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

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROCUREMENT OF ARCHITECT-ENGINEERING (A/E) SERVICES: This is a request for Standard Form 330 (SF 330), Architect-Engineer Qualifications only. A/E Services are being procured i... PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROCUREMENT OF ARCHITECT-ENGINEERING (A/E) SERVICES: This is a request for Standard Form 330 (SF 330), Architect-Engineer Qualifications only. A/E Services are being procured in accordance with the Selection of Architects and Engineers Statute (Public Law 92-582), formerly known as the Brooks Act, and implemented in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 36.6. All submissions will be evaluated in accordance with the below selection criteria. The Government will not pay, nor reimburse, any costs associated with responding to this request. The Government is under no obligation to award a contract as a result of this announcement. Firms will be selected based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. Any resulting award for the proposed A/E services will be procured under a negotiated Firm-Fixed Price contract. The NAICS Code for this acquisition is 541310, Architectural Services, and the applicable Small Business Size Standard is $12.5 million annual revenue. During performance, the selected A/E firm will be required to attend meetings in person and on site at the Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. Interested parties shall ensure current licensing to provide real property design services ( Architect Services ) in accordance with the State regulations of which the firm s assigned office is located, and shall have a current registration in: (1.) the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://www.sam.gov, (2.) and the SBA VetCert database at https://veterans.certify.sba.gov/, if applicable, and (3.) have submitted the current cycle VETS-4212 Report at http://www.dol.gov/vets/programs/fcp/main.htm (for contracts in the amount of $150,000.00 or more). Failure of a proposed SDVOSB to be certified by the CVE at the time the SF 330 is submitted shall result in elimination from further consideration. PROJECT INFORMATION: VISN 6 Master Plan Network Contracting Office 6 508 Fulton Street Durham, NC 27705 PROJECT SCOPE: The Contractor shall be responsible for the development of a Facility Master Plan for the VA Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6) Medical Centers, including their leased properties as outlined below. The Master Plan will cover a five thru ten-year planning time horizon. The facility master plan development is expected to be collaborative in nature, with the contractor developing an understanding of the VA wide organizational culture and priorities along with the VISN and local facility goals and priorities. Contractor shall perform an overall analysis of the facility s mission and delivery of patient care, ancillary, diagnostic, research, and support services. The contractor shall identify key service lines, including interaction and adjacency of relevant programs, both internal and external to the facility. The contractor shall analyze the allotment and configuration of existing space and acreage and recommend changes to meet the facility s strategic planning goals, including facilitation of both patient care and support operations. The contractor shall identify specific capital initiatives such as construction projects and or leases required to implement these changes to include the development of a realistic timeline, order of magnitude cost estimates, and detailed description and statement of work. This analysis should be performed with the involvement of key VISN6 and facility staff. The contractor shall analyze and integrate input and direction provided by facility and network level Strategic/Capital Asset Plans, medical center staff input, data on veteran population, workload demand and projection forecasts located in the VA s Pyramid website, Veterans Support Service Center (VSSC) Space Calculations, FCA, and site-specific community and stakeholder issues. SDVOSB SET-ASIDE: This request for A/E firm qualifications packages is 100% set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns under VAAR clause 852.219-10, VA Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (Dec 2009). LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING: In accordance with VAAR 852.219-10, VA Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside and 13 CFR 125.6, a service disabled veteran-owned small business concern (SDVOSB) agrees that, in the performance of the contract, it will not pay more than 50% of the amount paid by the Government to it, to firms that are not similarly situated. Firms that are similarly situated are those that are also CVE-registered SDVOSBs. SELECTION PROCESS: The agency has convened an evaluation board for the evaluation of responses to this notice. Responses will be evaluated in accordance with the Selection of Architects and Engineers Statute (Public Law 92-582), formerly known as the Brooks Act, and implemented in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.6. Specifically, SF 330 submissions will be evaluated to identify the most highly qualified firms, using the selection criteria identified below. SELECTION CRITERIA: The submitted SF 330s shall be a maximum of 50 total pages. All necessary information to meet the (8) eight criterions shall be contained within those 50 pages. The submitted SF 330s will be evaluated in accordance with the following (8) eight criteria from the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.602-1. 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 the most important and listed in descending order of importance. Criteria (5) and Criteria (6) are of significantly less importance than (1) through (4), but the associated value of 1 through 4 are in a declining value and order of importance. Criterion (1) is the highest with Criterion (5) and (6) being the lowest. CRITERIA 1: Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services; Key personnel shall, at a minimum, include the project managers and designers of record who would be assigned to perform the work. (See SF 330 Part I Sections E, F, and G, but not excluding other information provided on the SF 330 and supporting documentation.) 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. CRITERIA 2: Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required; specifically, the successful firm shall demonstrate experience in utilizing actuarial data and statistical projections to plan for future states in local and regional healthcare facilities. Such planning should include population and programmatic-level projections as well as the buildings and structures necessary to support such changes. (See SF 330 Part I Sections E, F, and G, but not excluding other information provided on the SF 330 and supporting documentation.) Submission requirements: Provide up to five (5) projects completed or substantially completed within the past ten (10) 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 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, and 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 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. Additionally, Firms are required to return and submit the Attachment B titled Criterion 2 Format, which will clearly demonstrate specific experiences and qualifications of personnel proposed for assignment to the project and their record of working together as a team. Specifically list similar scoped projects covering the previous 10 years and clearly show participation. (See SF 330 Part I Section G, but not excluding other information provided on the SF 330 and supporting documentation.) 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 five (5) 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 2, Section F in evaluating Criterion 2. CRITERIA 3: Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time. Respond as follows, as an addendum to the SF 330: Provide a list of current projects with a design fee of greater than $20,000 currently being designed in the firm s office. Indicate the availability of the proposed project team (including sub-consultants) for the specified contract performance period in terms of: (1.) both the average and maximum number of projects being worked simultaneously for the previous twelve (12) month period, for each key personnel member, (2.) the number of projects currently being worked by each key personnel member identified in the SF 330, and (3.) the number of projects that could be added to workload, given size and complexity. CRITERIA 4: Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules (three (3) references required). Respond as follows, as an addendum to the SF 330: i. Submit no less than three (3) and no more than five (5) past performance references for recent and relevant projects identified on SF 330 Part I Section F. Any of the following evaluations are acceptable: (1.) A/E Contractor Appraisal Support System (ACASS), (2.) Contractor Performance Assessment Report System (CPARS), or (3.) Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) evaluation. The required PPQ template is provided as an attachment to this announcement. A/Es should follow-up with references to ensure timely submittal of PPQ s, if used. Completed PPQs shall be submitted ONLY by the company/agency providing the reference, directly to the Contracting Officer, prior to the due date. If a completed ACASS/CPARS evaluation is available, it shall be submitted with the completed SF 330 package, in lieu of completing the PPQ. ii. Project Recency: A project will be considered recent only if performance was completed within five (5) years of the date of issuance of this public announcement. Ongoing projects will not be considered as no accurate performance record can exist for work not yet completed. iii. Project Relevance: The past performance references must be similar in scope to the planning project described in the attached Statement of Work. CRITERIA 5: Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project. CRITERIA 6: Specific experience and qualifications of personnel proposed for assignment to the project and their record of working together as a team. (See SF 330 Part I Section G, but not excluding other information provided on the SF 330 and supporting documentation.) CRITERIA 7: Reputation and standing of the firm and its principal officials with respect to professional performance, general management, and cooperativeness (i.e., no negative CPARS or other evaluations on record for work with the Government). (See SF 330 Part I Sections E, F, and G, but not excluding other information provided on the SF 330 and supporting documentation, or otherwise identified in Federal and/or State Government databases.) CRITERIA 8: Record of significant claims against the firm because of improper or incomplete architectural and engineering services. DUE DATE FOR SF 330 QUALIFICATIONS SUBMISSIONS: Firms that meet the requirements listed in this announcement are invited to electronically submit the completed Standard Form (SF) 330 (Parts I and II) packages to samantha.cahill@va.gov no later than 10:00 AM EDT, Monday, 17 July 2023. Submissions should be encrypted and may require multiple emails. The single email limit for file attachments is 10MB per email. Late proposal rules found in FAR 15.208 will be followed for late submittals. Acknowledgement of receipt will be provided, which will include the number of emails and number of attachments received. All SF 330 submissions shall be clearly marked with the subject line displaying the Solicitation Number 36C24623R0066. The SF 330 form may be downloaded from https://www.gsa.gov/reference/forms. Completed SF 330s shall include the primary firms, subcontractor firms, and any consultants expected to be used on the project. Interested firms shall address each of the eight (8) Selection Criteria in their SF 330 s and additional documents/submittals. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. THERE ARE NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE. This is a request for SF 330, Architect/Engineer Qualifications packages only. Any requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. EVALUATION METHOD: Identification of the most highly qualified firms will occur by using the following rating methodology and the above selection criteria. The number of firms identified by the evaluation board as the most highly qualified will be determined based on the responses received. Where three (3) or more responses are received from qualified firms, a minimum of three (3) firms will be identified as the most highly qualified. If less than three (3) responses are received, then only those firms that are qualified will be considered, or the requirement may be re-advertised. SF 330 packages rated as marginal or unacceptable (see below) for any one criteria, or more than one criteria, may be removed from consideration as that firm may not represent a qualified firm for the purposes of this procurement. The excluded firm(s) will not be counted towards the tally of three (3) responses, or three (3) qualified firms, described above.