C1DA-- Construct Bariatric Bathrooms at Community Living Center and South Bed Tower

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE AND REQUEST FOR STANDARD FORM (SF) 330s ARCHITECT-ENGINEER (AE) QUALIFICATION PACKAGES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR A/E FEE PROPOSALS. NO ADDITIONAL SOLICITATION PACKAGE OR TECHNICAL INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED.

All information needed to submit SF330 documents are contained herein.

Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)subpart 36.6, and Selection of Architects and Engineers Statute (formerly known as Brooks Architect-Engineer Act) selection procedures apply. The AE Services listed herein is being procured in accordance with Selection of Architects and Engineers Statute as implemented in FAR subpart 36.6 and VAAR 836.6. Pursuant to FAR 52.236-25, the firm responding to this requirement must be permitted, by law, to practice the professions of architecture or engineering and meet all required qualifications for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

For a SDVOSB to be considered as a prospective contractor, the firm including Joint Ventures, must be verified and registered in the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) Vendor Information Pages (VIP) VETBIZ (www.vip.vetbiz.gov) and registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database (www.sam.gov) at time of submission of their SF330s/qualifications. Failure of a prospective SDVOSB to be verified by the Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE) at the time the SF330 is submitted shall result in elimination from consideration. All Joint Ventures (JV) must be CVE verified at time of submission and must submit agreements that comply with 13CFR 125.15 prior to contract award.

PROJECT: 672-23-104 Construct Bariatric Bathrooms at Community Living Center and South Bet Tower.

WORK LOCATION: VA CARIBBEAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, SAN JUAN, PR 00921.

SET-ASIDE: 100% Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).

NAICS: 541330 Engineer Services and the annual small business size standard is $16.5M.

ESTIMATED COMPLETIONDATE: 360 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed (NTP) for the construction drawings and specifications.

CONSTRUCTION MAGNITUDE: Between $2,000,000and $5,000,000.

POINT OF CONTACT: Ray Santana, Contract Specialist, Email: ray.santana@va.gov

SF 330 DATE OF RECEIPT/DUE DATE: Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit one (1) electronic SF 330 and attachments (if any) no later than (NLT) 3:00 PM (AST) November 2, 2022. The VA email system will not allow for file sizes greater than 8MB. If sending multiple emails, please see directions provided further down in this notice. Site Visits will not be arranged during this phase.

PROJECT OVERVIEW:

This A/E services project will furnish all necessary professional services, equipment, labor materials, supervision, tools, testing, and specialty services to perform design services for the NRM Project number 672-23-104, titled Construct Bariatric Bathrooms at Community Living Center and South Bed Tower at the VA Caribbean Healthcare System (VACHS), located at 10 Casia Street, San Juan Puerto Rico 00921 3201. The A/E Service works include, but is not limited to site investigations, designing, and preparing drawings, phase planning, develop specifications, develop cost estimates, supporting the future construction project during the construction period services.

This project is for the Construct Bariatric Bathrooms at Community Living Center and South Bed Tower and all related work. The selected A/E shall modify the existing utilities as necessary to accommodate the bathrooms and perform a thorough assessment of the existing electrical/ mechanical utilities and shall perform all necessary measurements/calculations to deliver a workable design.

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I. A/E FIRM SELECTION:

Firms responding to this announcement by submitting a qualifying SF 330, before the closing date and time, will be considered for initial selection evaluation.

Following initial evaluation of the SF330 s received three or more firms that are considered the most highly qualified to provide the type of services required will be selected for interviews. Selected firms will be notified by email of selection and provided further instructions. Selection and evaluation of firms shall be made based on SF330 submissions and direct responses to the selection criteria identified herein. Failure to address all selection criteria will result in a decreased rating. Firms that design or prepare specifications in conjunction with this contract are prohibited from participating on any future construction contracts based on those documents. All projects identified on the SF330 must be completed by the office/branch/individual team member performing the work under this contract.

II. SELECTION CRITERIA: Selection will be based on the following criteria which are provided in descending order of importance.

1. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

1.1. A/E shall provide Team Professional Qualifications of all the key personnel included to work in this project for satisfactory performance of required services for Construct Bariatric Bathrooms at Community Living Center and South Bed Tower involving healthcare facilities.

1.2. Proof of working together as a team (in house and/or consultant(s)). Include an organizational chart. Such personnel must have experience in projects similar to this one.

1.3. Identify on SF 330, Part I - Contract-Specific Qualifications, Section D. Organizational Chart of Proposed Team, the architect-engineer of record designated to this project.

1.4. The project architect or engineer of record must be licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under local law requirements. Submit a copy of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico valid professional Engineer or Architect license of the architect-engineer of record.

1.5. The personnel experience list of projects must include project name, location, brief description, and responsibilities.

2. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:

2.1. Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required, including, where appropriate, LEED certification, as well as experience in energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reduction, and the use of recovered materials, production of Life Safety/Fire Protection plans, production of quality designs as evidenced by a Quality Control Program, large scale renovation projects in a Healthcare, Business, and/or VA Hospital environment, phasing, cost estimating effectiveness. (i.e., on-time/within budget, and compliance with established VA Construction).

2.2. Program Requirements located at http://www.cfm.va.gov/til/spec.asp. Discuss site investigation on this project, the potential multi-phasing necessary, and the fact that documents submitted(drawings) will need to be extremely detailed, due to potential hindrances inexecution the work.

2.3. Experience in phasing the construction to prevent interruption and displacement of services and staff. Demonstrated ability to engineer work arounds to prevent interruption and displacement of services and staff.

2.4. Offeror shall provide at least two (2) similar work experience design projects that best represent the Offeror s work experience required for this in terms of design of renovations within healthcare facilities and references, (names, phone number, and email address). Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required for this project including, where appropriate, experience in energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reduction, and the use of recovered materials.

2.5. Experience in construction period services to include professional field inspections during the construction period, review of construction submittals, support in answering requests for information during the construction period, and support of construction contract changes to include drafting statements of work, and cost estimates shall be included as an evaluation criterion when construction period services is included in the statement of work for A/E services.

3. CAPACITY: Capacity to accomplish work in the required time. Firms must address and demonstrate capacity to execute this project, to include the capacity of key personnel available and dedicated to completing the project, within mandated schedules.

4. PAST PERFORMANCE: Past Performance will be evaluated on recent and relevant contracts with government agencies (emphasis on VA work) and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, compliance with performance schedules. Past Performance will be based on CPARS ratings and other data presented by the offeror or as determined by the Government. Offeror shall provide documentation which substantiates similar experience on a minimum of two (2) projects and not more than four (4). Also, experience working in VA medical facilities is preferred, however, previous work on other Governmental, as well as private sector projects, will be considered. Information provided shall include project name and location, general description of work, identification of whether your firm was the lead on the project or the subconsultant, the estimated (or awarded) construction project amount as well as the customer phone number(s) and email addresses.

5. LOCATION OF DESIGN FIRM:

5.1. Location in general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project and your knowledge of state/local requirements (e.g., regulations, codes, standards) as it relates to this project. It is expected that your SF 330 submittal will show your knowledge of the locality project and your knowledge of state/local requirements (e.g., regulations, codes, standards) as it relates to this project.

5.2. Also demonstrate your proximity to the general geographical area enables you to physically show up to the work site within 5 hours, when required.

6. REPUTATION AND STANDING: Provide a narrative of the Firm s reputation and standing including principal officials with respect to professional performance, general management, and cooperativeness (Awards, Outstanding Merits, Recommendations).

7. RECORD OF SIGNIFICANT CLAIMS: Provide a narrative of the Firm s record of significant claims against the firm because of improper or incomplete architectural and engineering services. If no record of significant claims against the firm because of improper or incomplete architectural and engineering services, please specify.

III. SUBMISSION CRITERIA/REQUIREMENTS:

Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit:

ONE(1) ELECTRONIC SF 330, including Parts I and II, and attachments (if any) electronically to ray.santana@va.gov no later than 3:00 PM, Atlantic Standard Time (AST) on November 2, 2022. Submittals received after the date and time identified will not be considered.

All SF 330 submissions shall be clearly indicated in subject line, displaying the RFP number and project title(abbreviated and shortened is okay), Size limits of emails are limited to 8MB. If more than one email is sent, please number emails in Subject line as 1 of 2, 2 of 2 etc.

Example: SF 330 Submission 36C24823R0029 CONSTRUCT BARIATRIC BATHROOMS A COMMUNITY LIVING CENTER AND SOUTH BED TOWER (1 OF 2 EMAILS)

All SF 330 submissions must include the following information either on the SF 330 or by accompanying document:

Cover Page with Solicitation Number, Project Title

Table of Contents SF 330

Copy of Current A/E License including a copy of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico valid professional Engineer or Architect license of the architect-engineer of record.

Copy of current VetBiz.gov SDVOSB certification

Cage Code

Unique Entity ID

Tax ID Number

The Email address and Phone number (including the area code) of the Primary Point of Contact.

IV. REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ON THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE: All RFIs shall be submitted to ray.santana@va.gov. Phone inquiries will not be accepted. RFI s must be received no later than October 24, 2022.

The firm and/or principals representing the project must be licensed in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, IAW State law and must meet all licensing requirements to sign and seal drawings.

Examples of information resources are:

Gobierno de Puerto Rico Departamento de Estado

Puerto Rico Professional Engineering Certificate of Authorization:

https://www.ncarb.org/get-licensed/state-licensing-boards/architect-lookup

https://estado.pr.gov/en/engineers-and-surveyors/https://www.estado.pr.gov

https://www.ncarb.org/get-licensed/licensing-requirements-tool

https://estado.pr.gov/en/architects-and-landscape-architects/

NCARB rules for all States and PR/VI on architectural licensing:

https://www.ncarb.org

By responding to the Notice, you are acknowledging that your company meets the status requirements as a SDVOSB concern, as established by 38 CFR Part 74.

V. SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENTS FOR THE SOW ANDOTHER DOCUMENTS: