C1DZ--AE Upgrade Nurse Call System 538-26-201 - VAMC Chillicothe

negotiations will commence in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Subpart 36.202. The anticipated A/E design services, to be awarded, will be procured in accordance with the Selection of Architects and Engineers Act (Public Law 92- 582), FAR RFO Subpart 36.202, and VA Acquisition Regulation Subpart 836.6. 2. DESCRIPTION: The objective of this project is to provide A/E services in support of Upgrade Nurse Call System [538-26-201] at Chillicothe VA Medical Center. Period of Performance: 330 Calendar Days after Contractor s receipt of Notice to Proceed Estimated Magnitude of Construction: Between $500,000 and $1,000,000 Contract Type: Firm-Fixed-Price NAICS Code: 541310 Business Size Standard: $12.5 Million 3. SBA Certification & SAM: At the time of offers/quotes (SF330 submission), and at the time of award of any contract, the offeror must represent to the contracting officer that it is a (1) SDVOSB eligible firm; (2) Small business concern under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to the acquisition; and (3) Certified SDVOSB/VOSB listed in the SBA certification database - https://search.certifications.sba.gov/ If registration is required, visit https://www.sba.gov/ to register. Additionally, all eligible firms must be registered and current in the System for Award Management (SAM) database to be evaluated and eligible for contract award. If the firm is not registered in SAM, you may register online at https://www.sam.gov. THE EXCLUDED PARTIES LIST SYSTEM (EPLS): To ensure that the individuals providing services under the contract have not engaged in fraud or abuse regarding Sections 1128 and 1128A of the Social Security Act regarding federal health care programs, the contractor is required to check the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) located at www.sam.gov for each person providing services under this contract. Further the contractor is required to certify that all persons listed in the qualifications package have been compared against the EPLS list and are NOT listed. During the performance of this contract the Contractor is prohibited from using any individual or business listed on the List of Excluded Individuals/Entities. E-VERIFY SYSTEM: Companies awarded a contract with the federal government shall be required to enroll in E-Verify within 30 days of the contract award date. They shall also need to begin using the E-Verify system to confirm that all of their new hires and their employees directly working on federal contracts are authorized to legally work in the United States. E-Verify is an Internet-based system that allows an employer, using information reported on an employee's Form I-9, to determine the eligibility of that employee to work in the United States. There is no charge to employers to use E-Verify. (FAR 52.222-54) 4. EVALUATION FACTORS: The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government. Firms responding to this notice shall do so using Standard Form (SF-330) and will be evaluated and ranked using the selection criteria listed below. The evaluation factors are to be addressed in Part H of the SF-330 unless otherwise listed below. The evaluation will consider how each factor is addressed to coincide with the selection criteria. The factors are individually weighted as indicated. SF-330 responses shall be no longer than 35 standard 8.5 x11 pages; SF-330 Part II and Past Performance documents such as CPARS are excluded from the page limitation. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services (15% weighting) Specific experience and qualifications of personnel proposed for assignment to the contract and their record of working together as a team. (20% weighting) Firm s Capacity (15% weighting) Past Performance (15% weighting) Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project (10% weighting) Construction Period Services (15% weighting) The extent to which potential contractors identify and commit to the use of service-disabled Veteran-owned small businesses, Veteran-owned small businesses, and other types of small businesses as subcontractors. (10% weighting) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services (weighting 15%) All key personnel listed below for whom resumes shall be provided are the minimum required and shall be shown on an organizational chart. Personnel may fill multiple roles if qualified. All architects and engineers performing work on this project are required to be licensed, registered or certified by a US State, the District of Columbia or a US territory. Personnel shall provide professional license jurisdiction of issue and license numbers and/or proof of licensure. Any additional staff beyond the below minimum key personnel being made available for work shall also be indicated on the chart. Proposed team member experience shall be relevant within the last three (3) years. Personnel Qualifications and Experience as required by this criterion shall be located in Section E Resumes of Key Personnel. Organizational Chart shall be located in Section D Organizational Chart. One (1) Professional Engineer or Licensed Architect with experience in: Healthcare Facility Design and Construction Government Project Management Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) One (1) Nurse Call System Service Technician: Familiar with Ascom Nurse Call Systems Familiar with Chillicothe VAMC Nurse Call Infrastructure One (1) Electrical Engineer One (1) Registered Communications Distribution Designer Specific experience and qualifications of personnel proposed for assignment to the contract and their record of working together as a team (weighting 20%) Include specialized experience and technical competence with healthcare related designs. Demonstrate successful completion of at five (5) separate designs, three (3) of which have entered construction period services. List completion dates for professional services and/or construction for all projects. If completion dates are not available, provide a status update that includes a brief description of the project, including scope, size, cost, principal elements, special features, and relevance of the example project to this contract. Firm Experience as required by this criterion shall be located in Section F Example Projects. Federal Government CPARS may also be considered, in conjunction. Include specialized experience and technical competence with healthcare-related designs. All projects provided in the SF-330 must involve some effort or contribution from the prime firm (or former firm names as listed in Part II General Qualifications). Include no more than five (5) Government and/or private experience projects completed within the past eight (8) years that best illustrate specialized experience as listed above, with at least 95% of the design completed. Include at least three (3) of these projects having entered Construction Period Services. Firm s capacity (weighting 15%) Describe the firm s ability to accomplish the work in the required time, including existing workload from all private and pub