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

This is a Sources Sought Notice for Architect-Engineering services to be performed at the Stratton VA Medical Center, 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208. The magnitude of construction for the above ref... This is a Sources Sought Notice for Architect-Engineering services to be performed at the Stratton VA Medical Center, 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208. The magnitude of construction for the above referenced project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. Set-Aside: This requirement is 100% set-aside to Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) A-E firm(s), as a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) procurement. The NAICS code for this procurement is 541330 Engineering Services; the small business standard is $16.5M. SDVOSBs shall be verified in: www.vetbiz.gov at time of evaluation, any subsequent RFP and prior to award. The SF-330 can be downloaded through the GSA Forms Library at: http://www.gsa.gov/portal/forms/type/TOP, scroll down to locate and click on the SF-330 hyperlink entitled, Architect-Engineer Qualifications. Area of Consideration: The area of consideration is restricted to firms with offices and key personnel to be assigned to the design located within a 500-mile radius of the Stratton VA Medical Center in Albany, NY as indicated by a mapquest.com driving directions search from the prime designer s main or satellite office address to the project site. Written questions pertaining to this requirement should be submitted no later than 1/22/2021 at 4:00 PM EST. Interested A-E firms shall submit their current SF-330, Parts I and II, to shaun.maines@va.gov. The SF-330s are due no later than 2/3/2021 at 4:00 PM EST. GENERAL INFORMATION: All design and work will conform to the current edition of the VA Master Specifications and VA Design Standards as published at the following site: www.cfm.va.gov; ASME, OSHA, IBC 2009, NFPA and NEC building codes and standards. Coordinate all work through the COR of Facilities Management Service. The A-E will provide documents at each submission as indicated in the statement of work. Stratton VA Medical Center Resources and Guidance: Drawings and information concerning existing conditions as available. All reproduction services of bidding documents for prospective bidders. Recommendations on priority of deduct alternates if any. VA design submission guidance at https://www.cfm.va.gov/til/aeDesSubReq.asp VA Technical Information Library http://www.cfm.va.gov/TIL/ VA Master Specifications PG-18-1 for copying and editing at http://www.cfm.va.gov/TIL/spec.asp. VA Design Guide for Medical/Surgical Inpatient Units https://www.cfm.va.gov/til/dGuide/dgInpatientNU.pdf VA Physical Security manual, including Physical Access Control Systems at https://www.cfm.va.gov/til/PhysicalSecurity/dmPhySecMC.pdf VA Signage design manual https://www.cfm.va.gov/til/spclRqmts.asp#SIGN and existing signage standards for the Facility. VA Standard Details Handbook PG-18-4 for copying at http://www.cfm.va.gov/TIL/sDetail.asp. VA Construction Standards PG-18-3 as determined by the COR to be necessary for the specific needs of this project http://www.cfm.va.gov/TIL/cPro.asp. Other VA design information at the VA staff recommendations, as applicable, including those for meeting security, safety, and infection control standards required during construction. Original construction documents marked As Built but not updated. A/E must field verify As Built drawings. Other project documents, as applicable, which have renovated these areas. Construction Scope of Work (Summary) The project includes design and construction period services for the demolition and renovation of the Albany VAMC main hospital 8th floor C wing, approximately 10,000 square feet. The goal of the project is to transform the space into an inpatient ward with private bedrooms and private bathrooms, according to the VA Design Guide for Medical/Surgical Inpatient Units & Intensive Care Nursing Units. The main design will be a complete interior gut and renovation. However, no exterior or building envelope work is anticipated, except as needed for minor utility and HVAC connections. Main hospital wing 8C shares, and will continue to share, existing air handlers on the 11th floor with wings 7C, 9C, and 10C. The submitted SF-330s will be evaluated on the following criteria: This acquisition will be in accordance with FAR Part 36.602-1 and VAAR Part 836.602-1. The following evaluation criteria will be used to evaluate SF-330 technical proposals: The A/E must demonstrate its qualifications with respect to the published evaluation criteria for all services. Evaluation Criteria (1) through (4) are considered most important and equal among themselves; Criteria (5) and (6) are of slightly less importance than (1) through (4), but are equal value among themselves; Specific evaluation criteria include: (Use from FAR 36.602-1; a 1-5) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services; Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required, including, where appropriate, experience in energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reduction, and the use of recovered materials; Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time; Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; Specific experience and qualifications of personnel proposed for assignment to the project and their record of working together as a team. Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project; provided, that application of this criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms, given the nature and size of the project; Criterion & Corresponding Submission Requirements: Criterion 1 - Professional Qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services. Offerors will be evaluated in terms of the qualifications, competence and experience of the key personnel and technical team proposed to accomplish this work. Key personnel are individuals who will have major contract or project management responsibilities and/or will provide unusual or unique expertise. Submission requirements: Provide resumes for all proposed key personnel. Resumes are limited to one page each and should cite project specific experience and indicate proposed role in this contract. Provide professional registration, certification, licensure and/or accreditation. Indicate participation of key personnel in example projects in the SF-330 Part 1 Section G. Criterion 2 - Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required, including, where appropriate, experience in energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reduction, and the use of recovered materials. Offerors will be evaluated on specialized experience and technical competence in the performance of services similar to those anticipated under this contract with regard to: Experience with Architectural Design and Space planning within a Health Care Setting, including Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMC) design, inpatient ward design, existing facility renovation, and design for tight and awkward spaces. Experience with Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Fire Protection, and Plumbing Engineering evaluation and design within a Health Care Setting, including VAMC design, inpatient ward design, existing facility renovation, hospital communications systems, and medical gas systems. Submission requirements: Provide up to ten (10) projects completed or substantially completed within the past five (5) years that best illustrate specialized experience of the proposed team in the areas outlined above. Example projects shall note project s square footage. All projects provided in the SF-330 must be completed by the office/branch/regional office/individual team member actually proposed to manage and/or perform work under this contract. To enable verification, firms should include the DUNS number along with each firm name in the SF-330 Part 1, Section F Item 25 Firms from Section C Involved in this Project, block (1). Include a contract number or project identification number in block 21. Include an e-mail address, and phone number for the point of contact in block 23(c). Include in the project description the contract period of performance, award contract value, current contract value, a summary of the work performed that demonstrates relevance to specialized experience as outlined above. If the contractor served as a subcontractor on a project, indicate the value of the work they provided towards the performance of the overall project. If a project was performed by a joint venture, and not all joint venture partners are on the team proposed for this contract, the offeror/team should specifically address the work performed by the joint venture partner offering/teaming on this contract. Likewise, if the offeror/team member worked as a subcontractor on a project, the description should clearly describe the work actually performed by the offeror/team member and the roles and responsibilities of each on the project, rather than the work performed on the project as a whole. If the project description does not clearly delineate the work performed by the entity/entities offering/teaming on this contract, the project could be eliminated from consideration. NOTE: If the Offeror is a joint venture, information should be submitted as a joint venture; however, if there is no information for the joint venture, information should be submitted for either joint venture partner, not to exceed a total of ten (10) projects for this criterion. Projects shall be submitted on the SF-330. For submittal purposes, a task order on an IDIQ contract is considered a project, as is a stand-alone contract award. Do not list an IDIQ contract as an example of a completed project. Instead, list relevant completed task orders or stand-alone contract awards that fit within the definition above. Examples of project work submitted that do not conform to this requirement will not be evaluated. Failure to provide requested data, accessible points of contact, or valid phone numbers could result in a firm being rated lower. All information for Criterion 2 should be submitted in Part 1, Section F of the SF-330. The Government WILL NOT consider information submitted in addition to Part 1, Section F in evaluating Criterion 2. Criterion 3 - Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time. Firms/teams will be evaluated in terms of their ability to plan for and manage work under the contract and capacity to accomplish the work in the required time. Submission requirements: Describe the firm s ability to concurrently perform and manage multiple projects in different locations to meet aggressive schedules, multiple disciplines, and control costs and the firm s capacity to accomplish multiple projects simultaneously. Criterion 4 - Past Performance Offerors will be evaluated on past performance with Government agencies and private industry in terms of work quality, compliance with schedules, cost control, and stakeholder/customer satisfaction. Evaluating past performance and experience will include information provided in CPARS/ACASS for Criterion 1 projects and may include other information provided by the firm, customer inquiries, Government databases, and other information available to the Government including contacts with points of contact in other criteria. Failure to provide requested data, accessible points of contact, or valid phone numbers could result in a firm being rated lower. NOTE: Past performance information for projects listed under Criterion 2. Submission requirements: SUBMIT A COMPLETED CPARS/ACASS EVALUATION FOR EACH PROJECT UNDER CRITERION 2. IF A CPARS/ACASS EVALUATION IS NOT AVAILABLE, ensure correct phone numbers and email addresses are provided for the client point of contact. If requested by the client, questionnaires may be submitted directly to the Government's point of contact, Network Contracting Office 2 Attn: Shaun Maines via email at shaun.maines@va.gov prior to the response date. Criterion 5 - Specific experience and qualifications of personnel proposed for assignment to the project and their record of working together as a team. Submission requirements: Offerors shall submit evidence of individuals experience and qualifications in their respective fields. Additionally, documentation must be provided to show these individuals have worked together as a team on previous projects and their role. (Completing Sections E, F, and G, on the SF-330 meets the documentation requirement). Furthermore, offerors shall describe the ability of the firm to manage, coordinate and work effectively with team members, both internal staff and consultants. Discuss the history of working relationships with team members, including joint venture partners where applicable. Criterion 6 - The area of consideration is restricted to firms with offices and key personnel to be assigned to the designs located within a 500 mile radius of the Stratton VA Medical Center as measured on google maps using the measure distance feature from the prime designers address listed in Vetbiz to the Stratton VA Medical Center at 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208. Firms shall have knowledge of the locality of the project and local market conditions. Evaluation Scoring: Evaluation factors 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 will be evaluated using the following adjectival ratings as follows: Outstanding: Proposal meets requirements and indicates an exceptional approach and understanding of the requirements. Strengths far outweigh any weaknesses. Risk of unsuccessful performance is very low. Good: Proposal meets requirements and indicates a thorough approach and understanding of the requirements. Proposal contains strengths which outweigh any weaknesses. Risk of unsuccessful performance is low. Acceptable: Proposal meets requirements and indicates an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements. Strengths and weaknesses are offsetting or will have little or no impact on contract performance. Risk of unsuccessful performance is moderate. Marginal: Proposal does not clearly meet requirements and has not demonstrated an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements. The proposal has one or more weaknesses which are not offset by strengths. Risk of unsuccessful performance is high. Unacceptable: Proposal does not meet requirements and contains one or more deficiencies. Proposal is not awardable. The firm s proposal demonstrates a misunderstanding of the requirement and the approach fails to meet performance standards. The firm s proposal has major omissions and inadequate details to assure evaluators that the offeror has an understanding of requirement. The ratings identified below will be used in the evaluation of Past Performance (Criterion 4): Substantial Confidence: Based on the offeror s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a high expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort. No doubt exists based on the offeror s past performance that they can satisfy the requirements of the contract. Satisfactory Confidence: Based on the offeror s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a reasonable expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort. Little doubt exists based on the offeror s past performance that they could satisfy the requirements of the contract. Unknown Confidence (Neutral): No recent/relevant performance record is available or the offeror s performance record is so sparse that no meaningful confidence assessment rating can be reasonably assigned. Limited Confidence: Based on the offeror s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has little expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort. Some doubt exists based on past performance that they could satisfy the terms and conditions of the contract. No Confidence: Based on the offeror s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has little expectations that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort. Significant doubt exists based on the offeror s past performance that they can satisfy the requirements of the contract. SELECTION INTERVIEW: Interviews will be scheduled with firms slated as the most highly qualified. Firms slated for interviews may be asked to explain or expand on information contained in the SF-330 submittal through a formal interview or a discussion questionnaire as determined by the Contracting Officer. Requirement for Electronic Submission All responses to this sources sought shall be submitted electronically to shaun.maines@va.gov. E-mail Submission Procedures: Subject Line: Include the sources sought number, name of company, and closing date of solicitation. Size: Maximum size of the e-mail message including the attachment is twenty (20) megabytes (MB). The SF330, in its entirety, shall not exceed one email of 20MB. Only one email is permitted unless otherwise stated in this paragraph or in writing by the Contract Officer submitting the solicitation. The Microsoft Outlook Email time/date stamp will be used for the official record of receipt for the Offeror s submission. The date and time stamp in recipient s inbox are the official record of receipt. Security Issues, Late Bids, Unreadable response: Please note that we can no longer accept .zip files due to increasing security concerns. Late submission will not be accepted and will be deemed as non-responsive. The virus scanning software used by our e-mail systems cannot always distinguish a macro from a virus. Therefore, sending a macro embedded in an e-mail message or an e-mail attachment may cause the e-mail offer to be quarantined. Only word / pdf documents are accepted; PDF is the preferred document type. Do not send password protected documents. The Contracting Officer will file the responses electronically which will allow access only by designated individuals. Important Notice: Apparent successful offerors must apply for and receive verification from the Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Verification and Evaluation (CVE) in accordance with 38 CFR Part 74 and VAAR 819.70 by submission of documentation of Veteran status, ownership and control sufficient to establish appropriate status, offerors must be both VISIBLE and VERIFIED by the Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Verification and Evaluation prior to contract award. Failure to be both VERIFIED by CVE and VISIBLE on VetBiz prior to contract award will result in the offeror s proposal being deemed non-compliant. All offerors are urged to contact the CVE and submit the aforementioned required documents to obtain CVE verification of their SDVOSB status if they have not already done so. 852.219-10 VA NOTICE OF TOTAL SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (JUL 2016) (DEVIATION) (a) Definition. For the Department of Veterans Affairs, Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern or SDVSOB : (1) Means a small business concern: (i) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans or eligible surviving spouses (see VAAR 802.201 Surviving Spouse definition); (ii) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans (or eligible surviving spouses) or, in the case of a service-disabled veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent caregiver of such veteran; (iii) The business meets Federal small business size standards for the applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code identified in the solicitation document; (iv) The business has been verified for ownership and control pursuant to 38 CFR 74 and is so listed in the Vendor Information Pages database, (https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov); and (v) The business will comply with subcontracting limitations in 13 CFR 125.6, as applicable (2) Service-disabled veteran means a veteran, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2), with a disability that is service-connected, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(16). (b) General. (1) Offers are solicited only from verified service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns. Offers received from concerns that are not verified service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns shall not be considered. (2) Any award resulting from this solicitation shall be made to a verified service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern. (c) Agreement. A service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern agrees that in the performance of the contract, the concern will comply with the limitation on subcontracting requirements in 13 CFR §125.6. (d) A joint venture may be considered a service-disabled veteran owned small business concern if the joint venture complies with the requirements in 13 CFR 125.15, provided that any reference therein to SDVOSB is to be construed to apply to a VA verified SDVOSB as appropriate. (e) Any service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern (non-manufacturer) must meet the requirements in FAR 19.102(f) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation to receive a benefit under this program. Special Note: An A/E Firm failing to provide any of the documentation detailed in the Sources Sought Notice may be determined as Non-Responsive and may not be considered.