C219--VHA Women Veterans Health Care Services Program Guides

This is a Source Sought Notice for market research purposes. This is not a Request for SF330s

or Request for Proposal. Responses to this Source Sought will inform the acquisition strategy for

this requirement.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Construction and Facilities Management

(CFM), Office of Facilities Acquisition (OFA) Central Region has a requirement for a Firm

Fixed-Price Contract to provide professional Architect-Engineer (A/E) Services to update and/or

create new Program Guides (PG) for Women Veterans Health Care Services as follows:

PG 18-9 Space Planning Criteria Chapter: Update the Space Planning Criteria Chapter 258 to reflect space criteria to support current clinical care for Women Veterans Health Care Services.

PG 18-5 Equipment Guide List: In collaboration with the CFM Medical Equipment Specialist, develop an Equipment Guide List for every Room Code in the PG 18-9 Space Planning Criteria Chapter 258. The Equipment Guide List includes medical equipment, furnishings and furniture (referred to as Room Contents) for each Room Code.

PG- 18-12 Design Guide: Development of a new PG 18-12 Design Guide for the Women Veterans Health Care Services Facilities. The Design Guide provides in depth information for the Women Veterans Health Care Services Facilities identified in the Chapter and is aimed at providing planning and functional design information and detailed information for VA staff and A/E Consultants developing a construction project for a VA Medical Center containing a component of the chapter of this design guide.

See attached DRAFT Statement of Work for complete project deliverables and requirements.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541310-Architectural

Services, and the small business size standard is $12.5 million.

The anticipated acquisition will be in accordance with FAR Subpart 36.6, Architect-Engineer

Services. The type of socio-economic set-aside, if any, will depend upon responses to this notice

and all other information gathered during market research.

All firms must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) at

https://www.sam.gov/.

For Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) and Veteran-Owned Small

Businesses (VOSB), you must be verified in the Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert)

database at https://veterans.certify.sba.gov/.

To be considered an Interested Party for this project, please provide the following:

1. A Statement of Intent that A/E qualifications will be submitted for the future request for SF 330s. Provide your firm s point of contact information (Business Name, individual POC, email address, and phone number), SAM Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number, business size based on North American Industry Classification Standard (NAICS) code 541310, and socioeconomic status (SDVOSB, VOSB, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women Owned Small Business (WOSB), etc.)

2. Evidence of A/E experience in the development of VA Program Guides to establish a framework within which functional spaces of a healthcare facility are planned and designed to facilitate safe, effective, and efficient healthcare delivery to Veterans. Also provide evidence of A/E experience in the development of similar healthcare planning and design standards if your firm does not have experience with VA Program Guides.

3. Evidence of A/E experience in providing detailed information on knowledge and work experience in research, space programming, space planning, equipment planning, and design of facilities for Women Health Care Services.

The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is to determine if set-aside procedures will be utilized. All information must be submitted in sufficient detail for a sound business decision to be made on any possible set-aside determinations. All responses shall be submitted by the response date and time via email to andrea.greene2@va.gov as a PDF file only. No hard copies will be considered. Please include the following in the subject line: [Firm Name] - Response to Sources Sought for Women Veterans Health Care PG

This Sources Sought Notice is issued solely for market research and planning purposes only. This Notice does not constitute a Solicitation (Request for Quotes, Request for Proposal, or Invitation for Bids). Responses to this Notice are not considered offers and will not be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with their responses to this Notice.

At this time no solicitation exists, therefore, please do not request a copy of the solicitation. Any resultant request for SF330 s will be synopsized in Contract Opportunities at https://www.sam.gov/. It is firms responsibility to monitor this site for release of the Request for SF330s.