AE Design of a Specialty Clinic at VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System, Reno NV

This is a Sources Sought Announcement only. The VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System has a need to hire an Architect firm for the design effort to include: (1) concept development, (2) design development to include preparing complete construction documents to construct a 24,000 square foot building to house selected medical and surgical Specialty Clinics among which the Audiology/Speech Pathology Clinic and the Eye Clinic will be considered, and (3) construction support services. This design effort shall include complete architectural, structural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, life safety and telecom drawings and specifications for the clinics and for the necessary utility and facility support functions. The design shall also substantially meet the VA design criteria as listed in VA design guides and manuals which can be found on the web at the VA Office of Facilities Management technical information library - site address; http://www.cfm.va.gov/TIL In addition, the design shall consider Planetree philosophy and its core components of healing design.Location for the new building has not been decided. Possible locations include the parking lot at Kirman Street/Taylor Street, the entire area adjacent to Locust Street called the "circle flag" area, and one other location left up to the A-E. The location must be carefully coordinated to efficiently fit with other hospital functions to include related medical operations, parking, security, infection control, etc.

All existing buildings will be occupied during all construction activities. Appropriate Interim Life Safety Measures (exits, etc) and Infection Control Risk Assessments must be considered.

The facility currently consists of a variety of buildings constructed from between 1937 through 2008. Due to this range in building ages, several different exterior finishes exist on campus. Integrate new building into existing architecture, and propose treatments to adjacent buildings to help facilitate a coordinated appearance.

At this phase in the procurement process the Department of Veterans Affairs is performing market research to determine if sufficient competition exists in one of the following Socio-economic categories; Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, Veteran-Owned Small Business, Hubzone Small Business, and Small Disadvantage Businesses (8(a)). Interested firms fitting one or more of these Socio-economic categories should send their information by E-mail to margaret.neidigh@va.gov or by fax to 775-428-6171 no later than 4:30 PM Pacific Time February 10, 2010. Information shall include type of socio-economic category and the firms' location.

NOTE: Interested firms shall be located within 150 miles of the VA Medical Center Reno, NV facility.

Any company desiring to do business with the Federal Government must be registered at www.ccr.gov.

For all the below definitions, the company must meet the small business size standards allocated to the NAICS Code. That code for this procurement is 541310 and the size standard is $4.5 million gross sales/year average over the last three years.



Definition. For the Department of Veterans Affairs, "Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern":

(1) Means a small business concern:

(i) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans (or eligible surviving spouses);

(ii) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans (or eligible surviving spouses) or, in the case of a service-disabled veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent caregiver of such veteran;

(iii) The business meets Federal small business size standards for the applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code identified in the solicitation document; and

(iv) The business has been verified for ownership and control and is so listed in the Vendor Information Pages database, (http://www.VetBiz.gov).

(2) "Service-disabled veteran" means a veteran, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2), with a disability that is service-connected, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(16).



Definition. For the Department of Veterans Affairs, "Veteran-owned small business concern"-

(1) Means a small business concern-

(i) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more veterans;

(ii) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more veterans;

(iii) The business meets Federal small business size standards for the applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code identified in the solicitation document; and

(iv) The business has been verified for ownership and control and is so listed in the Vendor Information Pages database, (http://www.VetBiz.gov).

(2) "Veteran" is defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2).



FAR 19.1301 General.

(a) The Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Act of 1997 (15 U.S.C. 631 note) created the HUBZone Program (sometimes referred to as the "HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program").

(b) The purpose of the HUBZone Program is to provide Federal contracting assistance for qualified small business concerns located in historically underutilized business zones, in an effort to increase employment opportunities, investment, and economic development in those areas

Definition. "HUBZone small business concern," means a small business concern that appears on the List of Qualified HUBZone Small Business Concerns maintained by the Small Business Administration.



FAR 19.8

"Small disadvantaged business concern" means a small business concern that represents,

(1) It has received certification as a small disadvantaged business concern consistent with 13 CFR part 124, Subpart B;

(2) No material change in disadvantaged ownership and control has occurred since its certification;

(3) Where the concern is owned by one or more individuals, the net worth of each individual upon whom the certification is based does not exceed $750,000 after taking into account the applicable exclusions set forth at 13 CFR 124.104(c)(2); and

(4) It is identified, on the date of its representation, as a certified small disadvantaged business in the database maintained by the Small Business Administration (PRO-Net).

This is a Sources Sought Announcement only. The VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System has a need to hire an Architect firm for the design effort to include: (1) concept development, (2) design development to include preparing complete construction documents to construct a 24,000 square foot building to house selected medical and surgical Specialty Clinics among which the Audiology/Speech Pathology Clinic and the Eye Clinic will be considered, and (3) construction support services. This design effort shall include complete architectural, structural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, life safety and telecom drawings and specifications for the clinics and for the necessary utility and facility support functions. The design shall also substantially meet the VA design criteria as listed in VA design guides and manuals which can be found on the web at the VA Office of Facilities Management technical information library - site address; http://www.cfm.va.gov/TIL In addition, the design shall consider Planetree philosophy and its core components of healing design.Location for the new building has not been decided. Possible locations include the parking lot at Kirman Street/Taylor Street, the entire area adjacent to Locust Street called the "circle flag" area, and one other location left up to the A-E. The location must be carefully coordinated to efficiently fit with other hospital functions to include related medical operations, parking, security, infection control, etc.

All existing buildings will be occupied during all construction activities. Appropriate Interim Life Safety Measures (exits, etc) and Infection Control Risk Assessments must be considered.

The facility currently consists of a variety of buildings constructed from between 1937 through 2008. Due to this range in building ages, several different exterior finishes exist on campus. Integrate new building into existing architecture, and propose treatments to adjacent buildings to help facilitate a coordinated appearance.

At this phase in the procurement process the Department of Veterans Affairs is performing market research to determine if sufficient competition exists in one of the following Socio-economic categories; Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, Veteran-Owned Small Business, Hubzone Small Business, and Small Disadvantage Businesses (8(a)). Interested firms fitting one or more of these Socio-economic categories should send their information by E-mail to margaret.neidigh@va.gov or by fax to 775-428-6171 no later than 4:30 PM Pacific Time February 10, 2010. Information shall include type of socio-economic category and the firms' location.

NOTE: Interested firms shall be located within 150 miles of the VA Medical Center Reno, NV facility. The NACIS code for this procurement is 541310.