Renovation of a mixed-use development in Salisbury, North Carolina. Completed plans call for the renovation of a medical facility.

Per the owner, as of May 25, 2021, an award has been made for this solicitation. Closed solicitation has been included below for reference. ................. This project will consist of replacing existing Air Handling Units (AHU) in six buildings on campus. These buildings are located on the campus at W.G. Bill Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury, North Carolina. Develop preliminary drawings, working drawings, signed and sealed bid documents, and both working and bid specifications to provide new AHU equipment, layouts, and new and/or HVAC control systems for the each building listed. The Project will take place with AHUs serving Buildings 5, 6, 16, 21, 42, 43. Specifics: Existing AHUs in Buildings applicable for this project: Building 5 has five AHUs. Building houses kitchen and Library as the main functions. Building 6 has ten AHUs. Building houses Recreation and Rehab departments. Building 16 has two AHUs. Building houses laundry functions for the campus. Building 21 has seven AHUs. Building houses medical outpatient services and administration staff. Building 42 has nine AHUs. Building houses Audiology, Speech and Community Living services. Building 43 has two AHUs. Building houses Hospice Care services. AE will review current existing conditions to determine if existing conditions, layout, or HVAC control systems need to be modified or updated to current design specifications or codes. VA currently has three different HVAC Control systems on campus, but we would like to keep this design to one HVAC Control Integrator to be discussed during the design. Building 43 will also have a requirement to add the building to the existing chilled water loop for HVAC unit. Existing conditions has the building independent of the campus chilled water system. AE will review and design to add this building with the new AHU to the existing loop. Individual drawing layout sets and cost estimates to be created and grouped per building. Specifications will be created as one set for all but will include any Building specific specialties required that are identified. All design will be done according to VA specifications, Design guides, Infection Control guidelines and all applicable codes. The design will be structured so as to require minimum interruption of space function during construction. All work shall meet NFPA / Life Safety Code and comply with all applicable building codes. The work will also comply with all Energy Standards as noted in VISN 6 requirements. This will include all Architectural, Structural, Electrical and Mechanical engineering associated with this project. Review of existing areas and trends for design of new air handling units. Facility design must incorporate new control settings to update the VA campus DDC system. Facility design must meet VA TIL requirements first and foremost, followed by requirements laid out in the most recent edition of the FGI guidelines and NFPA. Assess the intent and scope of this project and work with the Facilities staff to develop a final design and cost estimate to best suit the needs and constraints of the government, while incorporating VAMC Salisbury Engineering/Facilities Management Service, Safety and Contracting Officer comments into the final design package. Field verification of existing equipment and existing utilities servicing the noted buildings. Evaluation and design modifications to the existing electrical distribution system servicing the renovated space to provide sufficient power to all new lighting and equipment in the scope of work. Electrical engineer shall perform full space survey of all impacted spaces to document existing electrical items and their locations in each space to ensure coordination with architectural scope, future mechanical chases, if required, as well as ceiling renovations and replacements so that no electrical item is missed during construction. Note obsolete items and sensors located within design area and coordinate with the VA to see if the items should be removed. Electrical engineer shall also be responsible for coordination of existing electrical items located above the ceiling with the new design ductwork routes, and for identifying those conduits, cable tray, junction boxes, etc. that require relocation both on drawings for the contractor and to the VA for advance coordination of outages. Junction box / pull box / cable tray access shall not be obstructed by new HVAC installation. If this condition is encountered, the electrical engineer shall provide design documentation for relocation of the associated items. Evaluation and design modifications to the existing plumbing and fire protection systems servicing the renovated space to provide sufficient water supply and drain lines to all new plumbing fixtures and equipment in the area, as required to accommodate the new scope of work (sanitary drains from roof, modifications to floor drains, make up water or drain coolers as required, etc.). Provide new sprinkler heads in areas within the modifications to existing space layouts to accommodate new layouts where heads are at the end of their service life. Note that sprinkler heads will require modification to maintain accordance with NFPA, especially if new ductwork is over 4 feet wide inside the mechanical room, or if stacked air handling units are provided. Plumbing and fire protection engineer shall also be responsible for coordination of existing plumbing and fire protection items located above the ceiling with the new design ductwork routes, and for identifying those pipes, valves, and other appurtenances that require relocation both on drawings for the contractor and to the VA for advance coordination of outages. Valve and other maintenance access shall not be obstructed by new HVAC installation. If this condition is encountered, the plumbing and fire protection engineer shall provide design documentation for relocation of the associated items. Evaluation and design modifications to the existing structure servicing the locations of new / relocated equipment associated with the scope of work for this project to allow for safe installation of new permanent and temporary HVAC equipment as required for completion of the scope of work. Architectural evaluation and design modifications for all spaces associated with the work as required to accommodate changes necessary for the scope of work. Expected: new ceilings where ceilings must be removed to complete the scope of work, new lighting where ceilings must be removed to complete the scope of work, modifications to existing and new chases as required to accommodate the new scope of work, and modifications to existing door closers / door operators if evaluation during design requires a more automated door opener approach. Architectural coordination with all trades is required to create a seamless, high quality project / built environment. Also required by architect: provisions for detailed phasing drawings and ICRA planning for each phase. Note that ICRA planning will require topping off of existing walls where walls around each phase do not go to deck. Walls, temporary or existing must be floor to deck. The architect shall identify those spaces where topping off of walls is required on the construction drawings, as well as document that the contractor is responsible for 1 hour rated full height walls around each construction phase. ICRA planning will also be required for spaces that are impacted above and below the levels, if ceiling work below the associated floors is required such as for new plumbing / sanitary floor drains or access into the ceiling spaces below to accommodate any required structural modifications. Design for all new interior finishes that are required to accommodate the scope of work (room modifications - paint, patch, floor base; new ceilings; ceiling access panels; etc.), as well as the small architectural modifications laid out in this scope of work. Project completion of construction documents, including final design, contract drawings, specifications, and cost estimate is to be 255 calendar days from contract award. Project must remain within the current scope, time frame, and projected construction budget of $5,000,000.00 to $10,000,000 or project discussions will take place to determine if project will be modified or will be canceled and require re-submittal and competition process. Planning must include in the project a total of 20% of deductive bid alternate that will need to be identified and incorporated as part of the bidding documents. Recommend bid alternatives as necessary to meet the budget limitations if the project becomes over budget. Note: the AE shall be fully responsible for providing a complete and functional design to the VA within noted budget limitations. Bid alternates will be required to the amount of 20% of the project budget, but bid alternates are not to be used to bring the overall scope within budget. The base bid shall be in budget and bid deduct alternates shall be supplied to the VA to reduce the budget by 20% from the base bid (max budget) price. Construction will be addressed in phases to allow operations to continue during construction to the extent possible. Phasing will be incorporated as part of the schematic design options presented during the SD submission, due to the high probable cost of the phasing and its impact upon final system design option selections. Phasing must work within budget and allow the VA to continue operations at minimal interference. Attend pre-bid job walk and provide all engineering responses to questions asked by potential bidders and issue an addendum, if necessary. Provide expeditious engineering responses to all design/conflict questions encountered during the construction term. Provide construction period services to review all shop drawings and submittals prior to sending to the VA for final approval. Provide construction period site visits to review progress of construction activities and milestones during construction. Provide final Record Drawings (pdf and AutoCAD) which will be developed based on construction period site visits, RFI's, submittal responses, and As-Built drawings from the contractor within 30 calendar days after completion of construction. Provide VA Form 10-6298 AE Fee Proposal for this solicitation All designs shall be accomplished in accordance with VA guidelines and specifications, which are available on the Internet at http://www.cfm.va.gov/TIL/ A/E shall pay particular attention to USAF, NFPA, BOCA, VA Handbook 7610 space criteria and PG18-9 Space Planning Criteria, and PG-18-12 Design Guides. Contractors are reminded that a detailed cost proposal is not required at this time. Please sign and date BLOCKS 11A, 11B, 11C and 11D of the attached SF 252 and submit with your firm's answers. Any questions concerning this RFP or specific requirements should be addressed to Sean Cosby at sean.cosby@va.gov. This will be a SDVOSB total set-aside. NAICS code is 541330 The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.