C219--629-21-1-6004-0002 - CFM Deficiency - Facility Site Survey and Drawing Update AE Project 629-20-104

NOTE: The modification to this Sources Sought Notice is only being posted to correct the “Response

Date” noted in the below instructions, which should be: **December 31, 2020, at 3:00 PM Central

Standard Time (CST)**

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY: In accordance with FAR 52.215-3, “Request

for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes”, this announcement is seeking information

from industry, which will be used for preliminary planning purposes. No proposals are being

requested or accepted with this synopsis. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS

AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. The purpose of this

synopsis is to gain knowledge of the interest, capabilities and qualifications of Service-Disabled

Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB’s), in accordance with the requirements of Public

Law 109-461.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System (SLVHCS), 2400 Canal Street, New Orleans,

LA, has a requirement for A/E services to furnish professionals for all required disciplines,

equipment, and travel to perform a comprehensive building and equipment survey of the New

Orleans VA Medical Center. The selected AE will be required to provide the VA with a set of

updated architectural drawings, plumbing drawings, and mechanical duct system drawings upon

completion. There are other ongoing utility service coordination projects. The selected A/E shall

provide the VA with a plan of integrating all changes from these into the final set of updated

drawings.

PROJECT BACKGROUND

The construction and activation of the replacement VA medical center in New Orleans,

Louisiana was completed in 2015. During construction and post activation, changes were made

to the character of the bid plans and majority of those changes were not redlined or recorded on

the final set of drawings issued to the VA. At this time, the current set of facility drawings only

reflect approximately 60% of actual completed construction, exact location of building service

equipment routing, and post activation necessitated changes. This inaccuracy has led to inflated

costs from contractors. Maintenance work for the facility can also not be performed accurately.

This project requires: (1) a comprehensive field verification to verify and update facility

drawings; (2) putting together an accurate set of architectural drawings, plumbing drawings, and

mechanical duct system drawings for facility planning, maintenance, operations, compliance,

and reporting.

PROCUREMENT INFORMATION

The proposed project will be a competitive, Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract utilizing methods

prescribed in FAR 36.6 and VAAR 836.6 in selection of the top-rated highly qualified A/E firm to

provide required services. Prospective A/E firms must be fully capable of providing the VA with

an accurate set field verified and updated architectural drawings, plumbing drawings, and

mechanical duct system drawings upon completion as described above. The applicable North

American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) primary code is 541330, and Size Standard

is $15.0 million.

This notice is published as market research to determine if there are a sufficient number of

SDVOSB’s capable of performing the requirements to warrant a solicitation set-aside. In order

to be eligible as an SDVOSB a firm must be registered and verified as an SDVOSB in VetBiz at

http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/. All interested firms must be verified as SDVOSB’s in VetBiz at the

time of submission of a proposal in accordance with VAAR 804.1103-70 in order to be eligible.

An active registration in SAM is also required. Registration is available at www.beta.sam.gov.

In accordance with VA Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business SetPage

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Aside, a service disabled veteran-owned small business concern agrees that, in the

performance of the contract, at least 50 percent of the cost of personnel for contract

performance will be spent for employees of the concern or employees of other service-disabled

veteran-owned small business concerns.

CAPABILITY STATEMENT

Interested parties responding to this Sources sought request shall submit the following

information at a minimum:

(1) Company name, address (to include any branch offices), point of contact with phone

number, e-mail address, NAICS code(s), and DUNS number;

(2) List of firm’s experiences in work performed of similar type and scope to include projects

in progress and completed within the past 5 years. Specify work that was between $1,000,000

and $2,000,000.

Please include status as prime or subcontractor. Also include contract numbers, NAICS code

used (if known), project titles, short project descriptions and dollar amounts;

(3) Proof of registration in the VA VetBiz website and verification by VA Center for Veterans

Enterprise (CVE) or status of verification application and SAM registration;

(4) Evidence of verification in Vet Biz as an SDVOSB firm under NAICS code 541330;

(5) Evidence your firm has experience with campus wide OIT Infrastructure projects ;

(6) Proof of professional liability insurance required to cover the amount of this project;

**It is requested that interested contractors submit a response (electronic submission) of no

more than 4 single sided pages that addresses the above information. The response date to this

Sources Sought notice is **December 31, 2020, at 3:00 pm Central Standard Time (CST)**.

This market research is for informational and planning purposes only to determine if a SDVOSB

set-aside is appropriate. The Government will not pay any costs for responses submitted.

Electronic submissions are required via Cynthia.Kinsman@va.gov . Subject line relating to this

Sources Sought must read “36C25621R0046 - AE CFM Defs - Cond Fac Site Survey & Dwg

Update SOURCES SOUGHT RESPONSE”. No phone responses will be accepted.

RESULTS INFORMATION: Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation.

Firms responding to this Sources Sought announcement, who fail to provide ALL of the required

information requested, will not be utilized to help the Government make the acquisition decision,

which is the intent of this Sources Sought announcement.

The official Solicitation citing the same solicitation number will be issued in the near future on

Beta.SAM.gov- Contract Opportunities https://fbohome.sam.gov formerly Federal Business

Opportunities www.fbo.gov.

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