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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF MARCH 07, 2013 FBO #4121
DOCUMENT

C -- Correct Inpatient Pharmacy Safety Deficiencies-RFI PROJECT # 630A4-12-411 - Attachment

Notice Date

3/5/2013
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

541310 — Architectural Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office (10N3\NCO);James J. Peters VA Medical Center;130 West Kingsbridge Road;Bronx NY 10468-3904
 

ZIP Code

10468-3904
 

Solicitation Number

VA24313I0570
 

Response Due

3/7/2013
 

Archive Date

6/14/2013
 

Point of Contact

FLORA TAYLOR
 

E-Mail Address

taylor@va.gov<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Veteran-Owned Small Business
 

Description

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. 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. The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a qualified Architect-Engineering (AE) firm to provide Schematics, Design Development, Construction Documents, Technical Specifications, Construction Period Services, Site Visits, Cost Estimates, As-Built Documentation, and all other related information for Project No. 630A4-12-411, Correct Inpatient Pharmacy Safety Deficiencies located in Brooklyn NY VAMC of the Main Hospital, Brooklyn Campus. This procurement is restricted to Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) firms. This requirement is being procured in accordance with the Brooks Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. Applicable NAICS code is 541310 and small business size standard of $7 Million. Magnitude of Construction is between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000.00. This is a 100% Veteran-Owned Small Business Set Aside. The anticipated award date of the proposed A-E Contract is on or before September 30, 2013. Potential contractors must be registered in SAM (www.sam.gov) and visible/certified in Vet Biz (www.vetbiz.gov) at time of submission of their qualifications in order to be considered for an award. As a prospective offeror or bidder for this Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) set aside, you are verifying your company meets the status requirements of a VOSB concern as established by 38 CFR Part 74. NOTE- Offerors are referred to VAAR Clause 852.219-11(c)(1): "Services (except construction) at least 50 percent of personnel for contract performance will be spent for employees of the concern or employees of other eligible service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns". In order to assure compliance with this clause, all firms submitting a SF 330 for this Sources Sought Notice are required to indicate what percentage of the cost of contract performance will be expended by the concerns employees and in which discipline(s) and percentage of cost of contract performance to be expended (and in what disciplines) by any other subcontracted or otherwise used small or large business entity(s). Any subcontracted or otherwise business entity(s) used must be identified by name, office location and size/type of business (i.e. SDVOSB, VOSB, 8(a), large, etc). SCOPE OF SERVICE REQUIRED: I. Scope of Work: Provide all necessary Architect-Engineer (A/E) services for development of construction documents for the above project at New York Harbor Healthcare System-Brooklyn Campus. Develop construction documents, construction period services and site trips. II. Specific Requirements: 1. The A/E shall provide all A/E services necessary for preparation of complete construction documents and construction period services to include submittal reviews, responses to RFI's. The A/E shall be responsible for verification of existing As-Built drawings, preparation of contract drawings & specifications including demolition, architectural, mechanical, electrical and fire suppression drawings for construction, and providing a detailed cost estimate. The design shall provide C.I.H. services (certified industrial hygienist) for preparation of asbestos drawings and specification and asbestos air monitoring. 2. The A/E shall provide construction period services to include submittal review, responses to RFI's, site/visits/inspections and preparation of As-Built drawings from contractor mark-up. 3. The A/E shall incorporate all necessary phasing, noise control, infection control, interim life safety measure as required to implement the construction. 4. A/E shall Provide VA with 3 options schematic layout of the inpatient pharmacy for review and approval: a) Re-utilizing existing inpatient pharmacy on 5th floor and correcting safety deficiencies b) Proposed new location on different floor-6 East c) Proposed expansion of existing inpatient pharmacy on 5th floor 5. Design shall consist of inpatient pharmacy- IV room, stock rooms, chemo room, dispensing area, processing area, etc to comply with VA guideline for inpatient pharmacy. 6. The project design involves installing new plumbing fixtures, new lighting, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection throughout the space. 7. The project design also involves installing new electrical and plumbing fixtures, wiring, conduits, and upgrade of existing HVAC system throughout the space. 8. The project design includes demolition of existing partition walls and installation of new gypsum board walls, new ceilings tiles and ceiling system and new finishes throughout the space. 9. Install new doors and new frames as necessary. 10. AE shall incorporate the service of Multivista Photograph or equivalent to take construction documentation photos - for photographic documentation of the project at 8 Interior Progressions, a Detailed MEP Exact Build, and Finished Exact Build. 11. All contractor employees and subcontractors under this contract or order are required to complete the VA's online security awareness training course and the privacy awareness training course annually. The privacy awareness training requirement may be fulfilled under additional privacy awareness training options. Contractors must provide signed certifications of completion to the COTR during each year of the contract. This requirement is in addition to any other training that may be required of the Contractor and subcontractor(s). The C&A requirements do not apply, and a Security Accreditation Package is not required 12. All work shall conform to VA criteria and regulation. Design shall comply with NFPA 101 Life Safety Code, NFPA 99 Healthcare Facilities Code, VA Fire Protection Design Manual, and current Infection Control standards. III. Industrial Hygienist: The following tasks shall be performed in accordance with VA Design Requirements: 1. Schematic Design a. Task 1 - Inspect project area. b. Task 2 - Sample suspect materials. c. Task 3 - Review sample analysis. d. Task 4 - Submit laboratory analysis. e. Task 5 - Design and specify appropriate technique and approaches to asbestos abatement. f. Task 6 - Review asbestos submittals and provide construction period services during construction. g. Task 7 - Provide air monitoring service during asbestos abatement removal process. IV. All designs shall conform to most recent editions of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code, NFPA 99 Healthcare Facilities Code, National Electric Code (NEC), and VA Fire Protection Design Manual. V. The following must be incorporated into the A/E design: 1. Meeting with VA Engineering Staff to determine the exact functional requirements to be used for the design. 2. Recommendation of various options for the hospital engineers to evaluate. Options should include: completion time, phasing, noise, dust, infection control, construction cost, impact, feasibility and compliance with overall hospital objectives. 3. Providing all necessary site survey work to verify As-Built drawings and field conditions. VI. The A/E shall have all available As-Built drawings (it is the A/E's responsibility to verify the accuracy of said drawing): 1. Mechanical 2. Electrical 3. Architectural 4. Fire Suppression VII. Document reviews - The A/E shall furnish and provide three (3) sets of drawings and specifications and detailed cost estimates at completion stages of 30%, 60% and 100%. Provide six (6) sets of completed contract drawing and specifications for bidding purpose and three (3) copies of 100% detailed cost estimate. 1. Mylars and As-Built drawings: Contract originals shall be prepared on standard VA drawing sheets of mylars using AutoCAD (most recent edition). The A/E shall provide one (1) set of mylars drawings to the VA for record plans at the completion of design. The A/E shall incorporate all of the construction changes to the As-Built drawings at the completion of the construction and the A/E shall turn over the changes in the As-Built drawings to the VA. COST RANGE Estimated Construction Cost Range: $2,000,000.00 to $5,000,000.00 TYPE OF CONTRACT CONTEMPLATED The Department of Veterans Affairs is contemplating awarding a firm fixed price contract. ESTIMATED START AND COMPLETION DATES The Department of Veterans Affairs requires design and contract support services. The estimated start and end dates for the design and start and end dates for the construction are as follows: Design: Upon Award: Start preliminary study upon award Start preliminary schematics 15 calendar days Deliver 1st review material (30% complete) 50 calendar days Review 1st review material (30% complete) 78 calendar days Deliver 2nd review material (60% complete) 106 calendar days Review 2nd review material (60% complete) 134 calendar days Deliver 3rd review material (100% complete) 162 calendar days Review 3rd review material (100% complete) 200 calendar days Deliver final 100% design documents 260 calendar days for bidding purposes Construction: Number of calendar days to complete construction is to be determined by the AE firm after the design is complete. SELECTION CRITERIA The Department of Veterans Affairs shall evaluate each potential contractor in terms of its (1) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services; (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; (3) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time; (4) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; (5) 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; and (6) Acceptability under other appropriate evaluation criteria. LIMITATIONS VA NOTICE OF TOTAL VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (DEC 2009) (a) 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). (b) General. (1) Offers are solicited only from veteran-owned small business concerns. All service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses are also determined to be veteran owned small businesses if they meet the criteria identified in paragraph (a)(1) of this section. Offers received from concerns that are not veteran-owned small business concerns shall not be considered. (2) Any award resulting from this solicitation shall be made to a veteran-owned small business concern. (c) Agreement. A veteran-owned small business concern agrees that in the performance of the contract, in the case of a contract for- (1) Services (except construction), at least 50 percent of the cost of personnel for contract performance will be spent for employees of the concern or employees of other eligible veteran-owned small business concerns; (2) Supplies (other than acquisition from a non-manufacturer of the supplies), at least 50 percent of the cost of manufacturing, excluding the cost of materials, will be performed by the concern or other eligible veteran-owned small business concerns; (3) General construction, at least 15 percent of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel will be spent on the concern's employees or the employees of other eligible veteran-owned small business concerns; or (4) Construction by special trade contractors, at least 25 percent of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel will be spent on the concern's employees or the employees of other eligible veteran-owned small business concerns. (d) A joint venture may be considered a veteran-owned small business concern if: (1) At least one member of the joint venture is a veteran-owned small business concern, and makes the following representations: That it is a veteran-owned small business concern, and that it is a small business concern under the NAICS code assigned to the procurement; (2) Each other concern is small under the size standard corresponding to the NAICS code assigned to the procurement; (3) The joint venture meets the requirements of paragraph 7 of the explanation of Affiliates in 19.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation; and (4) The joint venture meets the requirements of 13 CFR 125.15(b), except that the principal company may be a veteran-owned small business concern or a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern. (e) Any veteran-owned small business concern (non-manufacturer) must meet the requirements in 19.102(f) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation to receive a benefit under this program. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS Qualified Veteran Owned Small Business firms are required to submit two (2) hard copies of the SF 330 (which can be downloaded from www.gsa.gov/forms ) and one (1) Compact Disc (CD) which contains digital copies of the SF 330. All packages shall be submitted no later than 3:00 PM, EST on April 8, 2013. All submittals must be sent to the attention of Flora Taylor (10N3NCO), James J. Peters VA Medical Center, 130 West Kingsbridge Road, Room 9B-62, Bronx, NY 10468-3904. The submission must include an insert detailing the following information: 1. Dun & Bradstreet Number; 2. Tax ID Number; 3. The e-mail address and phone number of the Primary Point of Contact and; 4. A copy of the firms CVE verification as a Veteran Owned Small Business. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for not receiving submissions due to the offeror misaddressing the package or illegibility of the information. NOTE: Any request for assistance with submission or other procedural matters shall be submitted via email only (Carlos.Molina2@va.gov), telephone inquires will not be honored. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. 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.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/BroVANAP/VAMD/VA24313I0570/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA243-13-I-0570 VA243-13-I-0570_1.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=645359&FileName=VA243-13-I-0570-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=645359&FileName=VA243-13-I-0570-000.docx

 

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Place of Performance

Address: New York Harbor HealthCare System-Brooklyn Campus;800 Poly Place;Brooklyn, NY 11209-7104

Zip Code: 11209-7104
 

Record

SN03003803-W 20130307/130305234652-4f238e9e2b61852a9bae2046c559ec5c (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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