VA Denver Replacement Medical Center Facililty, Aurora, Co

Proposal due date and time are now changed to September 29, 2009 at 2:00 pm EDT.

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Construction and Facilities Management, Washington, DC is seeking proposals from contractors for preconstruction services and construction of VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System (ECHCS) Replacement Medical Center Facility, Aurora, CO. This project will be procured utilizing the Integrated Design and Construct (IDc) strategy, which is similar in nature to Construction Management at Risk and Construction Management as Constructor. The work will consist of preconstruction services and an option to construct the replacement medical center of approximately 1,100,000 SF. The IDc contractor shall furnish preconstruction and construction services, labor, materials, equipment, transportation, supervision, coordination, and commissioning necessary to construct this project as required by the statement of work. The ECHCS Replacement Medical Center Facility site is located in the City of Aurora, Colorado, and is bounded by Colfax Ave., Wheeling St, 19th Place, and Fitzsimons Parkway. The project includes structured parking, outpatient clinic, inpatient hospital, administrative space, and central energy plant. The offeror shall furnish, obtain any and all necessary licenses and/or permits required to perform this work in the State of Colorado and City of Aurora, CO. This is a Request for Proposal (RFP) solicitation; therefore, there will be no public bid opening. The procurement method is a two-phase process using four evaluation factors. Phase One solicitation evaluation factors will include only Factor 1 - Past Performance and Factor 2 - Technical Qualifications. Based on the assessment of Phase One solicitation evaluation factors, only the most highly qualified offerors will be requested to submit Phase Two solicitation proposals. Phase Two solicitation evaluation factors will include only Factor 3 - Technical Proposal and Factor 4 - Cost/Price. The basis for award will be Best Value technique. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation requirements and will provide the best value to the government considering recent and relevant past/present performance, technical capabilities, and price. The government reserves the right to award a contract to other than the low offeror. The magnitude of this project is more than $100,000,000.00. This solicitation is as an unrestricted procurement. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this work is 236220. To be considered a small business under NAICS 236220, the size standard must not exceed $33.5 million average annual receipts. The applicable small business subcontracting goals for this project are as follows: (a) 28.7% for Small Business (SB); (b) 5% Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB); (c) 7% Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB); (d) 5% Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB); (e) 3% HubZone Small Business (HUBZone), and (f) 10% Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB). The closing date and time for submission of offers will be contained in the solicitation package. The solicitation is expected to be issued on or about August 24, 2009. A Pre-Proposal Conference is scheduled for September 10, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. MDT, at VA Medical Center Auditorium, 1055 Clermont Street, Denver, CO 80220. The solicitation package will be posted on FedBizOpps, which can be accessed at https://www.fbo.gov/. In order to view the solicitation package, you must register with FedBizOpps. For changes to the issue date or any other changes to the information in this synopsis, potential offerors are responsible to check the information at FedBizOpps https://www.fbo.gov/. The Government will not provide paper copies of the solicitation. Telephone, written, facsimile, or e-mail requests, for the solicitation package will not be honored. Potential offerors MUST register at FedBizOpps www.fbo.gov in order to receive notification and/or changes to the solicitation. The Interested Vendors List (IVL) will be activated and may be accessed and printed from the FedBizOpps web site. Prospective offerors who would like their company name included on the IVL list may do so on the FedBizOpps website under IVL. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring FedBizOpps for the release of the solicitation package and any other pertinent information and for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package. All interested parties MUST be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database and have completed On-Line Representation and Certifications Application (ORCA) in order to receive a contract award. If you are not registered with CCR, you may request an application via phone at 1-888-227-2423 or register on-line at http://www.ccr.gov. To register with ORCA, you may go online at https://orca.bpn.gov. Points of contact for this procurement are: Contracting Officer Frank A. Clemons at (202) 461.8486, email frank.clemons@va.gov and the Project Manager for this procurement is Tim Pogany, at (202) 445.1546, email tim.pogany@va.gov; Supervisory Contracting Officer Chris Kyrgos, (202) 461.8490, email chris.k.kyrgos@va.gov

This Request for Information (RFI) has a twofold purpose as follows: (1) To seek public review and feedback/comments on the draft solicitation for the VA Denver Replacement Medical Facility Aurora, CO, and (2) to provide presentation documents used at the VA June 8, 2009 Industry Day Forum.

(1) The US Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Construction and Facilities Management (CFM), Washington, DC is seeking public review and feedback/comments on the attached draft solicitation document to be used for the construction of the VA Denver Replacement Medical Facility, Aurora, CO. The procurement method to be used for the VA Denver Replacement Medical Facility is called Integrated Design and Construct (IDc), which is similar in concept and nature to Construction Management Constructor (CMc) or Construction Management at Risk (CM@Risk).



Please review the solicitation in its entirety. In particular, I request that you review the project's scope; Section C, Part III - Proposal Requirements C1 through C4; Clause 52.216-1, Type of Contract; and Clause 52.216-17, Incentive Price Revision - Successive Targets, Alternate 1 (APR 1984).



After your solicitation review, please provide your written review comments or recommendations to Frank A. Clemons at frank.clemons@va.gov no later than 1:00 pm on June 24, 2009.



Note: This is not a request for proposal. This is a DRAFT solicitation only. The New Orleans Replacement Medical Facility, New Orleans, LA issued under Solicitation VA-101-09-RP-0123 is also using the IDc procurement method. The solicitation is available at www.fbo.gov.



(2) As a result of the Denver VA Industry Day Forum on June 8, 2009, the attached presentation documents are provided: (1) June 8, 2009 Power-Point Presentations, and (2) Sign-In Sheets.

This modification pertains to and provides updated information regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Denver Replacement Medical Center, Office of Construction and Facilities Management (CFM) Industry Day Forum as follows:

(1) Event Location and Telephone Number/Fax: Denver Marriott City Center, 1701 California Street, Denver, CO 80202; Telephone: 303-297-1300; Fax 303-298-7474



(2) Event Dates and Times:



Forum, Monday, June 8, 2009 from 1:00 pm MDT through 3:00 pm MDT



Discussion Groups: June 8, 2009 from 3:30 pm MDT through 6:30 pm MDT



Discussion Groups: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 from 8:00 am MDT through 12:00 MDT



(3) Project Description: The Department of Veterans (VA) will build a replacement hospital on the eastern edge of the University of Colorado Health and Science Campus (formally the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center) in Aurora, Colorado.



(4) Key Components of the Project:



Inpatient bed facility for approximately 150 beds (spinal cord injury, medical/surgical, intensive care and behavioral health)

Freestanding Community Living Center and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Unit (54 beds)

Outpatient Clinics

Diagnostic and Treatment Center

Research Laboratories

Renovation of an existing office building for administrative offices and behavioralhealth clinics

Below grade patient parking for approximately 1,000 cars

Staff parking deck for approximately 1,000 cars

Central concourse for public functions, amenities, and circulation

Central Energy/Utility Plant

Materials receiving facility

Advanced alternative energy features and sustainable design



(5) Project Schedule: The architectural/engineering design team is currently in the schematic design phase, with completion of this phase scheduled for September 2009. Several bid packages are anticipated with the first scheduled to be available in early Spring 2010. Construction of the entire project is targeted to be complete in September 2013.



(6) Construction Management: The VA will be utilizing a new delivery method for this project called Integrated Design and Construct (IDc). IDc is similar in nature to Construction Management, Constructor (CMc) or Construction Management @ Risk (CM@Risk). IDc is intended to be onboard early in the design phase to bring CM knowledge and expertise to the process.

This notice services a twofold purpose;

1) To invite all interested parties to the Department of Veteran Affairs, Construction and Facilities Management (VA) Industry Day Forum to discuss the construction process for the VA Denver Replacement Medical Center, Aurora, CO and



2) Issue a sources sought for certain small business to provide capability statement in accordance with the source sought announcement.



First, VA will host an Industry Day Forum to discuss upcoming VA Denver Replacement Medical Center Facility, Aurora, CO construction solicitation. The Industry Day Forum is scheduled to take place; at (to be determined) am MDT on (to be determined), at the (to be determined), Denver, CO. Topics of discussion will be Construction Manager as Constructor (Pre-construction services including design review, cost estimating, and project phasing and Construction Management services including recruitment and coordination of construction effort) and scope of the construction program to include 1.1 million building gross square feet of medical and administrative program space, in new and renovated space. Project includes off-site utility and infrastructure development, the site development of the 30 acre campus which includes the on-site utility distribution and the construction of a 36,000 SF central utility plant, construction of a 204-bed inpatient hospital containing medical/surgical beds, ICU beds, mental health beds, rehabilitation beds, nursing home beds, and a 30-bed spinal cord injury/disorder unit, a diagnostic and treatment building including the in-patient and out-patient operating suites, out-patient clinic buildings, surface and structured parking facilities, and administrative facilities. The project includes the renovation of an existing 120,000 SF building on the site. Construction will be in multiple phases because of funding and site leasing constraints. A tentative schedule for project development is being finalized. The members of the VA project team for Industry Day are Project Manager Tim Pogany, Contracting Officer Chris Kygros and Frank A. Clemons, VA Denver Medical Center representatives, and Joint Venture Architect/Engineering Firm, H+L-SOM/CRA-SAM. There will be an opportunity for interested parties to discuss the project in a reserved session with the VA project. To reserve a time for the reserved session please contact Frank A. Clemons via email at frank.clemons@va.gov or if you have any questions concerning VA Industry Day call (202) 461.8486. There are a limited number of sessions. Please monitor Federal Business Opportunities website (https://www.fbo.gov) for further information and updates concerning VA Industry Day Forum. We look forward to your attendance.







Second, VA is issuing this Sources Sought Notice to determine the interests and capabilities of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses (SDVOSB), Veteran-Owned Businesses (VOSB), 8(a) contractors, HUBZone Small Businesses, Women-Owned Small businesses (WOSB), or Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB) firms with regard to an upcoming acquisition for pre-construction and construction services for the VA DENVER REPLACEMENT MEDICAL CENTER, AURORA, CO. The firm should have an approved NAICS of 236220 with the size standard of $33.5 Million average annual gross revenue to be considered a small business. The firm should provide a capability statement that displays the firm capabilities and experience in pre-construction, construction management services, and construction experience. The capability statement should address corporate experience in Complex Building Construction (healthcare/rehabilitation centers), Pre-Construction Services Management (design development, LEEDS, BIM, and construction documents), Construction Management, Local Market Knowledge, Organizational Business Management, and Past Performance in these areas. The firm must also show a bonding capacity of more than $100,000,000.00 for construction. Respondents are requested to submit a Capability Statement that exhibits clear and convincing evidence of your firm capabilities/experiences to perform the listed tasks. The capability statement is not to exceed 10 pages. The statement must provide a summary of relevant experience and knowledge that addresses the scope of the task. Respondents must submit a capability statement, which addresses each task for which they believe they are qualified. The firms having the skills and capabilities necessary to perform the stated requirements are invited to provide information to contribute to this market survey/sources sought. This sources sought notice is only for market research purposes in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10. It does not constitute a solicitation and is not to be considered as a commitment by the Government. All firms responding to this sources sought notice are advised that their response to this notice is not a request that will be considered for contract award. All interested parties will be required to respond to the resultant solicitation separately from their response to this sources sought. Please submit Capability Statements via email to: frank.clemons@va.gov no later than June 5, 2009. At this time no solicitation exists, therefore, DO NOT REQUEST A SOLICITATION package.