Upgrade Site for USP800 Compliant

This is a pre-solicitation notice under FAR 5.203(a), FAR 5.204, and FAR 36.601-1, and FAR 36.3 of the Department of Veterans Affairs, National Contracting Organization 21 (NCO 21) intent to contract for Design Build architect-engineer services for VA Palo Alto Health Care System, NV (VASNHCS) Project No. 640-19-107, Project Title Prepare site for USP 800 Compounding Trailer, located at VAPAHCS, Palo Alto, California.
The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction, and the small business size standard is $36.5M.
This design effort includes, but is not limited to, providing Schematic Design (SDs), Design Development (DDs), Construction Documents (CDs), and Construction Period Services (CPS) necessary to construct site preparation for USP 800 Compounding Trailer.
The contract work requires multiple disciplines. The Prime firm shall be a licensed/registered professional firm. The disciplines required include, but are not limited to: Architectural, Civil, Interior Design, Structural, HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, Fire Life Safety, Sustainability, Security, IT/Data, Construction Cost Estimating, Signage/Way-Finding, Landscaping and Geotechnical.
Interested parties are advised that in keeping with the Veterans First Contracting program under 38 U.S.C. 8127-8128, as implemented under VA Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) subpart 819.70 and VA Procurement Policy Memorandum 2016-05 Implementation of the Veterans First Contracting Program, if the Contracting Officer has a reasonable expectation that two or more small business concerns owned and controlled by Service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) concerns will submit responses to the solicitation and that award can be made at a fair and reasonable price that offers the best value to the United States, the requirement will be set-aside for SDVOSB concerns. Program SDVOSB concerns must be listed as verified in the Vendor Information Pages (VIP) database at https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov in addition to meeting the NAICS code small business size standard to be eligible for award under Veterans First Contracting Program set-asides.
The anticipated posting of this solicitation is October 15, 2018, and closes November 15, 2018 for phase 1 at 10:00 AM PST. In accordance with FAR 5.102(d), availability of this solicitation will be limited to the electronic medium.
Site Visit:
A site visit will be and the date will be posted with the Request for Proposal.
Inquiries:
All contractual and technical questions must be submitted in writing by email to charee.harris@va.gov. No telephone questions will be accepted. Questions will not be accepted after November 10, 2018.
Notifications:
Notification of any postponements and any amendments to this solicitation will be posted on this website. It is the sole responsibility of the offeror to continually view this website for any amendments made to this solicitation..