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Sources Sought Notice Page 3 of 14 Sources Sought Notice *= Required Field Sources Sought Notice Page 1 of 14 DESCRIPTION Page 1 of 6 Page 3 of 6 Page 1 of 6 THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) SOURCES... Sources Sought Notice Page 3 of 14 Sources Sought Notice *= Required Field Sources Sought Notice Page 1 of 14 DESCRIPTION Page 1 of 6 Page 3 of 6 Page 1 of 6 THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) SOURCES SOUGHT IS ISSUED SOLELY FOR MARKET RESEARCH AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION. RFI # 36C26225Q0774 Responses to this Sources Sought must be in writing. The purpose of this Sources Sought Announcement is for market research purposes ONLY, to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of businesses interested and capable of providing the following services: The VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHCS) is requesting assistance in developing the policy and procedures necessary to manage execution of multiple, complex capital projects in support of one of VA s largest, most complex, integrated healthcare system. The NAICS/PSC for this requirement is: NAICS Code: 531390- Other Activities to Real Estate PSC: R408- Support- Professional: Program Management / Support General Size Standard: $20.0M Interested and capable Contractors should respond to this notice not later than Monday, June 16th, 2025 @ 4:00 PM PDT by providing the following via email only to Jose Diaz, Contract Specialist, at Jose.Diaz6@va.gov. (a) company name (b) address (c) business size (e.g. large, small, other than small, Veteran Owned, SDVOSB) (d) phone and email of primary point of contact (e) SAM Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number (f) A capability statement that addresses the organization s qualifications and ability to perform as a contractor specifically for the work described in the DRAFT Statements of Work (SOW) below. Respondents are also encouraged to provide specific examples (e.g. contract number, point of contact information, price) of the Contractor s experience providing the same or similar services described in paragraph 4 below. (g) The capability statement shall address where the interested respondent(s) have provided these services in the past. (h) The capability statement shall address the scope of the service(s) provided that is same of similar to the Services Required for this requirement as stated in DRAFT SOW. (i) Interested vendors shall also provide the following along with their capability statement should it apply. Provide any clarification questions, or concerns. The Contractor shall provide the services stated herein the SOW Below. The intended contract period of performance will be for a five (5) year period with an estimated performance state date of 10/01/2025- 9/30/2030. All Offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database found at https://www.sam.gov. Registration must include Representations and Certifications. --End of Sources Sought Announcement-- Please see DRAFT SOW below and provide an updated Capability Statement if interested, addressing all aspects of this notice as stated in #2, a through h above. DRAFT STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) Strategic, Facility, and Master Planning Healthcare Planning Services Contract VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHCS) Strategic, Facility and Master Planning (SFMP) Service s program and project management and integration efforts by providing the following services: 2.1.1. Strategic healthcare planning 2.1.2. Project and construction management and integration 2.1.3. Planning management and integration 2.1.4. Activations management, including initial outfitting, transition, and activation (IOTA) 2.1.5. Performance management 2.1.6. Environmental and historic preservation compliance 2.1.7. Communications and stakeholder relations 2.1.8. Property and real estate management. 2.2. The contractor shall assist in developing the policy and procedures necessary to manage execution of multiple, complex capital projects in support of one of VA s largest, most complex, integrated healthcare systems, including: 2.2.1. Implementation of the West L.A. Draft Master Plan 2.2.2. System-wide strategic and facility planning 2.2.3. Standard project management processes which allow greater synergy and efficiency across project teams (templates, review process, change management, risk management, etc.) 2.2.4. Operationalizing consolidated program-level committees 2.2.5. Supporting communications and stakeholder relations; and 2.2.6. Developing a framework for and support of performance management, including budgetary oversight, process improvement, and lessons learned. 2.3. The contractor shall perform the necessary due diligence to become familiar with the current layout, configuration, programs, operations, and services provided by VAGLAHCS. 2.4. The contractor s team shall possess significant levels of expertise, proficiency, personnel, resources, knowledge and experience in the following areas: 2.4.1. Large-scale master planning 2.4.2. Strategic healthcare planning 2.4.3. Experience with mental health and addiction services 2.4.4. Services to those experiencing homelessness 2.4.5. The pertinent laws, regulations, programs, mission, operations and services VA provides including those programs having a housing or healthcare-related components 2.4.6. Applicable Federal, State, and local environmental and historic preservation laws and regulations 2.4.7. Police and law enforcement issues and strategies, traffic planning and impact mitigation measures, utility, and landscaping issues necessary to successfully perform the work required under this contract. 2.4.8. Manage Life Cycle Management of Capital Assets and Facilities/Workspace. Utilize an integrated web-based commercial-of-the-shelf (COTS) enterprise software platform that tightly couples drawings and databases to support mission critical utilization, operation, maintenance and management of Facilities and Assets. 2.4.8.1. As-Builts Repository of as-built drawings; provide drawing mark-ups and manage revision control. 2.4.8.2. Space Manage and report on detailed allocation and use of space among organizational entities. 24.8.3. CAI (Capital Assets Management) Automates the process of generating Capital Assets Inventory reports and maintains the data. 2.4.9 Space Management Committee. Provide guidance and advice in the management of the Capital Asset and provide leadership with solutions in managing facility spaces. KEY DOCUMENTS. The Contractor shall be thoroughly familiar with the following VA Key Documents pertaining to programs and concepts relating to Veterans and Veteran homelessness: 3.1. John S. McCain III, Daniel K. Akaka, and Samuel R. Johnson VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Network Act of 2018 (VA MISSION ACT; P.L. 115-182). Available at: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2372. 3.2. The Principles for a Partnership and Framework for Settlement by and between the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and Representatives of the Plaintiffs Valentini v. McDonald, dated January 28, 2015, and available at http://www.westladraftmasterplan.org/documentation/extra-info. 3.3. VA s Draft Master Plan, publicly released on January 28, 2016, available at: http://www.westladraftmasterplan.org/documentation/draft-master-plan. 3.4. The March 5, 1888, deed, whereby the United States received title to the property now compromising the Campus at http://www.westladraftmasterplan.org/documentation/extra-info. 3.5. WLA NEPA and NHPA compliance documentation can be found at http://www.westladraftmasterplan.org/documentation/nepa-and-nhpa and includes the following: 3.5.1. West LA Draft Master Plan Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) and National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 Consultation and technical supporting documentation (June 2019); 3.5.2. Final EA for Buildings 205/208/207 (April 2019); 3.5.3. Final EA for Building 209 (May 2012); 3.5.4. National Register of Historic Places nomination for the WLA VA Historic District; 3.5.5. Executed Programmatic Agreement for Master Plan (2019); and 3.5.6. LA Metro Purple Line Notice of Intent to Adopt the Final Environmental Impact Statement/Final Environmental Impact Report, Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, and Section 130(c) Technical Memorandum for the Westside Purple Line Extension Project (June 2019). 3.6. West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 (P.L. 114-226, 130 Stat. 926 (2016)), available at http://www.westladraftmasterplan.org/documentation/extra-info. 3.7. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General Report: VA s Management of Land Use Under the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 (September 2018), noting Management Comments at Appendix E. https://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-18-00474-300.pdf 3.8. West Los Angeles Congressionally Mandated Reports for 2017 and 2018, available at: https://www.oprm.va.gov/docs/foia/Third-Party-Land-Uses/WestLACongressionallyMandatedReportandLetters2017.pdf and https://www.oprm.va.gov/docs/foia/Third-Party-Land-Uses/WestLACongressionallyMandatedReportandLetters2018.pdf. 3.9. Charter of the Veterans and Community Oversight and Engagement Board, available at https://www.va.gov/ADVISORY/docs/Charter-VCOEBSep2017Amend.pdf. 3.10. VA Request for Qualifications, VAGLAHCS, West Los Angeles Campus, Principal Developer and Building 207 Solicitation, Enhanced-Use Lease Development Projects, at https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=2615df7c8f9647db4b94d27ecb4fd438. 3.11. LA Metro Purple Line Extension Section 3 Overview, available at: https://www.metro.net/projects/purple-section3/. 3.12. City of Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department Supportive Housing (Prop HHH): https://hcidla.lacity.org/prop-hhh. 3.13. County of Los Angeles Homeless Initiative (Prop H): http://homeless.lacounty.gov/. 4. KEY PROGRAMS, AUTHORITIES AND CONCEPTS. The Contractor shall be exceptionally familiar with the following Key Programs, Authorities, and Concepts: 4.1. Permanent Supportive Housing: is attractive, safe, and affordable housing that provides tenants with the rights of tenancy and links to voluntary and flexible support and services for people with disabilities who are experiencing or have experienced homelessness. Permanent supportive housing is a proven, effective means of reintegrating chronically homeless and other highly vulnerable homeless families and individuals with psychiatric disabilities or chronic health challenges into the community by addressing their basic needs for housing and providing ongoing support in that housing. 4.2. Housing First: is a supportive housing model that prioritizes permanent supportive housing as the primary service to the homelessness. The approach provides individuals who are experiencing homelessness particularly those who have been homeless for prolonged periods and have disabling conditions, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, recurrent major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and addictive disorders with permanent housing as quickly as possible and provide them with supportive services as needed. The Housing first approach provides housing without prerequisites for abstinence, psychiatric stability, or completion of treatment programs. 4.3. Enhanced-Use Lease Authority: 38 U.S.C. §§ 8161-8169 authorizes VA to lease VA property to a selected developer/lessee for up to seventy-five (75) years to develop and operate a supportive housing facility as defined in 38 U.S.C. §3161(3). 4.4. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) VA Supported Housing Program (VASH): HUD-VASH is a joint program between HUD and VA as described at 38 U.S.C. §2003(b) and 42 U.S.C. §1427f(o). The HUD-VASH program combines Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) rental assistance for homeless Veterans with case management and clinical services provided by VA. 4.5. Domiciliary Care for Homeless Veterans (DCHV) Program: VA has authority to provide domiciliary care under 38 U.S.C. §1710(b) and 38 C.F.R. §§17.30(b), 17.43, 17.46(b), and 17.47(b)(2). Domiciliaries provide shelter, food, and necessary medical care on an ambulatory self-care basis to restore patients to their highest level of functioning. Veterans served under this program are not in need of hospitalization or nursing care services. Additionally, 38 U.S.C. §2043 provides VA with specific authority for the DCHV program. DCHV provides time-limited residential treatment to homeless Veterans with significant health care and social-vocational deficits. 4.6. Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) and Compensated Work Therapy/Transitional Residence (CWT/TR): CWT/TR programs are designed for Veterans whose rehabilitation focus is transitioning to successful independent community living. Please see 38 U.S.C. §§2031(a)(3), 2032, and 2042. Disadvantaged, at-risk, and homeless Veterans live in CWT/TR community-based supervised group homes while working for pay in VA s CWT/TR program. 4.7. Homeless Grant & Per Diem Program (a/k/a Transitional Housing): VA uses this program to assist public or non-profit private organizations in establishing and operating transitional program for homes Veterans by awarding capital grans and operational funding (per diem) to such organizations. (38 U.S.C. §§2011, 2012, 2061 and C.F.R. Part 61). Under the Capital Grant component, VA may fund up to sixty-five percent of the construction, acquisition, or renovation of facilities or purchase vans to provide outreach and services to homeless Veterans. 4.8. Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV): HCHV performs outreach through the utilization of VA social workers and other mental health clinicians to identify homeless Veterans with serious mental illnesses and assist them in accessing appropriate healthcare and benefits. Please see 38 U.S.C. §2031(a)(1)-(2). In addition to its initial core mission, HCHV also functions as a mechanism to contract with providers for community-based residential treatment for homeless Veterans. 4.9. Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program (SSVF): 38 U.S.C. §2044 authorizes VA to provide financial assistance for supportive hosing for very low-income Veteran families in permanent housing. VA provides supportive service grants to non-profit organizations and consumer cooperatives which provide supportive services to very low-income Veteran families residing in or scheduled to receive permanent housing. 4.10. Agreements with Nonprofits: 38 U.S.C. §2041 authorizes VA to enter into agreements with nonprofit organizations or state and local governments to sell, lease, o donate property to be used to shelter homeless Veterans and their families. 4.11. Specialized residential care and rehabilitation services: 38 U.S.C. §1720(g) authorizes VA to contract with appropriate entities to provide specialized residential care and rehabilitation services to a Veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom who VA determines sufferers from a traumatic brain injuring, has an accumulation of deficits in activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living, and because of these deficits, would otherwise require admission to a nursing home even though such care would generally exceed the Veteran s nursing needs. 4.12. VA s Grant and Per Diem Program for State Home Domiciliaries: State home domiciliaries are owned and operated by states. Per 38 U.S.C. §§8131-8137 and 38 C.F.R. Part 59, VA may pay up to sixty-five (65) percent of the cost of construction or acquisition of state homes or for renovations to existing state homes. Per 38 U.S.C. §§ 1741-1745, VA may also provide per diem payments to states for the domiciliary care in state homes of Veterans who meet the eligibility criteria for domiciliary care in a VA domiciliary. 4.13. Housing Assistance: VA guarantees loans made to Veterans by private lenders for, inter alia, the purchase of a dwelling to be owned by the Veteran as the Veteran s home. Please see 38 U.S.C. §3701(a)(1). Any loan to an eligible Veteran made in compliance with the purposes and requirement set forth in Chapter 37 of Title 38, U.S.C. is automatically guaranteed by the United States 38 U.S.C. §3703(a)(1). 4.14. Specially Adapted Housing: VA may provide Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) assistance to an eligible disabled Veteran for acquiring an adapted home or for modifying an existing home that meets the Veteran s needs. 38 U.S.C. §2101. To be eligible for assistance, a Veteran must meet the medical eligibility requirements, and the suitability and feasibility requirements prescribed by statute and regulation. 38 U.S.C. §2101 and 38 C.F.R. §36.4404. 4.15. VA s Strategic Capital Investment Planning (SCIP) Process: VA s SCIP process involves a systemic evaluation of all proposed VA capital investments nationwide. It is based on how well they address identified performance gaps (e.g. safety, security, workload driven capacity shortage, right-sizing, and access including providing housing for homeless Veterans). Paragraph nine (9) of the Principles of Agreement (found at http://www.westladraftmasterplan.org/documentation/extra-info) requires VA to include the objective and goals of the Principles Document and New Master Plan in VA s annual SCIP ten (10) year planning process. | 4.16. Bridge Housing: Bridge housing is time-limited, low-barrier housing that is utilized to rapidly move Veterans from streets into a safe environment where the primary focus is on expediting the connection to long-term permanent supportive housing and the services to maintain housing. 4.17. Authorities for VA Contributions Toward Traffic Controls and Roadway Improvements: Subject to the availability of VA funding, please note that: (a) under 38 U.S.C. §8108, VA can make monetary contributions to local authorities to help cover their costs to construct traffic controls and roadway improvements for safe ingress and egress to VA medical facilities; and (b) under 38 U.S.C. §2404(f)(2), VA can make monetary contributions to local authorities to help cover their costs to construct traffic controls and roadway improvements for safe ingress and egress to VA cemetery facilities. 4.18. Appendix B of OMB Circular A-11: Regarding the budgetary treatments of lease-purchases and leases of capital assets. 4.19. State of California Veterans Housing and Homelessness Prevention (VHHP) Program: (Please note for informational purposes only. Inclusion here does not constitute a VA endorsement of the VHHP program or Proposition 41 funding.) Information regarding this program is available at: 4.19.1. http://www.hcd.ca.gov/grants-funding/active-funding/vhhp.shtml and, 4.19.2. https://www.calvet.ca.gov/VHHP. 5. DESCRIPTION OF CONTRACT SUPPORT REQUIRED. The contractor shall be expected to provide the following support, services, and expertise to VAGLAHCS Office of Strategic and Facility Planning. 5.1. Strategic healthcare planning support to ensure that services provided by VAGLAHCS through its West LA medical center and network of community and ambulatory clinics best meet the needs of Veterans across the catchment area. 5.2. Comprehensive project management services in the areas of real estate management; environmental and historic preservation (including, but not limited to: the National Environmental Policy Act; the Comprehensive Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; the National Historic Preservation Act; and, any other pertinent Federal, state, and local environmental and historic preservation laws, codes, ordinances, and regulations); survey and title issues, and, land valuation appraisals. 5.3. Track, monitor, and implement the submittals, tasks and deliverables contemplated by the referencing the latest "Master Plan 2022" available here: https://draft-master-plan-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/media/uploads/2022/04/12/2022-03-18_WLA-VA-Master-Plan-Signed.pdf, those required by the south campus redevelopment plan (including, but not limited to: LA Metro Purple Line Extension; the planned critical care center and ambulatory care clinic; research building; food and nutrition building, and associated parking and utility facilities); and those associated with the management and operation of VAGLAHCS ambulatory and community-based clinics. 5.4. Assist with review and drafting real property-related documents, such as term sheets, leases, revocable licenses, easements. 5.5. Assist with the review, preparation and development of procurement-related lease documents required to support VAGLAHCS network of community-based outpatient clinics. 5.6. Upon VAGLAHCS s request, perform due diligence and studies related to traffic, utilities, and landscape. 5.7. Draft, review, and track Veteran-focused land use agreements with third party entities to include enhanced-use leases per VA s authority at 38 U.S.C §§8161-8169 and 50-year service leases pursuant to the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 (P.L. 114-226, 130 Stat. 926 (2016)). 5.8. Assist VAGLAHCS with strengthening its existing repository of historical and real estate and real property contract files and comply with internal VA reporting requirements. 5.9. Assist VAGLAHCS Office of Communications in developing and managing communication plans to inform Veterans, local communities, and other stakeholders on VAGLAHCS planning process and on progress toward implementation of the latest "Master Plan 2022" available here: https://draft-master-plan-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/media/uploads/2022/04/12/2022-03-18_WLA-VA-Master-Plan-Signed.pdf, the south campus redevelopment plan, and the LA Metro Purple Line extension. 5.10. Coordinate with VA personnel and other VA contractors regularly, and on an as-needed basis upon VA s request. 5.11. Obtain qualified, competent, and suitable subcontractor support and expertise under, and with the scope of this IDIQ contract, as needed an on request. Such subcontractor support staff shall be subject to VA Contracting Officer s written approval. The VA Contracting Officer shall have the discretion to prohibit the involvement of any subcontractor that should be precluded due to an apparent or actual ethical conflict of interest when considering pertinent provisions in the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and VA Acquisition Regulations (VAAR). 5.12. Assist VAGLAHCS Strategic, Facility, And Master Planning with its performance and quality management activities through, for example, tracking and monitoring existing and future third-party contracts between VAGLAHCS and third parties, to include, but not limited to those involving construction and renovation activities relating to the VAGLAHCS master planning process (e.g. the construction of supportive housing or Veteran-focused services under leases or other real property arrangements). Performance and quality management will help VAGLAHCS ensure the work being done complies with the underlying contract and any applicable laws, regulations, zoning, or permitting requirements. 5.13. Provide support to the VAGLAHCS Land Use Advisory Committee (LUAC), including, but not limited to, the development of a charter, processes and procedures to ensure consistent, transparent, and equitable review of land-use requests at VAGLAHCS facilities and technical support for the Land Use Application work-flow management tool. 5.14. Provide support to stand-up a VAGLAHCS Strategic Capital Investment Planning (SCIP) Committee, including, but not limited to, the development of a charter, processes and procedures to ensure that VAGLAHCS Office of Strategic and Facility Planning identifies and leverages all available programs to support its capital asset needs. The SCIP Committee will be designed to: improve the quality, access, and cost efficiency of the delivery of VA benefits and services through modern and relevant infrastructure that matches the location of current and future demand; adopt a future-oriented view of VAGLAHCS capital needs; significantly reduce gaps in space, utilization, safety, security, and other performance gaps over the planning horizon; provide an integrated, comprehensive planning process for capital programs (major construction, minor construction, major leases, minor leases, and non-recurring maintenance (NRM)) across VAGLAHCS; and, produce a data-driven, rational, and defensible strategic plan to support requests for additional project funding. 5.15. Provide support to VAGLAHCS Space Planning Committee, including, but not limited to, review of the policies, processes and procedures required to ensure a forward-looking, consistent, transparent, and equitable review of space management function across VAGLAHCS. 5.16. Develop policies and processes and provide support to standardize and integrate the performance management functions of the Office of Strategic and Facility Planning to provide an understanding of program or project performance, identify risks and development and implement appropriate corrective actions when performance deviates significantly from that plan. Performance management will drive continuous improvement and will be the tool to collect knowledge management artifacts such as best practices and lessons learned. 5.17. Develop policies and processes and provide support for interior design integration across projects and programs to advance the following goals: improve facility designs for patient-centered environments, where interior design solutions respond to the needs of the patient, visitors and staff both architecturally and through finish material selections; provide VAGLAHCS staff and contractors participating in the development of interior design projects with an understanding of their respective roles, responsibilities and the procedures for creating a comprehensive Interior Design environment; aid in the translation of VA Master Specifications into patient-centered design solutions; improve the design of VAGLAHCS spaces to ensure they are professional, therapeutic, safe, aesthetically pleasing, and functionally appropriate; provide tools for understanding current healthcare design industry standards and innovative, creative thinking; ensure that a final interior design finish binder package is completed for each VAGLAHCS renovation or new construction project; document specific room-by-room standards and schedules for interior room finishes, doors and hardware. 5.18. Develop policies and processes and provide support to construction management integration through application of the VA Office of Construction and Facilities Management (CFM) TIL requirements and industry best practices regarding construction management and commissioning services to advance the following goals: ensure renovation and construction projects are completed as expeditiously, economically, and safely as possible, within the allocated budget and in the best interest of the VA; provide consistent oversight for the construction process to ensure VA general contractors adhere to Construction Documents (CDs) and Master Specifications; provide temporary on-site personnel, located at the construction site for the duration of a project; resolve disagreements between VA and the general contractor, or help VA defend a position regarding an issue impacting construction quality, time, or cost. 6. KEY PERSONNEL POSITION DESCRIPTION SUMMARIES. Unless otherwise stated in the position summary below, the contractor s key personnel shall be vastly knowledgeable in the duties for their position, have at least three (3) years of experience providing the services as required for their position, and possess a bachelor s degree in any field. 6.1. Program Management. 6.1.1. Principal. Overall contract management responsibility with at least 10 years providing oversight of Strategic and Facility Planning and Management Services. 6.1.2. Program Manager. Technical advisor and subject matter expert for all facility planning and programming initiatives. Develops and executes management plans, participates in the various committees and processes falling under Strategic and Facility Planning, and oversees the team that tracks budget, schedules, and other performance metrics. The senior Program Manager has performed program management services consistent with the requirements herein for at least 10 years. 6.2. Project Manager. Manages aspects associated with the strategic planning process including long-range capital planning, short-range space planning and allocation, workload analysis and projection, business case analysis, coordination of construction applications, assisting with on-going construction project management, healthcare planning model analysis, and strategic capital investment planning processes for both clinical and administrative programs and services. The senior Project Manager has performed project management services consistent with the requirements herein for at least 10 years and possesses Project Management Professional certification. 6.3. Real Estate Specialist. Receives, supports the review and determination of viability, executes, and monitors all land use opportunities involving VAGLAHCS property within their assigned purview. Coordinates the land use process, to include land use application and other required documents with all required parties. Other duties include the conducting of market research, when necessary, and compilation of all appropriate data for recommendation(s) to leadership. The senior Real Estate Specialist has performed real estate services consistent with the requirements herein for at least 10 years. 6.4. Strategic Healthcare Planner. Conducts research, writes, implements and monitors plans and procedures pertaining to the delivery of existing and planned healthcare services. The senior healthcare planner has performed healthcare planning services consistent with the requirements herein for at least 10 years. 6.5. Financial Analyst and Cost Estimator. Analyzes and determines cost of operations by establishing standard costs and collecting operational data. Improves financial status by analyzing results, monitoring variance and; identifying trends. Reconciles transactions by comparing and correcting data. The senior financial analyst and cost estimator has performed financial services consistent with the requirements herein for at least 10 years. 6.6. Senior Environmental Specialist. Environmental specialists, including hazardous material consultant, survey management specialists, NEPA consultants, biologists, leads or participates in all development and compliance requirements associated with VAGLAHCS National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). 6.7. Engineer. Engineers, including general, project, structural, mechanical, electrical, traffic, civil, geotechnical, commissioning, fire safety reviewer, and fire protection, shall provide technical expertise to program and project management staff pertaining to their areas of expertise. 6.8. Interior Designer and Signage Consultant. Interior designer and signage consultant shall provide technical expertise to program and project management staff regarding all interior design development and services for all major and minor construction projects for VAGLAHCS initiated through design, construction, installation and final transition and operation. Designs building interior design environments to promote employee productivity, cultural transformation, and/or health and welfare of employees, patients and the public. 6.9. Historian/Preservationist. Participates in all development and compliance requirements associated with VAGLAHCS National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) obligations and commitments and provides guidance and technical assistance to program and project management staff. 6.10. Healthcare planner and Medical Equipment planner. Health and medical equipment planner shall provide technical assistance to the Strategic Healthcare planner and Program manager. 6.11. Construction Manager. Coordinates requirements gathering, monitoring, and execution of a wide variety of healthcare...