A.02.10 Sources Sought Notice - Veterinary Treatment Facility Replacement.docx

TITLE: VETERINARY TREATMENT FACILITY REPLACEMENT

PANNAD-22-P-0000-000325

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS OR BIDS. THERE WILL NOT BE A SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS, OR DRAWINGS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District requests letters of interest from qualified SMALL BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS interested in performing work for the Veterinary Treatment Facility Replacement, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

By way of this Market Survey/Sources Sought Notice, the USACE Baltimore District intends to determine the extent of capable firms that are engaged in providing the services described hereunder. The responses to this Notice will be used for planning purposes for upcoming procurements. Therefore, this Notice does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP); it does not guarantee the future issue of an RFP; nor does it commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the USACE Baltimore District will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondents are advised that this Agency will not pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in response to this Notice. All costs associated with responding to this Notice will be solely at the responding party's expense. At this time, proprietary information is not being requested, and respondents shall refrain from providing proprietary information in response to this Notice. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. Not responding to this Notice does not preclude participation in any future Solicitation, if any is issued. Responses to this sources sought announcement will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. Therefore, the type of set-aside decision to be issued will in part depend upon the capabilities of the responses to this notice.

In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S Government to form a binding contract. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this Notice.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District (NAB) intends to issue a Request for Proposal for an award of a Design/Build construction contract for Veterinary Treatment Facility Replacement, Fort Belvoir, VA. The proposed project will be a competitive, firm-fixed-price (FFP), design-build (DB) contract procured in accordance with FAR 15, Contracting by Negotiations, under a two-step Best Value Tradeoff Process.

This project is to construct a replacement Veterinary Treatment Facility and Food Inspection Facility supporting Military Working Dogs (MWD) and Government Owned Animals (GOAs), and covered exercise area. Supporting facilities include utilities, site improvements, parking, signage, antiterrorism/force protection measures, and environmental protection measures. The existing veterinary facility will be demolished. The project will be designed in accordance with American Animal Hospital Association Guidelines, Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 4-510-01 Design: Military Medical Facilities, UFC 1-200-01 General Building Requirements, UFC 1- 200-02 High Performance and Sustainable Building Requirements, UFC 4-010-01 DoD Minimum Antiterrorism Standards for Buildings, UFC 4-010-06 Cybersecurity of Facility-Related Control Systems, barrier free design in accordance with Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) Accessibility Standard and DEPSECDEF Memorandum “Access for People with Disabilities” dated 10/31/2008, and MHS World Class principles per World Class Checklist Requirements. Operations and Maintenance Manuals, Comprehensive Interior Design, Design During Construction, and Enhanced Commissioning will be provided.

The facility will be built on Fort Belvoir, Virginia and will be a single construction award.

The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of various members of industry, to include the Small Business Community: Small Business (SB), Section 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZones), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), and Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB). The Government must ensure there is adequate competition within any given socioeconomic category of responsible contractors. Large businesses are not prohibited from submitting a response to this notice; however SB, Section 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, SDB, VOSB, and WOSB are highly encouraged to participate.

In accordance with DFAR 236.204 – Disclosure of the Magnitude of Construction Projects, the magnitude of this project is between $25,000,000.00 and $100,000,000.00. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 236220 – “Commercial and Institutional Building Construction,” which has a small business size standard of $39,500,000.

Should the acquisition be set-aside for the 8(a) program, 8(a) firms are reminded that they need to have a bonafide field in the geographical areas of consideration where the work is to be performed as determined by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

The following criteria must be considered to ensure the ability to perform the proposed work:

1. Firm’s name, address, point of contact, phone number, e-mail address, CAGE code and DUNS number.

2. Indicate if your company is currently registered with the Systems for Award Management (SAM) database. If not, indicate if it has been registered or does it plan to register.

3. In consideration of NAICS code 236220, with a small business size standard in dollars of $39.5M, indicate which of the following small business categories your business is classified under: Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Woman-Owned Small Business, HUBZone Small Business, or 8(a) Business.

4. Indicate if your company is currently prohibited from doing business with the Federal Government. Yes/No. (If yes, explain).

5. Provide a letter from the surety regarding the bonding capability for a single contract action and aggregate of the interested small business prime contractor.

6. Indicate if your company is interested in performing as a prime or subcontract for the above project.

7. Provide two (2) examples of projects similar in scope and magnitude of construction to requirements described above completed within the past five (5) years. Include point of contact information for the examples provided as past performance on indicated projects may be verified. Contractors with unsatisfactory past performance may not be considered capable of successfully performing this type of work.

8. Responders should have experience in the areas listed below and provide narratives identifying that specific experience:

a. Previous successful project work involving coordination and with National Capital Planning (NCPC).

b. Experience with obtaining, understanding, and complying with Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VA DEQ) permit requirements.

c. Contractor must understand the Unified Facilities Criteria to include but not limited to American Animal Hospital Association Guidelines, Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 4-510-01 Design: Military Medical Facilities, UFC 1-200-01 General Building Requirements, UFC 1- 200-02 High Performance and Sustainable Building Requirements, UFC 4-010-01 DoD Minimum Antiterrorism Standards for Buildings, UFC 4-010-06 Cybersecurity of Facility-Related Control Systems.

d. P6 Scheduling capabilities.

e. Successful experience with LEED silver construction and Environmental Low Impact Development.

f. Successful experience with Microstation software and Building Information Management (BIM) technology.

g. Independent full-time, dedicated, self-performing (Prime contractor) safety staff.

h. US Citizens or green card holders.

i. Satisfactory draft and final CPARS (at a minimum).

j. Design Build Prime contractor experience of at least 2 projects over $15M.

9. Total submittal shall be no longer than 15 pages in one (1).pdf file Double sided pages will count as two (2) separate pages

Comments will be shared with the Government and the project design team, but otherwise will be held in strict confidence.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, QUOTE OR BID. It is a market research tool being utilized to determine the availability of potential qualified contractors before determining the method of acquisition. In addition, this sources sought is not to be considered as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for any information solicited or delivered.

Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed requirement are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice NLT 12:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time (EST) 17 November 2021. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to aisha.r.boykin@usace.army.mil referencing the sources sought notice number PANNAD-22-P-0000-000325.

Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. If you have any questions concerning this opportunity, please contact Aisha Boykin at aisha.r.boykin@usace.army.mil.