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Request for Marketplace Engagement for new Critical Care Center Project to be located at the West Los Angeles Campus of the Greater Los Angeles Veteran Affairs Healthcare System (GLAVAHS). The U.S Arm... Request for Marketplace Engagement for new Critical Care Center Project to be located at the West Los Angeles Campus of the Greater Los Angeles Veteran Affairs Healthcare System (GLAVAHS). The U.S Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District (SPL) has an announcement regarding a new project for the construction of a New Critical Care Center on the VA Campus for the GLAVAHS. This project is expected to exceed $500,000,000. We are seeking information from interested parties on executing this project as either a design build or design bid build or other execution methods as recommended by industry professionals as part of this sources sought announcement. The anticipated award date of the project is Winter 2022. Critical Care Center Project Scope This project provides for the construction of a new Critical Care Center to relocate existing critical and associated ancillary and diagnostic services from seismically-deficient Building 500 and for the construction of a new central utility plant, at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center of the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System in Los Angeles, CA. The new Critical Care Center will be 450,000 GSF. This facility will include a mental health ward, surgery suites, pre-operative services, PACU, ICU, Anesthesiology and all support functions for surgery, pharmacy, in-patient intake, radiology, Pathology, Morgue, Central Sterilization, EVS/EVS, and Emergency care service. The facility will have 160 beds of which 44 will be in the mental health ward. The location of the new Critical Care Center will be just south of the current Hospital, Building 500. Along with the Critical Care Center, this project will include a new Central Utility Plant (CUP) to replace the existing CUP and will also support the future Research Building and Out Patient Ambulatory Care Building, Parking Structure and other buildings. It will also include all the necessary utility upgrades to support the new facilities. This project would have to be constructed to meet LEED silver standards. Minimum construction capabilities for this project include: Demonstrated experience within the last 5 years providing new medical research facilities and medical centers that include, but are not limited to, administrative, surgical, intensive care, pharmaceutical, nuclear medicine, specialty care, and radiological services. Previous team experience (i.e. JV, mentor/protégé, prime/sub) working together as a team with demonstrated successful experience delivering a building of the size, type and magnitude indicated for this project. Experience in Federal projects is preferred. Experience with constructing radiation shielding. Experience with surveying, designing and abating lead and asbestos material. Experience with planning, developing and coordinating with the Owner a service disruption plan compliant with Joint Commission practices. Experience with planning, developing and coordinating medical and lab equipment selection, layouts, workflows and utility support systems for architecturally significant equipment. Experience with pure water (deionized or reverse osmosis treatments) systems and medical gas systems for installation and certification. Experience with domestic water legionella mitigation controls during construction and operations. Previous experience delivering LEED Silver facilities and familiarity with LEED reporting requirements, construction processes & practices necessary to obtain Certification. Experience integrating construction processes with 3rd party commissioning efforts, ICC inspections and complying with findings. Experience with constructing multi-storied facilities within a seismic zone using a glazed curtain wall system on the building exterior façade. Experience developing a traffic control plan and accident prevention plan with the Owner and coordinating pedestrian and vehicular access while construction is ongoing. Given the aforementioned, we would like to hear from you company, specifically addressing the following questions: (1) Would your firm be interested in a Design-Build acquisition strategy utilizing a competitive 2-step trade-off procurement or a one-step Design Bid Build acquisition strategy? (2) If yes to either option listed #1, what are your concerns? Please be specific, and identify concerns that would impact your decision to participate in this procurement? (3) Does your company have experience in Design-Build or Design Bid Build projects? If so, please provide your experience in the last 5 years. Please include the project title, scope, location, customer, contract amount, award date, and completion date. Please provide no more than 3 contracts. (4) Will the requirement for a conceptual design submission in the 2nd step of the procurement with a total project cost limitation be challenging (all things considered)? Please submit your concerns and experience with this. (5) What are some best practices from your company’s perspective that will help the Government prepare a DB or DBB procurement? (6) Will you attend an online Webex form to discuss this project and DB or DBB procurement? (7) If the government decides to continue as a DBB procurement, what would your interest level be in pursuing this project using an early contractor involvement acquisition strategy? What are the pros/cons to using this approach? (8) Please provide an affirmative statement as to your firm’s ability to provide both payment and performance bonds in the reported magnitude of this acquisition. Magnitude of this project is expected to exceed $500,000,000. (9) Please provide a narrative as to any other concerns your firm may have that might impact this project the Government should consider as part of this advertisement. Based on the feedback we receive, we will seek to hold a web ex in the weeks ahead, providing a forum between Government stakeholders and interested companies. We will update this notice and contact companies that provide a response, with the Web ex time and instruction on how to log in. We are asking for responses to this notice no later than 27 April 2020. Please direct your responses by e-mail to Wendell.l.mendoza@usace.army.mil.