C1DA - Project Name: Roof Replacements and Solar Upgrades (A-E); Project Number: 689-22-209; Station Location: West Haven VAMC (689); Project Location: Building 1 and Building 2

SOURCES SOUGHT

The West Haven Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in accordance with the Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System (VACHS) has a requirement for a Firm-Fixed-Price Contract to provide professional Architect-Engineer (A-E) Services to develop and complete a preliminary schematic concept, design development, construction documents (drawings, specifications, and cost estimates), construction period administration services, and resultant site visits associated with the following project objectives:

• Repair and/or replace approximately eighty (80) roofs of the existing roof system for Building 1 and Building 2 covering approximately one hundred eighty thousand (180,000) square feet;

• Develop and install a more efficient Photovoltaic (PV) Solar System for Building 2 only;

• Conduct infrared thermal scanning to verify any wet areas on the roof surfaces; and

• Inspect, identify, test, and remove/abate any asbestos-containing materials (ACM) within any area of the roof systems impacted by this project.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541330 and the small business standard is $25.5 million. Any interested Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), or Small Business (SB) must indicate interest for this project, in writing, to the Contract Specialist no later than March 27, 2023 at 4:00 PM EST via email to Dirk.Kelley@va.gov.

To qualify as interested in this project, information pertaining to the following eight (8) components must be submitted in response to this Sources Sought Notice on or before March 27, 2023 at 4:00 pm EST:

(1) Statement of Intent that a Proposal will be submitted to the future Solicitation for this project, which said Statement of Intent shall include the company s System for Award Management Unique Entity Identifier (SAM UEI) Number;

(2) Verification through the Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA) as a SDVOSB or VOSB under the NAICS Code of 541330, if applicable;

(3) Evidence of A-E experience in design solutions for a properly executed roofing system phasing plan with a construction magnitude of $10,000,000 or more (please provide contract descriptions, contract dollar amounts, and telephone numbers for points of contact no photographs);

(4) Evidence of A-E experience in design solutions that upgrade an existing solar system from a centralized inverter unit for a grouping of panel units to a micro-inverter for each individual solar panel;

(5) Evidence of A-E experience in successfully completing both infrared thermal scanning and nuclear moisture testing of roofing systems with a mid-wave thermal imager, a roof moisture gauge, and a moisture probe, respectively;

(6) Evidence of experience in collaborating with a Veterans Affairs Professional Industrial Hygienist (VPIH) as well as state licensed Asbestos Inspectors and Project Designers to properly assess and accurately identify asbestos-containing materials (ACM);

(7) Evidence of the company s ability to perform at least fifty percent (50%) of this requirement in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.219-14: Limitations on Subcontracting; and

(8) Proof of professional liability insurance required to cover the monetary amount of this project.

All eight (8) components must be submitted, in sufficient detail, prior to the designated deadline for a determination on available and interested SDVOSBs, VOSBs, or SBs. Failure to submit each of the eight (8) components, as identified above, will result in a Contractor not being considered as an interested SDVOSB, VOSB, or SB.

The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is to determine if set-aside procedures will be utilized. As indicated above, interested businesses may reply to this Sources Sought Notice via email to Dirk.Kelley@va.gov. For purposes of this Sources Sought Notice, the drawings referenced in the attached Statement of Work will not be provided at this time.

Businesses must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). To register in the SAM database, visit www.sam.gov. This Sources Sought Notice was prepared and considered in accordance with FAR 5.203. FAR 5.204, and FAR 5.207.

DISCLAIMER: This Source Sought Notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes only. This Sources Sought Notice does not constitute a Solicitation (Request for Quotation, Request for Proposal, or Invitation for Bid). All information received in response to this Sources Sought Notice is marked as proprietary and will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this Sources Sought Notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this Sources Sought Notice.