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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF AUGUST 16, 2015 FBO #5014
DOCUMENT

C -- A&E Replace Chilled Water Loop RFP/Sources Sought - Request for SF330s - Attachment

Notice Date

8/14/2015
 

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

VA24915R0732
 

Response Due

9/14/2015
 

Archive Date

12/22/2015
 

Point of Contact

Jon Ransom, CO
 

E-Mail Address

nsom@va.gov<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
 

Description

SOURCES SOUGHT: Request for SF330s - Project 626A4-16-203 - "A&E - Replace Chilled Water Loop" at Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS), Alvin C. York VA Medical Center, Murfreesboro, TN. The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking qualified Architectural / Engineering firms that are verified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) to provide design services per the requirements as set forth below: GENERAL SCOPE: The A&E shall provide all necessary architectural and engineering services as required to prepare complete contract drawings, specifications, technical reports, and cost estimates, including construction period services for "Replace Chilled Water Loop" at the TVHS, Murfreesboro Campus, 3400 Lebanon Road, Murfreesboro, TN 37129. This project will replace failing chilled water piping and valves across campus. Design work includes but not limited to professional design services of Mechanical, Civil and Electrical Engineers. Construction work includes but is not limited to architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing & civil. STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES: It is the intent of the Department of Veterans Affairs to have the A&E fully survey, investigate and document the existing space and utility systems in order to gain the knowledge and insight necessary to prepare quality, accurate construction documents in a professional and competent manner. The project objectives are as follows: A.Properly size and redesign underground chilled water supply and return piping from chiller plant to buildings including loop and underground feed piping. B.Properly size and redesign condenser piping form cooling towers to chiller plant. C.Properly size and redesign underground chilled water building feed and riser supply and return piping. D.Add chilled water supply and return piping from loop to feed buildings 10, 11, & 17 and investigate other possible buildings with Life Cycle cost analysis. E.Replace constant volume pumps in various buildings with variable flow pumps. F.Redesign buildings with simplex chilled water pump to duplex systems. G.Replace building main shut off valves, control valves, strainers, balancing valves, three-way valves, etc. H.Energy conservation is a key objective of this project. Address insulation, pump efficiencies, variable flow pumps, loop energy performance optimizations and coordination with Chiller Plant optimization system. I.Design chilled water loop optimization controls. OTHER REQUIREMENTS: The construction cost range is between $2,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. The Engineering firm must be located within a 600 mile driving distance of the TVHS VA Medical Center located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Determination of mileage eligibility will be based on Google Maps at: https://maps.google.com/. This is a 100% SDVOSB set-aside project. The firm shall be registered in SAM at https://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM and CVE verified in VET-BIZ at http://www.vetbiz.gov/ as an SDVOSB firm under NAICS code 541330 (Engineering Services) and be capable of providing design engineering services including, but not limited to the Scope of project as noted above. The small business size standard for this NAICS code 541330 is 15.0 Million. Only the A&E Firms responding to this announcement by submitting an SF330 package on time will be considered for initial evaluation. Following initial evaluation of the A&E firm and their SF330s, a minimum of three firms will be selected for interviews, and a solicitation for a price proposal will be sent to the highest technically rated A&E firm to provide the type of services required. EVALUATION FACTORS: Note: Failure to address all evaluation factors in sufficient detail may result in a lower overall rating. 1.Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required service. 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 general geographical area of the projects and knowledge of the locality of the project; provided, that application of the criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms, given the nature and size of the project. 6.Reputation and standing of the firm and its principal officials with respect to professional performance, general management, and cooperativeness. 7.Record of significant claims against the firm because of improper or incomplete architectural and engineering services. 8.Specific experience and qualifications of personnel proposed for assignment to the project and their record of working together as a team. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested firms shall submit their current SF330s via email to contracting officer Jon Ransom at jon.ransom@va.gov with the subject line "Project 626A4-16-203 - A&E - Replace Chilled Water Loop" and company name. Maximum email file size is 5MB. Acceptable formats are in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or PDF type files. No ZIP files can be accepted due to security concerns. You are required to email your responses by 2:00 PM Central Time on Monday, September 14, 2015. No other submission formats will be accepted. Phone calls will NOT be accepted. PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE WILL BE ISSUED UNTIL AFTER AN EVALUATION HAS BEEN MADE ON THE PROVIDED SF330s. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK FOR ANY AMENDMENTS TO THIS PRE-SOLICITATION REQUEST FOR SF330s AT THE FEDBIZOPPS WEBSITE AT: www.fbo.gov. TIMELY SUBMISSIONS: 1.Late submission of SF330s 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. 2.Please see FAR 15.207(c) for a description of the steps the Government shall take with regard to unreadable submissions. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Submitting A&E firms 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. A&E firms must be both VISIBLE and VERIFIED by the Department of Veteran Affairs Center for Veterans Enterprises at the time of submission of SF330s. Failure to be both VERIFIED by CVE and VISIBLE on VetBiz at the time of submission of SF330 will result in the offeror's submission being deemed non-responsive. All A&E firms 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. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this request for information. END
 

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Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA249-15-R-0732 VA249-15-R-0732.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2254625&FileName=VA249-15-R-0732-000.docx)

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Record

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