C1DA--589-26-144, Prepare Site for High Cost Medical Equipment RFIR

ions for the required work. This procurement is restricted to Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) firms. This requirement is being procured in accordance with FAR Subpart 36.6. This is not a Request for Proposal and an award will not be made with this announcement. This announcement is a request for SF 330 s from qualified Architectural and Engineer (A&E) contractors that meet the professional requirements. The selection criteria for this acquisition will be in accordance with FAR 36.602-1 and are listed below. All factors are listed in descending order of importance. The completed SF 330 will be evaluated by the Kansas City VA Medical Center Evaluation Board in accordance with FAR 36.602-3 and the selection report shall serve as the final selection list, which will be provided directly to the Contracting Officer. 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. Award of any resultant contract is contingent upon the availability of funds. No solicitation document is available and no other information pertaining to project scope, etc. is available at this time. Any request for assistance with submission or other procedural matters shall be submitted to via e-mail to: Matthew.Finley@va.gov . Personal visits to discuss this announcement will not be allowed. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 541330 Engineering Services and small business size standard of $25.5 M. Award of a Firm Fixed Price contract is anticipated. Anticipated time for completion of design is approximately 150 calendar days including time for VA reviews. The A/E firm shall also be required to perform construction services if award of a construction project contract is made. In accordance with FAR 36.204 and VAAR 836.204, the estimated magnitude of the construction project being designed is anticipated to be between $500,000, and $1,000,000. DATABASE REGISTRATION INFORMATION: VERIFICATION OF STATUS OF APPARENTLY SUCCESSFUL OFFEROR. THIS ACQUISITION IS 100% SET-ASIDE FOR QUALIFIED SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS AE FIRMS IN COMPLIANCE WITH VAAR 852.219-73 ONLY BUSINESSES VERIFIED AND LISTED� AS CERTIFIED IN THE SBA CERTIFICATION DATABASE AT� https://veterans.certify.sba.gov, SHALL BE CONSIDERED. SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM): Federal Acquisition Registrations require that federal contractors register in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at www.sam.gov and enter all mandatory information into the system. Award cannot be made until the contractor has registered. Offerors are encouraged to ensure that they are registered in SAM prior to submitting their qualifications package. NOTICE: System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations. Examples include 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance, and paragraph (d) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Contracting officers will not consider these representations when making award decisions or enforce requirements. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM. 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) A-E firms are required to respond if interested by submitting one (1) completed Standard Form 330 qualification package Parts I and II to include all consultants (form available on-line at: https://www.gsa.gov/system/files/2024-08/SF330-21a.pdf ) Must include in Part I Section H an organizational chart of the firm (excludes consultants) and a design quality management plan. Submission information incorporated by reference is not allowed. All submissions must be in pdf, no larger than 20 Megabytes(MG), and emailed. Completed package shall be delivered electronically on or before 3/19/2026 , 2:00pm Central Standard Time (CST) to the NCO 15 Contracting Office, Contracting Officer, to the following email address: Matthew.Finley@va.gov . Email subject line shall clearly identify SF330 Submission: Prepare Site for High Cost Medical Equipment RFIR, Project No. 589-26-144. PROJECT INFORMATION The mission of the Veterans Affairs Kansas City VA Medical Center is to provide the highest quality health care to our nation s veterans. In order to accomplish this mission Kansas City Facility Engineering Service (FES) intends to partner with an Architect/Engineer (A/E) or Engineer Firm for a design completion for Project 589-26-144, Prepare Site for High Cost Medical Equipment RFIR. General Statement: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is seeking Architectural and Engineering (A/E) services to develop comprehensive, stand-alone Construction Documents, Reports, and Specifications for Project 589-26-144:� Prepare Site for High Cost Medical Equipment RFIR. This project aims to prepare the site for two interventional imaging systems, Azurion 7 C20 FlexArm 4300mm in room M2-470 and Azurion 7 C20 in room M2-469. The scope of this project also includes control rooms for this equipment. EVALUATION FACTORS: Selection Criteria are in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 36.602-1. Prospective firms are required to address all selection criteria within submitted SF330 packages using additional pages as necessary. SF 330 submissions including any additional pages are not to exceed sixty-Five (65) pages. Each page cannot exceed 8-1/2 x 11 in size. All pages above 65 pages pages will not be included in the evaluation. SF 330 must be submitted as a PDF to Matthew.Finley@va.gov and cannot exceed 20 MB in size. Refer to CONTRACT INFORMATION section points o. r. for additional submittal requirements and instructions. Qualifications (SF330) submitted by each firm for Prepare Site for High Cost Medical Equipment RFIR, Project Number 589-26-144, will be reviewed and evaluated based on the following six (6) evaluat