Renovation of a mixed-use development in Manchester, New Hampshire. Conceptual plans call for the renovation of a 6,400-square-foot laboratory facility.

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR QUALIFICATIONS (SF-330) NAICS Code: 541330 - Engineering Services (Small Business size standard $25.5 million dollars) A. INTRODUCTION: The VA Medical Center Manchester located in Manchester, NH has a requirement for a Firm Fixed Price contract to provide professional Architect/Engineer (A/E) Design Services to develop complete drawings, specifications, cost estimates and construction period administration for the 608-23-133 Laboratory Reconstruction Design. B. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The VA Medical Center Manchester located in Manchester, NH has a requirement for a Firm Fixed Price contract to provide professional Architect/Engineer (A/E) Design Services to develop complete drawings, specifications, cost estimates and construction period administration for the 608-23-133 Laboratory Reconstruction Design. The Magnitude of Construction is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. This acquisition is a Total Set-Aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) in accordance with VAAR 852.219-10 with NAICS Code 541330. Any subsequent award will require the firm to be registered in System for Award Management (SAM www.sam.gov) and the SBA VetCert data base (Veteran Small Business Certification (sba.gov). VetCert will be used to determine SDVOSB/VOSB Status, therefore firms must be verified at the time SF330's are submitted. Prospective firms are reminded that in accordance with FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, at least 50 percent of the cost of personnel for contract performance shall be spent for employees of the concern. SF330 packages shall address how each firm anticipates meeting these criteria. This requirement is in accordance with the Selection of Architects and Engineers as implemented in Subpart 36.6 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation and Subpart 836.6 of the VA Acquisition Regulation. All submissions will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation criteria. A "short list" of the three most highly rated after initial source selection will be chosen for negotiations of a contract award. 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. Respondents are put on notice that firm(s) selected by the Selection Authority will be required to submit a Fixed Price Rate Proposal to include labor, overhead, profit, and other costs for this project for negotiation by the Contracting Officer prior to contract award. The negotiated agreement will be incorporated into the resulting contract. C. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL: This is a request for SF 330's Architect/Engineer Qualifications packages only. Any requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. No material will be issued and no solicitation package or bidder/plan holder list will be issued. D. PROJECT INFORMATION: Provide Architect/Engineer services to develop complete drawings, specifications, cost estimates and construction period administration associated with the 608-23-133 Laboratory Reconstruction Design. E. EVALUATION SELECTION CRITERIA: Each respondent's SF 330 submittal package will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 36.6 procedures. The selection criteria, in descending order of importance will be as follows: 1. Specialized Experience/Technical Competence 2. Professional Qualifications 3. Capacity 4. Past Performance 5. Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality 6. Experience in Construction Period Services F. SELECTION CRITERIA DESCRIPTIONS: The selection criteria descriptions (1 through 6) are provided below. 1. Specialized experience and technical competence o Specialized experience and technical competence in utility replacements and upgrades, reconfiguration and modernization in a hospital environment. The Prime A/E firm shall have completed a minimum of 1 design for projects designing a laboratory. This project shall have had a total project cost of at least $2M (design and construction) and been designed in the last 10 years. o Firms that don't meet this minimum don't qualify. The evaluation may consider the management approach, coordination of disciplines and subcontractors, quality control procedures, prior experience of the prime firm and any key subcontractors working together on relevant projects and familiarity with VA Design Guides/Manuals, Master Specifications and other applicable standards. The work includes but is not limited to; provide all labor, site visits, consultants, support services for the design of project that renovates the Laboratory Services Area - approximately 6400 ft2 of area. Since Saturday 26 November in Manchester, the Laboratory department along with other departments have been displaced from their location due to the flood damage. This project would design a new laboratory space in their former location, while including the remainder of the 2nd floor east on the second floor east of building 1. The service has been partially and temporarily stood up in the first floor west wing of building 1 (rooms W107-W120). This area that the laboratory service is currently utilizing is scheduled to be under construction by the summer of 2023. The design will need to encompass setting up a temporary laboratory (as an add alternate pricing item), external to the medical center while this new construction, as well as the construction of the permanent laboratory is being built. A possible location for a temporary laboratory is adjacent to building 5 QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS: a. Questions and comments regarding this notice must be submitted by email only to the Contracting Officer Casey Pridham at Casey.Pridham@va.gov b. Oral questions will not be answered. c. The deadline for questions is February 7th, 2023, at 4:30PM EST. H. SF 330 SUBMITTAL PACKAGE PAGE INSTRUCTIONS: a. SF 330 submittal packages, including Past Performance Questionnaires, shall be submitted no later than 4:30PM EST on February 27th, 2023. o Respondents are responsible for ensuring SF 330 submittal packages, any revisions, and modifications are submitted by this time. b. Qualified A/E firms are required to submit ONE (1) electronic copy via email to Casey.Pridham@va.gov. If file size exceeds 7MB then firms are required to send multiple emails with a sequence stating email 1 of __. Subject line of email must read "SF330 608-23-133 Laboratory Reconstruction Design" The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time. *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document.