MODIFICATION
C -- Minor Design for new Community Living Center in Reno, NV
- Notice Date
- 2/2/2010
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541310
— Architectural Services
- Contracting Office
- Reno VAMC - Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- VA-261-10-RP-0056
- Response Due
- 2/10/2010
- Archive Date
- 4/11/2010
- Point of Contact
- Margaret NeidighContract Specialist
- E-Mail Address
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Contract Specialist
(margaret.neidigh@va.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Sources Sought Announcement only. The VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System has a need to hire an Architect firm for the design effort to prepare complete construction documents to construct a new building which will house 30 of the facility's Community Living Center (CLC) patients; and construction support services. This design effort shall include complete architectural, structural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, life safety and telecom drawings and specifications. In general the building shall consist of CLC patient rooms with appropriate support spaces for electrical, telecom/data, medical staff, and housekeeping. The design effort shall provide for a 19,000 square foot building to house the staff, building systems, medical equipment, and patients. All aspects of the design shall be in full compliance with evidence-based health care design following the Planetree philosophy and its core components of healing design. The design shall also substantially meet the VA design criteria for a CLC building as listed in VA design guides and manuals which can be found on the web at the VA Office of Facilities Management technical information library - site address; http://www.cfm.va.gov/TILAdditionally, the design effort includes renovation of the patient care areas at the existing CLC in Building 10 from twenty-seven (27) shared patient rooms to thirty (30) private patient rooms with private bathrooms. Further design requires a separated, controlled entrance to the CLC. The entrance shall have capability to control access both electronically, and with a manned security station. At this phase in the procurement process the Department of Veterans Affairs is performing market research to determine if sufficient competition exists in one of the following Socio-economic categories; Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, Veteran-Owned Small Business, Hubzone Small Business, and Small Disadvantage Businesses (8(a)). Interested firms fitting one or more of these Socio-economic categories should send their information by E-mail to Margaret.neidigh@va.gov or by fax to 775-428-6171 no later than 4:30 PM Pacific Time February 10, 2010. Information shall include type of socio-economic category and the firms' location. NOTE: Interested firms shall be located within 150 miles of the VA Medical Center Reno, NV facility. Any company desiring to do business with the Federal Government must be registered at www.ccr.gov. For all the below definitions, the company must meet the small business size standards allocated to the NAICS Code. That code for this procurement is 541310 and the size standard is $4.5 million gross sales/year average over the last three years. Definition. For the Department of Veterans Affairs, "Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern": (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); (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; and (iv) The business has been verified for ownership and control and is so listed in the Vendor Information Pages database, (http://www.VetBiz.gov). (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). Definition. For the Department of Veterans Affairs, "Veteran-owned small business concern"- (1) Means a small business concern- (i) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more 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 veterans; (ii) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more veterans; (iii) The business meets Federal small business size standards for the applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code identified in the solicitation document; and (iv) The business has been verified for ownership and control and is so listed in the Vendor Information Pages database, (http://www.VetBiz.gov). (2) "Veteran" is defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2). FAR 19.1301 General. (a) The Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Act of 1997 (15 U.S.C. 631 note) created the HUBZone Program (sometimes referred to as the "HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program"). (b) The purpose of the HUBZone Program is to provide Federal contracting assistance for qualified small business concerns located in historically underutilized business zones, in an effort to increase employment opportunities, investment, and economic development in those areas Definition. "HUBZone small business concern," means a small business concern that appears on the List of Qualified HUBZone Small Business Concerns maintained by the Small Business Administration. FAR 19.8 "Small disadvantaged business concern" means a small business concern that represents, (1) It has received certification as a small disadvantaged business concern consistent with 13 CFR part 124, Subpart B; (2) No material change in disadvantaged ownership and control has occurred since its certification; (3) Where the concern is owned by one or more individuals, the net worth of each individual upon whom the certification is based does not exceed $750,000 after taking into account the applicable exclusions set forth at 13 CFR 124.104(c)(2); and (4) It is identified, on the date of its representation, as a certified small disadvantaged business in the database maintained by the Small Business Administration (PRO-Net).
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