C1DA--NRM-AE 632-24-112 Complete Sprinklers Buildings 63,64,65

63,64,65 at Northport VA Medical Center, 79 Middleville Road, Northport, NY 11768. This requirement is being procured in accordance with the Brooks Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. Applicable NAICS code is 541330 and small business size standard of $25.5 Million. Magnitude of Construction is between $250,000 and $500,000. This is a 100% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set Aside. The anticipated award date of the proposed Architectural and Engineering Contract is on or before October 30, 2024. Potential contractors must be registered in SAM (www.sam.gov) and visible/certified in VetCert (https://veterans.certify.sba.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) set aside, you are verifying your company meets the status requirements of a SDVOSB concern as established by VAAR 852.219-10. NOTE - Offerors are referred to 852.219-11 (d)(1) Services. In the case of a contract for services (except construction), it will not pay more than 50% of the amount paid by the government to it to firms that are not VIP-listed SDVOSBs. In order to assure compliance with this clause, all firms submitting a SF330 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). The scope of this project is to review the existing fire protection system (sprinkler, standpipe, and fire alarm) that had been previously designed and built, however the installation had not been completed. Due to the length of time that project has remained in its current unfinished state, the A/E will need to perform a complete review of the drawings and a detailed survey of the existing system to identify the accuracy of installation as compared to the existing drawings, as well as for code compliance. The A/E shall submit a design narrative to describe the accuracy of the existing drawings (to be provided by the VA), a description of the work that will be performed by the A/E, including the design modifications needed for system functionality and code compliance, including proposed dates of submissions. The A/E shall submit completed signed and sealed design drawings (accurately depicting the system in its current state) of the standpipe/sprinkler (wet & dry) systems with the incorporated changes (as needed) including the design modifications needed for system functionality and code compliance. The drawings shall include integration of all applicable electrical components (i.e. tamper/flow switches, etc) into the existing fire alarm system. Upon completion of the design, the construction work will be performed through a solicited contract, outside of this solicitation. The A/E shall provide Construction Administration support during the construction period & upon finalization of construction, the A/E shall submit accurate signed and sealed drawings of the as-built standpipe and sprinkler systems with the incorporated changes (as needed) to conform to the latest codes and integration of all applicable electrical components into the existing fire alarm system. Additionally, A/E shall include a construction cost estimate. The A/E drawings shall include sprinkler/standpipe plans & riser diagram(s), electrical/ fire alarm plan(s) and one-line diagrams. All sensing devices that are applicable to the sprinkler and standpipe systems (i.e. tamper switch, flow switch, etc) shall be shown on the drawings. The drawings must include location of; fire hose valves, sprinkler floor control valves (SFCV), risers, spare sprinkler cabinet, main fire alarm panel, Fire department connections and all required components as stated in the VA TIL. The final drawings shall include but not limited to; Hydraulic calculations, pipe size and label (i.e, SP, FPS, etc) and all associated components labeled/ identified, hose travel, code adoption information, equipment/material schedules, details and notes. The A/E shall perform a hydrostatic flow test (valid for one year) with assistance from the VA Fire Department to include the system flow and pressure in the hydraulic calculation(s). A/E shall submit hydraulic calculation report and the A/E drawings shall include hydraulic calculation information (area of calc., node numbers, etc) that show a fully functioning system design that meets all requirements. The final signed and sealed drawings shall be from a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of New York. The drawings are to be delivered in phases as listed below. Each milestone/submission will be reviewed by the VA Engineers and a VA contracted third party A/E Firm. The delivery method for each submission shall be one (1) set of paper drawings per trade, at half-size scale, and licensed AutoCAD 2020 drawings (bonded with no external references). The A/E shall review and respond to the collective comments within 14 calendar business days. The period of performance is 196 calendar days. Milestones Description Percent of Completion AE Time Allotment (calendar days) VA Time Allotment (calendar days) 1 Design Narrative 15 56 14 2 35% CD 25 28 14 3 65% CD 25 28 14 4 100% CD 25 28 14 5 CA Service during construction 10 TBD TBD The Project shall comply with the latest VA-adopted codes and standards including, but not limited to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), VA Directives, VA Design Manuals, VA Master Specifications, VA Design Criteria and other documents found on the Technical Information Library website (https://www.cfm.va.gov/til). I. SCHEMATICS. General Scope. The Architect-Engineer (A/E) shall review the program materials furnished by VA to ascertain the requirements of this phase of work, perform a detailed site survey and subsurface investigation, soil borings (as required) and shall prepare Schematic Documents for review and approval of VA as further described in the A/E Submission Instructions, which details the minimum requirements for various A/E submissions. Services under this phase shall include, but not be limited to the following: (1) Site Design; (2) Fire standpipe, sprinkler and fire alarm plans, elevations, preliminary selection of building systems and materials; (3) Project Specifications; (4) construction Phasing Plans (5) Design Narrative, Hydrant flow info, Required Calculations and any other support information; (6) Cost Estimating and other work as necessary and outlined in A/E Submission Instructions. II. DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS. General Scope. The A/E shall review the program materials furnished by VA and all prior submissions to ascertain the requirements of this phase of the work and shall prepare Design Development Documents illustrating the scale and relationship of project components for review and approval of VA as further described in A/E Submission Instructions. Services under this phase shall include, but not be limited to the following: (1) Site Design; (2) Fire stan