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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF JUNE 25, 2016 FBO #5328
DOCUMENT

C -- Project 546-16-105 Correction To Sanitary Mains Bldg 1 - Attachment

Notice Date

6/23/2016
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

541330 — Engineering Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office 8 (NCO 8);8875 Hidden River Pkwy Suite 525;Tampa FL 33637
 

ZIP Code

33637
 

Solicitation Number

VA24816R0525
 

Response Due

7/26/2016
 

Archive Date

10/24/2016
 

Point of Contact

Melissa Keene, Contracting Officer
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
 

Description

Contracting Office: Department of Veterans Affairs, Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center, Miami, Florida THERE IS NO RFP PACKAGE TO DOWNLOAD. ALL INFORMATION NEEDED TO SUBMIT SF 330 DOCUMENTS IS CONTAINED HEREIN. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. Point of contact: Melissa Keene, Contracting Officer PH: 813-631-2811 Email:Melissa.keene2@va.gov. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center, Miami, Florida is soliciting and intends to award a firm fixed-price contract for Architect/Engineering services to an A/E firm for the development of complete construction documents for Project 546-16-105, Corrections to Sanitary Mains Building 1- MVAHS. The A&E will be given written information; participate in project planning meetings, pre-bid meetings, and pre-construction meetings as required; communicate with VA personnel via telephone or letter; and is expected to coordinate so that the final documents include all requirements in accordance with industry standard practices, VA standards, VA design manuals, and review comments. The Miami VA Medical Center is a working facility and phasing plans, minimizing downtime, and provisions for continuation of service during outages is critical to this project. Construction magnitude is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. Design period of performance is estimated at 165 Days. Period of performance for construction period of services could extend more than 12 months. Federal Acquisitions Regulations (FAR) 36.6 (Brooks Act) selection procedures apply. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 541330 and the annual small business size standard is $15M. Firms design or prepare specifications in conjunction with this contract are prohibited from participating on any future contracts based on those documents. This limitation also applies to subsidiaries/affiliates of the firm. This is a 100% Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Set-Aside. Description: This project will address the facility existing sanitary and sewer systems at Building 1 MVAHS. The A/E afterwards will provide a design that will correct all found sanitary and sewer systems malfunction. The design of this project will address, but will not be limited to, the following items: 1.Design a complete new Sanitary and Sewer System including main sanitary line to building. Drawings will be in Auto Cad files on CD and ANSI B (11 x 17) size. 2.Provide design of demolition of all existing sanitary and sewer system. 3.Perform design calculations for new sanitary and sewer system. 4.Provide emergency power for critical pumps. 5.All deficiencies discovered will be reported along with a proposed solution to correct the deficiencies during the design phase. 6.The Sanitary/Sewer systems design analysis shall be performed per NFPA and VA standards. 7.The MVAHS will provide all available existing Sanitary System and Sewer system information with a recent completed Sanitary Survey Study of building 1 to A/E firm. 8.The A/E shall take into consideration all necessary life safety measures and infection control as well as hospital flow when designing the construction phases. A justification shall be provided. 9.Provide a construction estimate of all design work. 10.The A/E shall be responsible for physically identifying existing Sanitary and Sewer system and equipment location. 11.A/E shall comply with all NFPA, Plumbing Codes and VA standards Codes that apply for new Sanitary/Sewer systems installations. 12.All walls or slab penetrations for new work shall comply with latest NFPA Codes. 13.A/E design team shall include temporary solutions to support continuity to Sanitary/Sewer system in Building 1 as part of the design construction estimate. 14.The following is a list of some areas and equipment that may need to be evaluated by and included in Scope of Work: Building 1- Main Sanitary and Sewer incoming line. Building 1- Sanitary and Sewer lines. 15.Some of this activities will require shut downs. Shut down will be coordinated with the MVAHS Engineering Department. The detailed project design should begin with the above-mentioned intense on-site physical survey and collection of previous project data. All designs shall incorporate all architectural and engineering disciplines necessary to provide a complete and functional design. Designs shall be in accordance with all applicable requirements of NFPA, EPA, ANSI, OSHA, National Plumbing Code, National Electric Code, ASHRAE, National Safety Code, VA Specifications, VA Construction Standards, VA Design Handbooks, etc. and all applicable local, state, and Federal regulations and standards. Existing drawings will be made available to the A&E; however, their accuracy shall be field verified by the A&E and all consulting firms as part of investigative services. The A&E will be required to perform all necessary site survey work such as verifying record drawings. The following investigative work shall be included within the scope of this project: 1. Provide all Engineer investigative work for application to this project including but not limited to Sanitary/Sewer Design system, electrical testing, structural analysis and any other test or study required to complete this project. Verify existing conditions to insure the accuracy of your design, and verify location of underground utilities prior to necessary excavations. 2. Field verify VA furnished drawings to insure A&E design is accurate. It is the A&E's responsibility to determine existing conditions and to base the design on this information. 3. Materials to be furnished to the A&E by the VA - The following shall be Furnished to the A&E upon request: a. VA Engineering Service will provide the A&E with all applicable drawings for the project. The accuracy of the paper copies of Drawings is not guaranteed and shall be used only for general information. Actual conditions must be field verified by the A&E and all consulting firms. The A&E will then make copies of these drawings at the VA using VA equipment. b. All VA standards, specifications, Space Planning Criteria, Equipment & Design Guides List and design submission guidelines can be obtained by accessing the World Wide Web at the following address: http://www.cfm.va.gov/TIL/ SELECTION CRITERIA: Selection will be based on the following criteria which are numbered in descending order of importance: 1)Professional Qualifications necessary for the satisfactory performance of required services (in-house and/or consultants(s)) 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. In addition, the firm must have experience in complex sanitary systems in a healthcare facility. (Include Government and private Experience) 3)Capacity to accomplish 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 project and knowledge of the locality of the project. "It is expected that your SF330 submittal will show your knowledge of the locality of the project and that your proximity to the general geographical area enables you to respond to emergency calls in person within 24 hours if awarded the contract. 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. Experience with/on sanitary projects will be rated higher. 9)The selected A/E should have previous experience in the design of renovation within Medical Facilities. The A/E must provide documentation of at least two designs of renovations within Medical Facilities with references, names, and phone numbers with their SF330. SUBMISSION CRITERIA/REQUIREMENTS: SF 330s will be evaluated to determine the most highly qualified firm based on the criteria responses. Evaluating past performance and experience may include information provided by the firm, customer inquiries, Government databases, and publicly available sources. Failure to provide requested data, accessible points of contact or valid phone numbers could result in a firm being considered less qualified. All projects provided in the SF330 must be completed by the office/branch/individual team member actually performing the work under this contract. Projects not performed by the office/branch/individual team member will be excluded from evaluation consideration. The SF 330 is limited to 100 single-sided pages. Minimum font size is 10 point. Additionally, the submission must include an insert detailing the following information: 1. Cage Code 2. Dun & Bradstreet Number 3. Tax ID Number 4. The E-mail address and Phone number of the Primary Point of Contact 5. A copy of the firms VetBiz Registry Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit (1) electronic SF 330 and attachments (if any) no later than 1:00 PM, EST on July 26, 2016. All SF330 submittals and questions must be sent electronically to the attention of Melissa Keene, Contract Specialist at Melissa.keene2@va.gov. When submitting SF330s, if more than one email is sent, please number emails in Subjects as "1 of n". Submittals received after this date and time will not be considered. Firms not providing the required information may be negatively evaluated. Facsimile submittals will not be accepted. All information must be included in the SF330. Cover letter and excess number of pages will be excluded from the evaluation process. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This is a 100% Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Set Aside. Potential contractors must be 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 Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), you are verifying your company meets the status requirements of a SDVOSB concern as established by 38 CFR Part 74. Submitting firms themselves and/or submitting firms intending to use SDVOSB and/or VOSB during contract performance are reminded such firms must be registered on Vetbiz and CVE Verified prior to award. Further, the service connected veterans (SDVOSB)/veterans must manage and control the daily operations of the firm, or in the case of a service-disabled veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent caregiver of such veteran. At least 50% of the cost of personnel for contract performance of the SDVOSB will be spent for employees of the SDVOSB itself or other eligible SDVOSB concerns. In order to assure compliance with FAR Clause 52.219-14(b) (1) Limitations on Subcontracting, 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). Site visits will not be arranged during this period. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. ALL INFORMATION NEEDED TO SUBMIT SF330 DOCUMENTS IS CONTAINED HEREIN. NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE, TECHNICAL INFORMATION, OR BIDDER/PLAN HOLDER LIST WILL BE ISSUED. It is the offeror's responsibility to check the Federal Business Opportunities website at: www.fbo.gov for any revisions to this announcement before submission of your SF330s.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/TaVAMC673/TaVAMC673/VA24816R0525/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA248-16-R-0525 VA248-16-R-0525.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2825522&FileName=VA248-16-R-0525-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2825522&FileName=VA248-16-R-0525-000.docx

 

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Place of Performance

Address: Miami VA Medical Center

Zip Code: 33125
 

Record

SN04159624-W 20160625/160623234550-c8a6b2ee6f158b3273dbb0898cf71e04 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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