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1. INTRODUCTION: THIS IS A TOTAL 100% SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (SDVOSB) SET-ASIDE in accordance with Public Law 109-461. This is a Request for SF330s for Architect/Engineer (A/E) Design Services for Project Number 538-24-100, A/E Design, Renovate Primary Care at the Chillicothe VA Medical Center, 17273 State Route 104, Chillicothe, Ohio 45601.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE WILL BE ISSUED via SAM.GOV. A request for proposal will be issued directly to the most preferred firm for which negotiations will commence in accordance with FAR Subpart 36.6. The anticipated A/E design services, to be awarded, will be procured in accordance with the Selection of Architects and Engineers Act (Public Law 92- 582), Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 36.6, and VA Acquisition Regulation Subpart 836.6.
2. DESCRIPTION: The Architect/Engineer (A/E) shall provide all services required to prepare and furnish complete construction documents as required for the accomplishment of project number 538-24-100, titled Renovate Primary Care at VAMC, Chillicothe Ohio. The A/E shall
provide the VA Medical Center with technical services during the design, bidding process,
construction, and post- construction phases of this project as described in this scope of work.

Period of Performance: 265 Calendar Days after Contractor s receipt of Notice to Proceed
Contract Type: Firm-Fixed-Price
Estimated Magnitude of Construction: Between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 (See FAR 36.204)
NAICS Code: 541310
Size Standard: $12.5 Million

3. VETCERT & SAM: In accordance with VAAR 819.7003(b) (Deviation), at the time of offers/quotes (SF330 submission), and at the time of award of any contract, the offeror must represent to the contracting officer that it is a

SDVOSB eligible firm;
Small business concern under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to the acquisition; and
Deviation - [Certified] SDVOSB/VOSB [listed in] the [SBA certification database (aka VetCert) at https://veterans.certify.sba.gov/ (see 13 CFR 128)].

If registration is required, visit https://veterans.certify.sba.gov/ to register.

Additionally, all eligible firms must be registered and current in the System for Award Management (SAM) database to be evaluated and eligible for contract award. If the firm is not registered in SAM, you may register online at https://www.sam.gov.

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)

4. EVALUATION CRITERIA:
The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:
Experience and Technical Competence (20% weighting)
Professional Qualifications (15% weighting)
Capacity (15% weighting)
Past Performance (15% weighting)
Construction Period Services (15% weighting)
Geographic Location (10% weighting)
Other, Use of SDVOSB/VOSB subcontractors (10% weighting)

The government will evaluate information based on the evaluation procedures authorized in FAR 36.602-1, Selection Criteria, and VAAM 836.602-1, Selection Criteria, using the following evaluation criteria:

**SEE ATTACHMENT II - EVALUATION CRITERIA**
PLEASE NOTE: The AE Evaluation Board must be provided with complete and accurate information for ALL evaluation factors above in order to rank interested and eligible firms. Therefore, the AE firm must expand upon, as it deems necessary, on any evaluation factor not well demonstrated or addressed with Part IA to Part IG and Part II of the SF330. The AE firm shall use Part IH and/or use additional sheets to supplement/address all evaluation factors to clearly demonstrate its qualifications.
5. SELECTION PROCESS: in accordance with FAR 36.6, SF330s will be evaluated by the evaluation board using the evaluation factors identified in this announcement. After SF330s have been evaluated, the board will hold discussions or interviews with at least three of the most highly qualified firms. After discussions conclude, the evaluation board will evaluate the qualifications of the firms using the same evaluation factors, taking into consideration both the SF330 submission and subsequent discussions, to select the most preferred firm from the firms considered to be the most highly qualified.

6. LIMITS ON SUBCONTRACTING: in accordance with VAAR 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction (Deviation) under 852.219-75(a)(1)(i), it states:

Services. In the case of a contract for services (except construction), the contractor will not pay more than 50% of the amount paid by the government to it to firms that are not [certified] SDVOSBs [listed in the SBA certification database] as set forth in 852.219-73 or [certified] VOSBs [listed in the SBA certification database] as set forth in 852.219-74. Any work that a similarly situated [certified SDVOSB/VOSB] subcontractor further subcontracts will count towards the 50% subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. Other direct costs may be excluded to the extent they are not the principal purpose of the acquisition and small business concerns do not provide the service as set forth in 13 CFR 125.6.

7. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: interested and eligible firms should submit their current SF330 as follows:
1) One (1) electronic pdf copy via e-mail:
a. See attachments for procedures (i.e., eCMS Getting Started Guide for Vendors & eCMS Vendors_Guide_v4_2);
b. Size limitation is 20MB;

The SF330s are due on Tuesday, 30 May 2023, at 3PM EST.
Acceptable electronic formats (software) for submission of SF330 packages:
(a) Files readable using the current Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF);
(b) Files in Adobe* PDF Files: When scanning documents scanner resolution should be set to 200 dots per inch, or greater;
(c) SF330s shall be provided on standard letter size 8-1/2 by 11-inch paper, limited to a maximum of seventy-five (75), single-sided, single-spaced, and numbered pages. If more than seventy-five (75) single-sided pages are submitted, all pages after seventy-five (75) pages will not be evaluated. The font for text shall be Times New Roman 12-point or larger;
(d) Please note that we can no longer accept .zip files due to increasing security concerns.
The SF330 can be downloaded through the GSA Forms Library at: http://www.gsa.gov/portal/forms/type/TOP, type in SF330 in the Find a Form block and click on search.
8. No Fax or Telephonic Responses will be accepted: Personal visits or telephone calls for discussing this announcement will not be entertained or scheduled. Questions may be directed only by e-mail to Angie.Carpenter@va.gov no later than Friday, 19 May 2023, by 3PM EST.
9. VA Primary Point of Contact:

- Angie Carpenter
- Contract Specialist
- Email: angie.carpenter@va.gov

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