C1DA--Prevent Legionella and Scalding

USA CONTACT INFORMATION CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 1201 Broad Rock Blvd Richmond VA 23249 POINT OF CONTACT* Contract Specialist Michael Proctor Michael.proctor2@va.gov No telephone inquiries will be accepted ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AGENCY S URL https://www.va.gov/ URL DESCRIPTION Department of Veterans Affairs AGENCY CONTACT S EMAIL ADDRESS Michael.proctor2@va.gov EMAIL DESCRIPTION Michael Proctor, Contract Specialist This request for A-E firm qualifications packages is 100% set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns under VAAR 852.219-73, VA Notice of Total Set-Aside for Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (Jan 2023) (Deviation) THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR SF 330'S ARCHITECT- ENGINEER QUALIFICATION PACKAGES ONLY. PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROCUREMENT OF ARCHITECT-ENGINEERING (A-E) SERVICES: This is a request for Standard Form 330, Architect-Engineer Qualifications only. A-E Services are being procured in accordance with the Selection of Architects and Engineers Statute (Public Law 92-582), formerly known as the Brooks Act, and implemented in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 36.6. All submissions will be evaluated in accordance with the below selection criteria. 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. Any resulting award for the proposed A-E services will be procured under a negotiated Firm-Fixed Price contract. At the time the Request for Proposal is issued, all offerors shall adhere to VAAR 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction. (JAN 2023) (DEVIATION) GENERAL INFORMATION: The Department of Veterans Affairs, Fayetteville Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC), is seeking sources and intends to award a firm fixed-price contract for Architect-Engineering (A-E) firm to provide Schematics, Design Development, Construction Documents, Technical Specifications, Construction Period Services, Site Visits, Cost Estimates, As-Built Documentation, and all other related information for Project # 565-25-151, Prevent Legionella and Scalding located at 2300 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301. The A-E Services listed herein is being procured in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.6 and VAAR 836.6. Potential contractors must be registered in SAM (www.sam.gov) and visible/certified in the SBA certification database at time of submission of their qualifications in order to be considered for an award. As a prospective offeror for this Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set aside, you are verifying your company meets the status requirements of a SDVOSB concern as established by VAAR 852.219-73. The Fayetteville VA Medical Center is a working facility and phasing plans for minimizing downtime, and provisions for continuation of service during outages is critical to this project. Point of Contact: Michael Proctor, Contract Specialist Email: Michael.proctor2@va.gov PROJECT INFORMATION: Project No. 565-25-151 Project Title: Prevent Legionella and Scalding Fayetteville VA Medical Center 2300 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301 The NAICS Code for this procurement is 541330, Engineering Services, and the applicable Small Business Size Standard is $25.5 million annual revenue. The projected award date for the anticipated A-E contract is on or before September 30, 2025. The NAICS code for the anticipated Construction project is projected to be 236220 and magnitude of construction is predicted to be between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000 (VAAR 836.204). The anticipated award date of the construction phase of the project is to be determined (TBD). An Architect & Engineer (A-E) contract will be negotiated for the development of complete construction documents which include working drawings, specifications, reports, and construction period services. The A-E will be given written information; participate in project planning meetings, pre-proposal meeting, and pre-construction meeting as required; communicate with VA personnel via telephone or e-mail; 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. STATEMENT OF TASK/SCOPE OF WORK: I. GENERAL INTENT: This project shall correct known issues as well as investigate and design corrective measures required to ensure prevention of scalding incidents and the prevention of legionella developing in buildings or on this facility as a whole. II. SCOPE OF WORK: Correct old water main dead-end(s) underneath Parking lot #1 stemming from old water tower location. Create Revit model of the facility existing domestic water system (cold and hot) with all valves, devices, tanks, sensors, pumps, back flow preventors, strainers, filters, biocide dosing, sampling ports, etc. Using above model create schedules for all valves and devices. Using above schedules identify labeling requirements for the entire system components and piping. Use the Revit model to put both domestic cold water and domestic hot water systems on the existing facility Building Automation System (BAS). Accomplish all graphics per existing campus standard. Accomplish all BAS programming for tracking flow, temperatures, pumps, valves, etc. Perform trending analysis of the BAS data to identify circumstances where domestic hot water system is not performing per requirements. Develop design to correct item a; design plan to accomplish item c for changing out/installing printing and hanging schedules in all mechanical spaces per design; design plan for item d for a contractor to accomplish all labeling and tagging requirements per schedules/design/BAS; design plan to correct issues identified via trending analysis item f. The design team shall evaluate and document the existing hot and cold domestic water systems. This includes all plumbing [hot and cold] water systems, cooling towers, decorative fountains, humidifiers, and misting systems and all process water systems. Anything fed by or connected to and supplied by domestic water that could link to potable water is the most critical. Design shall address base with options in the concept/development phase. The design team shall provide professional engineering services to perform planning, investigations, surveys, reports, consultations, site visits, design work, preparation of contract drawings and specifications, construction scope of work, construction cost estimates, submittal register, basic outline of a construction schedule. Efforts include concept/developmental drawings, contract drawings, functional layouts, specifications, construction cost estimates, basic estimated construction schedule, submittal register, engineering calculations, and subsequent Construction Period Services. The Design team is responsible for coordinating with the Contracting Officer s Representative (COR) and appropriate VA personnel. Design drawings shall have VA Engineering/Contracting reviews a