Inactive Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)

SOURCES SOUGHT: The VA Medical Center Jamaica Plain in Boston, MA has a requirement for a Firm Fixed Price contract to provide professional Architect/Engineer (A/E) Services necessary to develop a com... SOURCES SOUGHT: The VA Medical Center Jamaica Plain in Boston, MA has a requirement for a Firm Fixed Price contract to provide professional Architect/Engineer (A/E) Services necessary to develop a complete construction package with investigations, specifications, drawings, cost estimates, project phasing construction schedules, site visits, and construction period services to replace all decaying exterior Building #1 envelopes. The intent of this project includes but is not limited to: The removal and replacement of the whole exterior envelope (enamel coated insulated steel panels, windows, bricks, etc.), providing a new facade that meets VA's Physical Security Design Manual (PSDM) requirements, and matching the new facade installed from the previous phases. All work shall be designed to include different phased construction as appropriate to maintain the uninterrupted operations of the mission critical facility Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), located at 150 Huntington Avenue, Boston (Jamaica Plain), MA. The project will use the previous design project from 2013, that was never built as a basis for design, project 523-13-106 Replace Building 1 Exterior Panels, Phase 3 by PDT Architects. The A/E firm is to take the original statement of work and create a new design with up-to-date codes and campus needs. The NAICS code is 541310 and the small business size standard is $12.5 million. Interested parties responding to this sources sought request shall submit the following information: (1) A positive statement of your intention to submit a proposal in response to a solicitation for this project and include your firm s UEI number; (2) Evidence your firm has experience with providing A/E Services for a redesign of a project that was never built and taking the previous A/E s design to use as a basis for design and updating the design with current codes. (3) Evidence your firm has experience with providing Conceptual, Design, and Construction Period (Type A, B, and C) A/E services on an active medical building for multiphase construction projects to prevent interruption of hospital operations. (4) Evidence your firm has experience with a high-rise building exterior envelope replacement with a magnitude of construction ranging from $5,000,000-$10,000,0000M in a city setting. NCO 1 looks forward to interest of well-qualified new entrants to contracting with the Veterans Health Administration including the interest of SB and WOSB contractors and especially responses from CVE SDVOSB/VOSB Firms. This notice is published to conduct market research to determine if there is a sufficient number of verified SDVOSB s, VOSB s, WOSB s and SB s capable of performing the requirements. All information must be submitted in sufficient detail for a decision to be made on the appropriate set-aside. Failure to submit all information requested will result in a contractor not being considered as an interested SDVOSB, VOSB, or SB concern. If adequate interest is not received this action will not a be set-aside. SDVOSB or VOSB firms must be verified in the Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) database at https://veterans.certify.sba.gov by the Center for Veterans Enterprises. Additionally, all firms must have an active registration in SAM at www.sam.gov. Interested firms must submit their experience to the Contracting Officer no later than 2:00 PM EST on August 30, 2023 via email to Heather.Libiszewski-Gallien@va.gov. DISCLAIMER This sources sought is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this notice. The Government will not pay any costs for responses submitted. RESULTS INFORMATION: Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Firms who fail to provide ALL of the required information will not be used to make the acquisition decision, which is the intent of this announcement. For planning purposes, the Government intends to publish a SF330 request for qualifications for this requirement on or about September 15, 2023. The SF330 request will be issued on SAM under Contract Opportunities on www.sam.gov and firms should register electronically to receive a copy when it is issued.