SOURCES SOUGHT
C -- Design Services for Medical Facilities
- Notice Date
- 5/16/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Engineer District, Huntsville, US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville, P. O. Box 1600, Huntsville, AL 35807-4301
- ZIP Code
- 35807-4301
- Solicitation Number
- W912DY08R0021
- Response Due
- 6/2/2008
- Point of Contact
- Jeanette Mathena, 256-895-1136
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The Huntsville Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will select Architect-Engineer (A-E) firms for design services for various medical facility, medical research, and medical laboratory projects to award Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDC). For the purposes of this notice, only small businesses should provide responses. The contracts addressed by this notice will provide service worldwide. These contracts are being procured in accordance with the Brooks A-E Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. The contracts are anticipated to be used for projects in support of the USACE Medical Facilities Mandatory Center of Expertise and Standardization (CEHNC-ED-MX), the Tricare Management Activity / Portfolio Planning and Management Division (TMA-PPMD), the U.S. Army Health Facility Planning Agency (HFPA), the U.S. Air Force Medical Operations Agency (AFHFO), and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Medical Facilities Design Office (NAVFAC/MFDO), CONUS or OCONUS. USACE Districts and other approved customers may place task orders against these contracts after coordinating with CEHNC-ED-MX. Firms will be selected for negotiations based on demonstrated competence and professional qualifications for the required work. Each contract will consist of five ordering schedules, each schedule not to exceed one year, for a total of five years maximum. The total amount of each contract over the five year ordering period is expected not to exceed $50,000,000. The program capacity shared by all awarded contracts will be approximately $250,000,000. Historically, this work has resulted in task orders ranging from $20,000 to $500,000. It is planned that future task orders will have a multimillion dollar capacity. The selected firms must be able to execute two simultaneous task orders ranging in value from $100 thousand to $10 million. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed-price task orders. The initial contract is anticipated to be awarded in Fiscal Year 2009. The Huntsville Center, Corps of Engineers, intends to solicit and award multiple indefinite delivery contracts for architectural/engineering services for medical facilities, medical research, and medical laboratory projects. It is the Governments intent to consider awarding a portion of this acquisition to small businesses. As a result, the Government is performing market research in order to determine if small businesses possess the capability to execute some of the requirements within this acquisition. Respondents need to indicate all small business designations (small business, 8(a), certified HUBZone and/or Service Disabled Veteran Owned). Interested small business firms who meet the capability requirements identified in this notice are requested to reply to this e-mail with a response to the questions presented below. If no experience or capabilities are associated with a particular question, so indicate. Based upon small business responses received, consideration will be given to defining what part of the acquisition, if any, will be set-aside for small business competition. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Medical Facilities addressed within this notice may include, but not be limited to, hospitals, medical clinics (to include dental clinics), research facilities, and laboratories. The contractor will be required to prepare design tools, design criteria documents, studies, cost estimates (parametric and design), interim life safety plans, commissioning plans, concept designs, final designs, construction phase services, and provide technical review of designs prepared by others. The contractor will be required to use criteria and design tools for the preparation of specifications, and preparation of Design-Build Requests for Proposals (RFPs). The contractor will be required to perform studies such as: surveying existing medical facilities for architectural, structural, utility system, life safety and fire safety code deficiencies; preparing planning and programming documents and economic analyses for additions, alterations, and replacement facility projects; preparing Statement of Condition surveys for Joint Commission Accreditation Review; and preparing functional and technical concept of operation manuals. The contractor will be required to perform design efforts including new facilities, additions, alterations, and upgrades to existing facilities. The contractor will be required to prepare operation and maintenance documentation and review shop drawings. The contractor will be required to prepare studies and designs in the English and/or metric system of measurement. The contractor will be required to prepare cost estimates on IBM-compatible personal computers using Corps of Engineers' Computer Aided Cost Estimating System: software provided by Government, PACES Cost Estimating System, or similar software. The contractor will be required to produce design drawings in a format fully compatible with the latest versions of Microstation and Autocad at time of contract award. The contractor will be required to have the capability to perform Building Information Modeling (BIM). The contractor will be required to have knowledge and experience with patient centered design principals, evidenced based design, and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). The contractor will be required to produce specifications in SPECINTACT using Unified Facilities Guide Specifications. The contractor will be required to respond to Government review comments on Corps of Engineers Automated Review Management System or Design Review and Checking System. 3. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS The decision to reserve award(s) for qualified small business under a multiple award acquisition is being considered pending the evaluation of responses to this sources sought announcement. The Government is seeking to identify qualified sources under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 541330 (Engineering Services) either singly or as part of an assembled team. Interested firms should submit a document which furnishes information describing relevant demonstrated experience and qualifications in the following format: Submission should be made in writing by June 2, 2008 and should not exceed 10 one-sided, 8 X 11 pages. The submissions should be Times New Roman, font size 12. The submission will address all questions in the Sources Sought Questionnaire and your ability to perform the services stated in the Project Information section of this sources sought. Computer files must be compatible with Microsoft Word 2003. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) nor does its issuance restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach. The Government will NOT reimburse the contractor for any cost associated with preparing or submitting a response to this notice. NO HARDCOPY OR FACSIMILE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Cover letters and extraneous materials (brochures, etc.) will not be considered. Questions concerning submissions should be directed to Jeanette G Mathena, Contract Specialist at (256) 895-1136 (jeanette.mathena@usace.army.mil) or Tonju Butler, Contracting Officer at (256) 895-1166 (Tonju.L.Butler@usace.army.mil). Personal visits for the purpose of discussing this announcement will not be scheduled. THIS is NOT a REQUEST for a PROPOSAL. SOURCES SOUGHT QUESTIONNAIRE Note: For the purposes of this questionnaire, medical facilities shall include hospitals, medical clinics, dental clinics, research facilities and laboratories. 1.What is the name of your business? 2.What is your business address? 3.Identify a responsible point of contact who can be contacted regarding your response, their phone number, and e-mail address. 4.Is your firm a certified 8(a) small business, certified HUBZone business and/or Service Disabled veteran owned concern? ( specify all that apply) 5.Would you be proposing on this project as a sole contractor, prime contractor with subcontractor(s), prime contractor with team member subcontractor(s), and/or a joint venture? (If you have proposed a joint venture, identify to the extent possible, your team members. Identify the business size of your team members or joint venture firms. If a teaming arrangement is planned, give details to the extent practicable on how the team likely will be composed. See FAR subpart 9.6 for Government policy on teaming arrangements, as well as 8(a) Program regulations described in 13 CFR 124.513.) 6.If you currently have a joint venture, provide details of the effort, the members specified, and a copy of the joint venture agreement. 7.Experience: Has your company delivered or is in the process of delivering A-E Services for medical facilities? If so, provide customer references, locations, scope of effort, dollar value, and dates for efforts performed within the past five years. 8.Capabilities: Does your company have the qualified, experienced personnel to provide A-E Services relative to medical facilities? Provide the number of qualified key personnel (architects and engineers), minimum and maximum years of experience and the average years of experience. 9.Capacity: Provide specific details on your current and projected capacity to perform an estimate of two medical facility task orders ranging in value from $100 thousand to $10 million at the same time. Provide information on the magnitude of simultaneous task orders that you can handle. 10.Management: Does your company have the capability to manage A-E Services in a cost effective, timely, and contract conforming manner? Please provide specific examples based on previous projects. 11.Quality: Does your company have experience in providing and maintaining an effective quality control program? Provide examples. 12.Work location: Does your firm have the ability to work anywhere CONUS or OCONUS? Are there any limitations on where you can work?
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