C222--NRM A/E - 528A7-25-170 Arc Flash Study 2025

d in FAR Subpart 36.6. Applicable NAICS code is 541310 and small business size standard of $25.5 Million. This is a 100% Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Set Aside. The anticipated award date of the proposed A-E Contract is on or before March 31, 2026. Potential contractors must be registered in SAM (www.sam.gov ) and are visible/verified/certified as SDVOSB in Dynamic Small Business Search (https://dsbs.sba.gov/search/dsp_dsbs.cfm) at time of submission of their qualifications in order to be considered for an award. In order to assure compliance with VAAR clauses, 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction (NOV 2022) and 852.219-73 VA Notice to Total Set-Aside for Verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (NOV 2022), all firms submitting a SF 330 for this notice are required to indicate what percentage of the cost of contract performance will be expended on 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 consultant/subcontractor or otherwise used small or large business entity(s). Any consultant/subcontractor or otherwise business entity(s) used must be identified by name, office location and size/type of business (i.e., SDVOSB, VOSB, 8(a), small, large, etc.). Failure to provide this information will deem the firm s SF 330 submittal as nonresponsive and preclude further evaluation All A/E firms are advised that in accordance with VAAR 836.606-71 the total cost of the production and delivery of designs, plans, drawings and specifications shall not exceed six (6) percent of the estimate cost of construction. Other A-E fees are not included in the six (6) percent. Additionally, FAR Clause 52.236-22 (c) - Design Within Funding Limitation, will be applicable to this procurement action. SCOPE OF SERVICE REQUIRED Project number 528A7-25-170. See the attached scope of work X. LOCATION Syracuse VA Medical Center. TYPE OF CONTRACT CONTEMPLATED The Department of Veterans Affairs is contemplating awarding a firm fixed price contract. DESIGN COMPLETION PERIOD: The Department of Veterans Affairs requires design and contract support services. The A/E shall deliver 100% bid documents in accordance with the AE design schedule from the issuance of the Notice to Proceed (NTP). SELECTION CRITERIA DESCRIPTIONS The selection criteria descriptions are provided below. Criterion 1 Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services. Provide brief resumes and professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of proposed team members who will specifically serve as the Project Managers and Designers of Record for required services only. Include specific experience and qualifications (i.e., education, training, registration, certifications, overall relevant experience, and longevity with the firm). Offerors will be evaluated in terms of the qualifications, competence and experience of the key personnel and technical team proposed to accomplish this work. The Designers of Record shall perform and direct the design within their respective discipline and shall sign and seal the drawings as needed. The lead designer in each discipline must be registered but does not have to be registered in the particular state where the project is located. Submission requirements: Provide resumes, applicable documentation (awards, certificates, publications, and/or commendations from within the community) and all professional registration, certification, licensure and/or accreditation for all proposed key personnel. Resumes are limited to one page each and should cite project specific experience and indicate proposed role in this contract. Indicate participation of key personnel in example projects in the SF-330 Part 1 Section G. Criterion 2 Specialized experience and technical competence. Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required, detailed in the scope of work. Offerors will be evaluated on specialized experience and technical competence in the performance of services similar to those anticipated under this contract with regard to: Experience with electrical distribution systems design for healthcare facilities. Experience in voltage drop calculations for all three-phase branch and feeder circuits. Experience in protected device settings and justification to support recommended changes. Experience in creating coordination curves to determine the required settings of protective devices to assure selective coordination. Experience in providing hazard risk tables for each piece of equipment. Experience in arc flash analysis to determine the arc flash protection boundary calculated in accordance with NFPA 70E Article 130.4. Experience in SKM software. Submission requirements: Provide up to five (5) projects completed or substantially completed within the past five (5) years that best illustrate specialized experience of the proposed team in the areas outlined above and the scope of work of the project. Example projects shall note project s square footage. All projects provided in the SF-330 must be completed by the office/branch/regional office/individual team member actually proposed to manage and/or perform work under this contract. To enable verification, firms should include the DUNS number along with each firm name in the SF-330 Part 1, Section F Item 25 Firms from Section C Involved in this Project, block (1). Include a contract number or project identification number in block 21. Include an e-mail address, and phone number for the point of contact in block 23(c). Include in the project description the contract period of performance, award contract value, current contract value, a summary of the work performed that demonstrates relevance to specialized experience as outlined above. If the contractor served as a subcontractor on a project, indicate the value of the work they provided towards the performance of the overall project. If a project was performed by a joint venture, and not all joint venture partners are on the team proposed for this contract, the offeror/team should specifically address the work performed by the joint venture partner offering/teaming on this contract. Likewise, if the offeror/team member worked as a subcontractor on a project, the description should clearly describe the work actually performed by the offeror/team member and the roles and responsibilities of each on the project, rather than the work performed on the project as a whole. If the project description does not clearly delineate the work performed by the entity/entities offering/teaming on this contract, the project could be eliminated from consideration. NOTE: If the Offeror is a joint venture, information should be submitted as a joint venture; however, if there is no information for the joint venture, information should be submitted for either joint venture partner, not to exceed a total of five (5) projects for this criterion. Projects shall be submitted on the SF-330. For submittal purposes, a task order on an IDIQ contract is considered a project, as is a stand-alone contract award. Do not list an IDIQ contract as an example of a completed project. Instead, list relevant completed task orders or stand-alone contract awards that fi