Industry Day Presentation 20250212.pdf

CRITICAL CARE CENTER /

CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT /

SITE UTILITIES &

SELECTIVE RENOVATIONS OF B500

VETERANS AFFAIRS GREATER LOS ANGELES

HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

WEST LOS ANGELES CAMPUS

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

2ND INDUSTRY DAY

12 FEBRUARY 2025

• This Presentation is for Informational Purposes Only and is not / will not be contractually binding

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ADMINISTRATIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS

OPENING REMARKS

INTRODUCTIONS

Home of the Veterans since 1887

VA West Los Angeles

• Project Overview

• Procurement Process

• Construction Contract Administration

• Subcontracting Requirements

• Forecast, Outreach and SAM.GOV

• USACE Los Angeles District

• Q & A

AGENDA

PROJECT OVERVIEW

North Residential Campus South Medical Campus

(Project Location)

Campus Location

1. New Critical Care Center CCC

2. New Central Utility Plant CUP

3. New Logistics Transportation Hub LTH, Loading Dock, & Selective renovations in B500

4. New Site Work & Utilities Infrastructure

Other projects in development on Medical Campus (Requiring Coordination with this Project)

─ New Boiler Plant – Design completed

─ New Parking Garage by METRO – In construction

─ New SCE Substation – In development

Project Components – Mission Critical

SITE

CCC

Central Kitchen

Boiler Plant

Parking

Garage

PROJECT OVERVIEW

CUP

LTH

SCE Substation

B500

─ 450,000 sf, 160-Bed, In-Patient Hospital

─ 6-Story + 2 Interstitial + Mech Penthouse

─ OPTION: Bridge to B500

─ D&T Podium: Pharmacy, Sterile Processing, Morgue, ED, Imaging, OR Suite, ICU, Data

Center, Chapel, Café, Police

─ Nursing Tower & Acute Mental Health

─ Base Isolation with Dampers

─ Blast Protection & Progressive Collapse

─ Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) System

─ Pneumatic Tube System

Critical Care Center (CCC)

CRITICAL CARE CENTER

─ 52,000 sf

─ 2-Story + Underground Utility Tunnel connections

─ Electrical 20MVA / 12,470V + Generators

─ Cooling Towers

─ Chillers

─ Administrative Areas

─ Supports New Buildings and Future Needs

─ Energized by new SCE Substation currently in development

Central Utility Plant (CUP)

CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT .

─ 20,000 sf

─ 2-Story + Basement

─ New Loading Dock – relocating existing operations

─ AGV connections to B500 Logistics Area and CCC

─ Connections to new CUP

─ B500 renovation of Logistics Area

Logistics Transportation Hub (LTH)

Loading Dock

Selected Renovations in B500

LOGISTICS TRANSPORTATION HUB

─ New Domestic & Fire Water, Sewage, Steam, Stormwater Utilities

─ New Electrical and Low Voltage Utilities (SCE / Frontier)

─ Underground concrete tunnels:

AGV System: Connects LTH, B500, CCC, & Kitchen

─ Redundant Feeds and Physical Separation

─ Underground Storage: Water/Sewage Tanks and Fuel Vaults

─ Stormwater Treatment & Bioretention

─ Phasing / Sequencing to avoid impacts on 24/7 Operations

─ Construction Traffic, Noise, Dust, Vibration, Infection Control

─ LEED Silver Minimum Goal: 2 Registrations: CCC & CUP/LTH

Site Work & Utilities Infrastructure

PROJECT OVERVIEW

CCC

Kitchen

CUP

LTH

B500

Boiler

Existing Buildings requiring uninterrupted operations

Scope of Work and Staging

Projects by other contractors

Temporary Loading Dock facilitating construction phasing

Sequence of Construction / Phasing

PROCUREMENT PROCESS

Sean Sackett

Chief of Contracting

USACE-SPL

***Note: Information in this presentation is for informational purposes only and is not/will not be contractually binding.

Review the solicitation and amendments for any revisions***

Project Schedule Target Milestones

February 2025• Sources Sought

• Advertisement Period Start

• Proposals Due

• Contract Award

• Project Completion

January 2026

April 2026

February 2027

May 2031

2026 2027 2028 2029 20302025 Feb May

Feb

AprJan

• Project is a Design-Bid-Build (D-B-B)

• Solicitation – Request for Proposal (RFP)

• Selection will be made on “Best Value” trade-off

• Evaluation criteria will be included in the RFP

• The Source Selection Evaluation Board (SSEB) evaluates contractors’ proposals based on specific factors which will be defined in the RFP

Factors include: Past Performance, Specialized Experience, Technical Approach

• Questions in Sources Sought Notice to help inform strategy

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION

***Note: Information in this presentation is for informational purposes only and is not/will not be contractually binding.

Review the solicitation and amendments for any revisions***

Norman Boeman

Deputy Chief, Construction Division

USACE-SPL

• USACE Contracting Officer appoints in writing USACE Administrative Contracting

Officer (ACO) and Contracting Officer’s Representative(s) (COR)

• USACE Contract Administrative and Technical Staff on-site with DVA

Construction and Facilities Management (CFM) personnel

• USACE led Preconstruction Conference, including Safety, and Coordination and

Mutual Understanding Meeting

• USACE intends to follow “Construction Project Partnering Playbook”

• USACE intends to use a Construction Management Platform (CMP) for all official contract actions

• USACE uses Primavera P6 to Construction Schedule, Contractor to use compatible version and attend a Scheduling Expectations Kickoff Meeting(SEKO)

• Submittals not designated for Government Approval or AE Approval will be approved the Contractor’s QC Staff

• Requests For Information (RFIs) are submitted for review through the CMP indicating whether potential cost or schedule impact

• Contract Administrative, Financial, Quality Control, Submittal, Schedule Information submitted through CMP

• Government seeks to develop a high performing/profitable long-lasting relationship

Other General Administration Requirements Include:

• Building Information Modeling (BIM) Requirements

• Special Inspections

• Exterior Enclosure Performance Requirements, Mockups and Testing – CCC

• Preconstruction Laboratory Mockup Testing for Building Enclosure – CUP

• Sustainable Construction Requirements

• DVA/USACE Projects General Commissioning Requirements

SUBCONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS

34SMALL BUSINESS

SUBCONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS

Kinya Roger Minami

Procurement Analyst

Small Business Office

USACE-SPL

***Note: Information in this presentation is for informational purposes only and is not/will not be contractually binding.

Review the solicitation and amendments for any revisions***

Reference: Federal Small Business Contracting Goals, Congressional Research Service, 5/14/24

SUBCONTRACTING PLAN, FAR 52.219-9

Elements in a Subcontracting Plan-FAR 19.704 (Large Business Primes Required to Submit, $1.5M for

Construction)

SB Subcontracting Goals to be included in eventual SAM posting

U.S. SBA and SPL, Contracting and Small Business Ofc concurrence of plan prior to award (Plan on file w/U.S. SBA)

Subcontracting is an evaluated factor in CPARS reporting

USACE HQ monitors submission of Individual Subcontracting Reports (ISRs)

SUBCONTRACTING PLAN, FAR 52.219-9

Factors to consider when submitting a plan… (For info about subcontracting checklist, see DFAR PGI

219.705-4)

Do not list goals smaller than those in posting!

SDVOSB: (SDVOSB goal increased to 5%) (SDVOSB certification via SBA required for subcontracting)

-P.L. 118-31, the National Defense Authorization Act for FY24

Note: There is a grace period through 12/22/24

(https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-assistance-programs/veteran-contracting-assistance-programs )

SDB goal: “Is the proposed SDB goal greater than five percent (5%)?

If no, the proposed goal of less than five percent (5%) must be approved one level above the contracting officer”

-DFARS 219.705-4(d)

Include NAICS codes with names of small business subcontractors-description of supplies/services to be subcontracted

List outreach in SPL footprint! Please be proactive in local veteran’s small business outreach

If you plan to use SB subs with no SAM registrations, make sure you are using credible reps/certs (contact local Apex for help?)

SPL asks for proof of SB qualifications (UEI or reps/certs)

Look around the room, network and identify potential small business subcontractors!

https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-assistance-programs/veteran-contracting-assistance-programs

Small Business Participation Plans

-LB and SB primes are required to submit a SB Participation proposal on UNR best value/trade off acquisitions

-The Small Business Participation Plan is based on Total Contract Value

-This is a rated factor (evaluated during SSEB)

-See DFARS PGI 215.304(c)(i)(A)-for examples of SB participation eval criteria, actual solicitation may differ

Joint Ventures

-SPL only recognizes formal joint venture agreements

-No teaming arrangements or partnering

-Joint Venture agreements must be approved prior to proposal submission

-Agreements are reviewed by Office of Counsel

SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION PLAN AND JOINT VENTURES

FORECAST, OUTREACH AND SAM.GOV

1. Forecast of Contracting Opportunities Updated Quarterly, posted to SB webpage

2. Upcoming outreach events Posted to SB webpage, throughout year

3. SAM.gov Advertised Opportunities Opportunities = W075 ENDIST LOS ANGELES

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4. SB Points of Contact

Roger Minami

Procurement Analyst, Office of SB Programs

Kinya.R.Minami@usace.army.mil

213-452-3234 https://www.spl.usace.army.mil/Business-With-Us/Small-Business-Program

FORECAST, OUTREACH AND SAM.GOV

mailto:Kinya.R.Minami@usace.army.mil

Ms. Melanie Ellis Outreach Coordinator melanie.j.ellis@usace.army.mil www.spl.usace.army.mil

COL Andrew Baker Commander and District Engineer

(213) 452-3961 Andrew.J.Baker@usace.army.mil

Ms. Sally DeSimone, Administrative Assistant

(213) 452-3964 Sally.M.DeSimone@usace.army.mil

Mr. Justin Gay Deputy District Engineer for Programs and Project Management

(213) 369-0271 justin.gay@usace.army.mil

Kenneth Reed, Administrative Assistant

(213) 452-3974

Kenneth.Reed@usace.army.mil

Mr. Patrick Mckinley Mega Projects Program Manager

(415) 793-2697 patrick.a.mckinley@usace.army.mil

Andrea Rodriguez, VA Projects Program Manager

(240) 381-7484 andrea.e.rodriguez@usace.army.mil

Mr. Roger Minami Office of SB Programs

(805) 878-8177

Kinya.R.Minami@usace.army.mil

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS LOS ANGELES DISTRICT

Ms. Sean Sackett Contracting Officer

(213) 452-3229 sean.p.sackett@usace.army.mil mailto:melanie.j.ellis@usace.army.mil http://www.spl.usace.army.mil/ mailto:Andrew.J.Baker@usace.army.mil mailto:%20Sally.M.DeSimone@usace.army.mil mailto:justin.gay@usace.army.mil mailto:Kaire.N.Morrissey@usace.army.mil mailto:patrick.a.mckinley@usace.army.mil mailto:andrea.e.rodriguez@usace.army.mil mailto:Kinya.R.Minami@usace.army.mil mailto:sean.p.sackett@usace.army.mil

Q & A