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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF APRIL 29, 2015 FBO #4904
DOCUMENT

C -- A/E - Legionella Plumbing Schematic and Controls Review - Attachment

Notice Date

4/27/2015
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

541330 — Engineering Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office 9;1639 Medical Center Parkway;Suite 400;Murfreesboro TN 37129
 

ZIP Code

37129
 

Solicitation Number

VA24915R0447
 

Response Due

5/27/2015
 

Archive Date

9/3/2015
 

Point of Contact

Craig S. Ziegemeier
 

E-Mail Address

edical
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
 

Description

1.Introduction: This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice for project number 621-15-139 that requires Architect/Engineering (A/E) Design Services for a Legionella Plumbing Schematic and Controls Review at the James H. Quillen VAMC, Mountain Home, TN. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE WILL BE ISSUED UNTIL AFTER AN EVALUATION HAS BEEN MADE ON THE PROVIDED SF-330s. The A&E Services contract that is anticipated to be awarded will be procured in accordance with the Brooks Act (Public Law 92- 582), Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 36.6 and VA Acquisition Regulation 836.6 2.Description: The James H. Quillen VA Medical Center is seeking professional architect/engineering firms to design a legionella plumbing schematic and controls review for Buildings 160, 162, and 200 on the James H. Quillen VAMC campus. The project and data must coordinate with a previous project, Water Safety Management/Legionella Prevention Plan, for critical data and information. This project will conduct an initial water systems inventory review of the aforementioned buildings in order to determine compliance with the existing Legionella Policy, Legionella Plan, and VA guidelines where all violations are to be photographed and diagramed. Additionally, the A&E work shall include, but is not limited to: a building plan drawing showing possible sources of contamination; creation of schematic diagrams of the building distribution of domestic water systems; schematic diagrams of building conditioning systems and any other water or steam based systems excluding fire suppression; and an identification of any infrastructure improvement projects needed to eliminate and/or reduce hazards related to growth of Legionella. 3.All offerors are advised that in accordance with VAAR 836.606-73 the total cost of the architect or engineer services contracted for must not exceed 6 percent of the estimated cost of the construction project plus any fees for related services and activities. Additionally, FAR Clause 52.236-2 (c) - Design Within Funding Limitation, will be applicable to this procurement action. Design limitation costs will be provided to the most highly rated AE firm selected to complete the design. 4.Interested firms should submit their current SF-330 to craig.ziegemeier@va.gov. The SF-330s are due on May 27, 2015 at 1:00 PM (CST). Use the following instructions for submitting your SF-330. 5.Electronic Submission Requirements: Unless paper offers are specifically authorized in an individual solicitation, all responses to solicitations must be submitted electronically as described below. Responses submitted in a paper form are unacceptable and will be returned. Failure to comply with this requirement may jeopardize the possibility of receiving an award for the contract due to noncompliance with the terms of the solicitation. You must submit your electronic offer, and any supplemental information (such as spreadsheets, backup data, technical information), using any of the electronic formats and media described below. Additionally, contractors are notified of the award via an electronic Notice of Award e-mail. The award document will be attached to the Notice of Award e-mail. a.Acceptable Electronic Formats (Software) for Submission of Offers i.Files readable using the current Microsoft* Office version Products: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Please see security note below for caution regarding use of macros. When submitting construction drawings contractors are required to submit one set in AutoCAD and one set in Adobe PDF. (purpose: contracting can open the PDF version and engineering can open AutoCAD files); ii.Files in Adobe* PDF (Portable Document Format) Files: When scanning documents scanner resolution should be set to 200 dots per inch, or greater; iii.Other electronic format. If you wish to submit an offer using another format other than described in these instructions, e-mail the Contracting Officer who issued the solicitation. Please submit your request at least ten (10) calendar days before the scheduled closing date of the solicitation. Request a decision as to the format acceptability and make sure you receive approval of the alternate format before using it to send your offer; and iv.Please note that we can no longer accept.zip files due to increasing security concerns. b.E-mail Submission Procedures: For simplicity in this guidance, all submissions in response to a solicitation will be referred to as offers. i.Subject Line: Include the solicitation number, name of company, and closing date of solicitation; ii.Size: Maximum size of the e-mail message shall not exceed five (5) megabytes. Only one email is permitted unless otherwise stated in this paragraph or in writing by a Contracting Officer; and iii.The offer will be date and time stamped by the Microsoft Email system and will be the official record of receipt for the submission. 6.Security Issues, Late Bids, Unreadable Offers a.Late submission of offers are outlined at FAR Parts 52.212-1(f), 52.214-7, and 52.215-1(c) (3). Particular attention is warranted to the portion of the provision that relates to the timing of submission. b.Please see FAR 15.207(c) for a description of the steps the Government shall take with regard to unreadable offers. c.To avoid rejection of an offer, vendors must make every effort to ensure their electronic submission is virus-free. Submissions or portions thereof submitted and which the automatic system detects the presence of a virus or which are otherwise unreadable will be treated as "unreadable" pursuant to FAR Parts 14.406 and FAR 15.207(c ). d.The virus scanning software used by our e-mail systems cannot always distinguish a macro from a virus. Therefore, sending a macro embedded in an e-mail message or an e-mail attachment may cause the e-mail offer to be quarantined. You may send both the spreadsheet and the spreadsheet saved in PDF format to ensure that your proposal is readable. e.Password protecting your offer is not permitted. The Contracting Officer will file the offer electronically which will allow access only by designated individuals. Important Notice: Apparent successful offerors must apply for and receive verification from the Department of Veteran Affairs Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE) in accordance with 38 CFR Part 74 and VAAR 819.70 by submission of documentation of Veteran status, ownership and control sufficient to establish appropriate status, offerors must be both VISIBLE and VERIFIED by the Department of Veteran Affairs Center for Veterans Enterprises at the time of submission of proposal. Failure to be both VERIFIED by CVE and VISIBLE on VetBiz at the time of proposal submission will result in the offeror's proposal being deemed non-responsive. All offerors are urged to contact the CVE and submit the aforementioned required documents to obtain CVE verification of their SDVOSB status if they have not already done so. 7.All SF-330s will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation criteria. A "short list" of three or more firms deemed most highly rated after initial source selection will be chosen for interviews. Those firms that do not rank in the short list will be notified of their exclusion from further competition. 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. Firms will be selected based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. The estimated magnitude for construction (not design) of this project is between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000. However, it is anticipated there will not be a construction requirement for this project being that only legionella water mapping of three buildings and the identification of items that need to be resolved per VA Directive 1061 need to be accomplished via this project only. a.Contract Award Procedure: Before a small business is proposed as a potential contractor, they must be certified by VETbiz and registered in the System For Award Management (SAM) database. Register via the SAM internet site at www.sam.gov Failure of a proposed SDVOSB to be certified by the CVE at the time the SF 330 is submitted shall result in elimination from consideration as a proposed contractor. The proposed services will be obtained by a Negotiated Firm-Fixed Price Contract. b.The review/design of architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, civil, or other engineering features of the work shall be accomplished by architects or engineers registered in a State or possession of the United States, or in Puerto Rico or in the District of Columbia. c.The project drawings/design shall be in compliance with applicable standards and codes described in VA Program Guides and design materials. Master Construction Specifications Index, VA Construction Standards Index, VA Standards Index, and Criteria are available in the Technical Information Library (TIL) on VA Website address: http://www.cfm.va.gov/til/. 8.The awarded A/E firm will prepare drawings and specifications in sufficient detail such that qualified outside General Contracting companies can prepare accurate and timely proposals for the desired work. The awarded A/E firm is responsible for ensuring that the specifications and drawings supplied fully represent all of the work described in the Request for Proposal (RFP). The Medical Center must remain operational throughout the construction period and a detailed sequence of work will be provided by the A/E to minimize impact of the construction. The NAICS code for this project is 541330 with a small business size of $15 million. The SF-330 can be downloaded through the GSA Forms Library at: http://www.gsa.gov/portal/forms/type/TOP, type in SF-330 in the "Find a Form" block and click on search. 9.SELECTION CRITERIA: Selection criteria for this acquisition are listed below in descending order of importance. a.Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services; b.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; c.Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time; d.Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; e.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; f.Reputation and standing of the firm and its principal officials with respect to professional performance, general management, and cooperativeness; g.Record of significant claims against the firm because of improper or incomplete architectural and engineering services; and h.Specific experience and qualifications of personnel proposed for assignment to the project and their record of working together as a team. 10.THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. This is a request for SF 330's Architect/Engineer Qualifications packages only. Any requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. No material will be issued and no solicitation package or bidder/plan holder list will be issued. A solicitation will only be issued to the most highly qualified vendor. 11.Point of Contact : a.Craig Ziegemeier b.(615) 225-6409 c.E-mail questions to: Craig.Ziegemeier@va.gov.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/NaVAMC/VAMCCO80220/VA24915R0447/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA249-15-R-0447 VA249-15-R-0447.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2008676&FileName=VA249-15-R-0447-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2008676&FileName=VA249-15-R-0447-000.docx

 

Note: If links are broken, refer to Point of Contact above or contact the FBO Help Desk at 877-472-3779.
 

Place of Performance

Address: James H. Quillen VA Medical Center;809 Lamont St;Mountain Home, Tennessee

Zip Code: 37684
 

Record

SN03711421-W 20150429/150427234510-dcfa8e81063c5aa0e8ba87de18cc6f2d (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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