examination in fire protection engineering.
ii. Five years of experience developing life safety drawings (i.e., Statement of Conditions drawings) for complex healthcare occupancies (occupancies containing NFPA 101 suites, high-rise buildings, horizontal exits, separated and mixed occupancies, etc.) to be used for healthcare facility accreditation compliance purposes.
iii. Five years of experience in application and interpretation of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Codes and Standards and the model building codes.
iv. Five years of experience in the design/review of automatic sprinkler and fire alarm systems, including:
(1). Automatic sprinkler and fire alarm system shop drawings
(2). Automatic sprinkler system hydraulic calculations
(3). Fire alarm system voltage drop and battery calculations
v. Five years of experience in the application and interpretation of NFPA codes and standards, including, but not limited to, NFPA 1, 3, 4, 10, 13, 14, 17A, 20, 24, 25, 30, 45, 72, 75, 80, 82, 90A, 96, 99, 101, 110, 220, 241 and 2001.
vi. Five years of experience in the design of healthcare facilities
vii. Five years of experience in acceptance testing of fire protection systems
c. Equivalency Exception for Fire Protection Engineer – The Contracting Officer may, at the Government's sole discretion, determine that an individual satisfies the intent of the degree requirement in Paragraph 8.(b).(i).(1). without holding the specific ABET-accredited degree, where the offering firm demonstrates that the individual's combined education, professional licensure, certifications, and/or directly relevant experience, taken together, provide a level of technical competency substantially equivalent to that degree requirement. This exception is intended solely to address circumstances in which an individual's overall technical qualification profile is demonstrably equivalent in substance to the ABET-accredited fire protection engineering or fire protection engineering technology degree standard. No special form or cover letter is required to be submitted by the firm to request an equivalency; the annotation “FPE Equivalency Exception Requested” shall be added prominently to the proposed FPE’s resume when submitted with the firm’s BPA proposal.
i. Minimum Threshold for Consideration – A request for this exception will be considered only where the individual holds, at minimum:
(1). An active Professional Engineer (PE) license in fire protection engineering, earned by passing the fire protection engineering P.E.
exam, issued by a U.S. state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S.
territory; and
(2). A combination of some or all of the following, sufficient in the Contracting Officer's judgment to demonstrate equivalency:
(a). A bachelor’s or advanced degree in a field deemed acceptable by the Contracting Officer.
(b). No fewer than ten (10) years of relevant, verifiable professional experience performing fire protection and life safety design, plan review, or code-compliance analysis, including experience directly comparable in scope to the work performed under this BPA.
(c). Relevant nationally recognized certifications (e.g., National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies [NICET], Certified Fire Protection Specialist [CFPS], etc.), active participation in nationally recognized fire protection standards development (e.g., service on an NFPA technical committee), or other demonstrable similar qualifications/experience beyond those prescriptively required by this SOW;
(d). No adverse licensure, disciplinary, or performance history relevant to the scope of this BPA that results in the firm being found non-responsible by the Contracting Officer.
ii. Government Determination – The Contracting Officer's determination on any equivalency request is final and is not subject to dispute as part of the evaluation process. Approval of an equivalency request for one firm's proposed individual does not establish precedent or entitlement for any other firm or individual; each request will be evaluated independently on its own supporting documentation. The Government reserves the right to decline any equivalency request without further explanation where the documentation submitted does not clearly establish the threshold described above.
d. Drafter and/or BIM/CAD Technician – A minimum of two years of experience in healthcare facilities BIM and CAD drawing work. Must be knowledgeable in Autodesk Revit 3D modeling and Autodesk AutoCAD 2D/3D modeling as VHA facilities are in various states of adopting BIM models as their standard for facility record drawings and project design drawings. No other specific qualifications.
The selected firm shall ensure that LsA team staff presented for this BPA remain available for task orders for the duration of the contract (to include all option years). If an originally proposed staff member becomes unavailable for work under the BPA for a continuous period exceeding 20 working days or are expected to devote substantially less effort to the work than indicated in the proposal, the firm shall propose a substitution of such staff for review and acceptance by the Contracting Officer. All proposed substitutions shall be submitted, in writing, to the Contracting Officer at least 15 days prior to the proposed substitution. All proposed substitutes shall have qualifications equal to or higher than the qualifications of the person being replaced.
9. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS: All security requirements will be specified per order in accordance with each VAHCS’s policies to include but not limited to ID badging, check-in/check-out processes, photography rules, escort needs and training requirements.
10. ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS: Travel and Per Diem are not “reimbursable” expenses under firm fixed price contracts. Compliant General Services Administration (GSA) rates and guidance available online at https://www.gsa.gov/travel/plan-book/per-diem-rates. Additional administrative requirements may be defined per task order.
https://www.gsa.gov/travel/plan-book/per-diem-rates https://www.gsa.gov/travel/plan-book/per-diem-rates
11. CONTRACT OVERSIGHT: All orders under this BPA will be awarded in support of VA requirements by any office within the VA; only a warranted VA Contracting Officer shall have authority to change the terms and conditions of the BPA or individual order.
These changes may involve the award amount, period of performance, issuance of stop work orders and changes to the statement of work.
The awarding office shall designate a Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) per order to monitor and manage contractor performance under the order. The COR shall be a representative of the servicing VAHCS and have the technical knowledge required to monitor and oversee the project.
ATTACHMENTS:
FPLS Project Design Review Report Template (.docx and .xlsx formats)
Fire Protection and Life Safety BPA – Design Review Task Order Master SOW
Fire Protection and Life Safety BPA – SOC Update Task Order Master SOW
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