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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 22, 2014 FBO #4746
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C -- Design New Emergency Department Addition - Attachment

Notice Date

11/20/2014
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

541310 — Architectural Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs Syracuse;800 Irving Ave;Syracuse NY 13210
 

ZIP Code

13210
 

Solicitation Number

VA52815R0024
 

Response Due

12/18/2014
 

Archive Date

3/27/2015
 

Point of Contact

Sandra L Fisher
 

E-Mail Address

25-4694<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
 

Description

VA intends to award an Architect/Engineer contract for complete design services (preliminary concepts and layouts, program development, investigative services, preparation of contract drawings and specifications, cost estimating services, and construction period services) to Build a NEW Emergency Room Department at Albany Medical Center, Project# 528A8-15-809. This is a 100% total service disabled veteran owned small business set aside. This contract includes design and construction period services for a new maximum 13,300 gross square foot addition to the main hospital at grade level. The new addition will contain an approximately 9800 net square foot new Emergency Department, with a connecting corridor back to the main hospital core. Includes 14 specialty treatment rooms, dedicated x-ray, dedicated CT, pneumatic transport system, For any proposed connection to existing utility systems, the A/E shall analyze the existing utility systems to verify there are sufficient resources to supply the new addition. The project will include site renovations to provide separate entrances and routing for ambulance arrivals and walk-in patients. The design shall follow the VA Physical Security manual requirements for mission-critical facilities. A design was completed for this project in 2012, but the footprint must be reduced and the engineering redone to meet approved limits. This design contract shall use this design as a starting point; all design documents will be shared after contract award. Detailed cost estimates performed by a professional cost estimator are required at each design stage in order to ensure the final design estimate does not exceed the funding limit. Services shall include, multi-disciplinary investigative services, initial conceptual drawings, attending required design/review meetings, preparation of contract drawings and specifications, cost estimating services, and construction period services which shall include final punch list compilation and as-built drawings. Deliverables being provided to the VA will include initial conceptual drawings, 35%, 65%, 95%, and 100% drawings and specifications for review and approval, and 100% construction documents provided in multiple sized copies. The intent is for the design to occur during FY2015 with construction in late FY2015 or early FY2016. The following evaluation factors will be used when reviewing submitted SF 330 data and will comprise the basis of information to be used by VAMC Syracuse for A/E evaluation and selection. The evaluation factors are shown below in descending order of importance (highest importance at the top). Firms responding are strongly urged to include information following the exact format requested in the SF330. Providing appendixes or directing reviewer to go to different sections in the SF330 to search for information in individual sections is not recommended. The entire SF330 package must be submitted in a single PDF document 6MB or less. 1. Professional Qualification of the Team: Certificate of authorization to work in New York State Current SDVOSB certification Current Professional certifications and or licenses for whom will be stamping the drawings. Current resumes of the following people at a minimum and include a short narrative of what each of the above roles will be in this contract 1)SDVOSB Principal owner 2)Project Manager 3)Architect 4)Mechanical Engineer 5)Electrical Engineer 6)Fire Protection Engineer 7)Interior Designer 8)Structural Engineer 9)Civil Engineer II. Specialized Experience of the Team Proposed a.Planning and designing a modern Emergency Department to accommodate individual patient exam rooms; specialty rooms for women and for patients with mental health, security, decontamination and bariatric issues; and xray and CT services. b.Design methodology for space planning of patient treatment rooms including specialty rooms, decontamination and isolation area, reception area, triage, staff and administrative areas, xray and CT suite, and nurse stations with unobstructed visual lines of observation to each patient area. c.Design methodology for structural design, including the required blast protection from the VA Physical Security Manual for Mission Critical facilities. d.Experience in cost estimating projects of similar size and complexity in the current local market. e.Design methodology for promoting patient calm and well-being in a high stress environment. f.Experience with environmental systems for providing a stable constant environment while maintaining infection-prevention protocols. III. Past Experience of Proposed Team Present five projects of similar scope and magnitude for VA Medical Facilities, Department of Defense (DOD) Healthcare facilities, U.S. Federal Government Healthcare Facilities, State or Municipal Healthcare Facilities. All project experience submitted must include a short narrative of the scope of the job, lessons learned during design and construction by principals who will be involved with this design. IV. Proposed Management Plan and Design Approach a.If firm is partnering with one or more Engineering Firms, describe the experiences those firms bring into the design, present how long the firms have been working together and on what types of projects, and describe the communications methods used to ensure collaborative teamwork. b.Provide a narrative of how your firm will approach a project of this magnitude. Talk us through from initial contract award to 100% design. c.Describe why the team is constructed as it is and describe benefits of such an organization. d.Describe role of team in construction period services. e.Describe how prime SDVOSB firm will accomplish 50% of the required work. V. Location in the Geographic Area Proximity location will be taken from Vetbiz registration location to 113 Holland Ave. and must be within 250 mile radius. Provide knowledge of the locality of the project and local market conditions. VI. Project Control a.Provide a proposed Plan to accomplish the work in the required time of 12 months after NTP is issued. b.Provide a proposed Plan to ensure the design is kept strictly within the budget. VII. Estimating Effectiveness & Project Control a.Provide 5 recent projects estimated for VA Medical Facilities and other Healthcare Facilities. Include final estimate, construction bid award amount, and % amount of change notices based on initial bid award. If estimating will be done by a third party firm, explain why the prime designing firm is not doing their own estimate. VII. Insurance and Litigation: Identify the type and amounts of liability insurance carried and who the provider is. Identify litigation involvement over the past five years with resulting outcome. All Standard Form 330s must comply with several restrictions. Any Standard Form 330 that does not comply with these requirements will be discarded without review. The restrictions for the Standard Form 330s are as follows: All Standard Form 330s are to be typed in Times New Roman Font no smaller than point 12 font size with margins of no less than one (1) inch on all sides. In page limits discussion, one (1) page refers to one side of a typed page. Section D - Organizational Chart of Proposed Team 1.Limit of one page for this section Section E - Resumes of Key Personnel Proposed for this Contract 1.Limit of one page per resume 2.Limit of requested resumes TOTAL Section F - Example Projects Which Best Illustrate Proposed Team's Qualifications for this Contract 1.Limit of one page per project 2.Limit of 5 projects total Section H - Additional Information 1.Include Proposed Management Plan and Approach 2.Include discussion of the following evaluation factors: a.Location b.Capacity c.Estimating Effectiveness d.Project Control e.Awards and Recommendations f.Insurance and Litigation 3.Overall limit of five (5) pages for this section Standard Form 330s with appropriate data for this project must be submitted ELECTRONICALLY. THERE WILL BE NO HARD COPIES SUBMITTED. They must be submitted to the Contracting Officer no later than 18 Dec 2014 by 12:30 P.M. EST. The overall size of the file cannot exceed 6MB; if additional space is required, divide the file into segments with each file size less than 6MB. No more than the first 2 files at 6MB each will be considered. Electronic copies must be sent to Sandra.fisher3@va.gov by the due date/time listed above. It is anticipated discussions will be conducted in Jan 2015. This is not a request for proposal. NAICS 541310 applies. Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small business size for this NAICS is $7.0 million. Construction cost estimate is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00.
 

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Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA528-15-R-0024 VA528-15-R-0024_1.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1738475&FileName=VA528-15-R-0024-001.docx)

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