# 521-19-102 - Replace Fire Alarm System Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c24725r0055 - Solicitation number: 36C24725R0055 - Notice type: Award notice (first published as special notice) - Status: Awarded to Raymond Pond Sdvosb Jv, LLC for $113,675.05 - Department: Department of Veterans Affairs - Contracting office: 247-Network Contract Office 7 (36C247) - NAICS: 541330 Engineering Services - Product or service code: C1DA Architect And Engineering- Construction: Hospitals And Infirmaries - Set-aside: Service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-aside - County: Jefferson County (FIPS 01073). https://abierto.us/counties/jefferson-county-al-01073 - City: Birmingham. https://abierto.us/cities/birmingham-al-0107000 - First posted: December 18, 2024 - Last posted: January 21, 2025 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f4bc36f7278b47c696cd94c2d44ecf02/view ## Description NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 7 intends to award a contract in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subpart 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. NCO 7 intends to negotiate and award to Raymond Pond SDVOSB JV, LLC. a sole/single source, firm-fixed price contract for construction period services (CPS). **Project No. 521-19-102 Title:** A/E Replace Fire Alarm System located at Birmingham VA Medical Center, 700 South 19th Street, Birmingham, AL 35233 The design contract is 100% complete, with a design change modification pending completion (75%). Funding has expired; however, CPS services are needed as construction continues. The requirement is to provide engineering services for post award activities associated with the construction contract awarded for subject design project. The intent is to retain the A-E designer of record (DOR) for the solicitation and for the duration of the project construction contract. The construction period of performance is currently scheduled for completion no later than Dec 9, 2025. Required services include, but are not limited to construction submittal reviews, responses to contractor Requests for Information (RFI s), execution of design changes and potential design changes, and attendance at necessary site visits and construction related meetings in order to ensure the DOR s design is properly executed, adjusted, and interpreted in order to deliver a complete and useable facility consistent with original design intent. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS and no solicitation will be issued; however, any System for Award Management (SAM) registered firm that it can meet the requirement may give a written notification to the Contracting Officer in the form of a capability statement, including an explanation how the contractor would be able to effectively and efficiently operate in the same footprint as the AE contractor at the same time. Any prospective design firm will need to possess working knowledge of all issues that may arise and will assume the liabilities associated with all aspects of the design. Responses must be provided by Jan 2, 2025, by 10:00 AM CST. A determination by the Government not to compete this procurement will be based on market research, including responses to this notice. It is within the Government's sole discretion to decide whether the information received in response to this notice warrants development of an alternative approach or not. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. There will not reimbursement to any firm for developing a response to this notice. The NAICS code is 541330 and the size standard is $25.5M. No responses to this notice are requested. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent IS NOT a request for competitive proposals. ## Award on USAspending - Recipient: Raymond Pond Sdvosb Jv, LLC (UEI Y13LKCMK7RW9) - Contract: 36C24725C0025, definitive contract - Obligated: $125,409.05 - Competition: Not Competed Under SAP, 1 offers received - Link: award number 36C24725C0025 equals the contract number; same awarding office 36C247 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_36C24725C0025_3600_-NONE-_-NONE-/ ## Publications - December 18, 2024: Special notice, due January 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST. Notice ce218406597f412db16252ecd4d187d0. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/ce218406597f412db16252ecd4d187d0/view - January 21, 2025: Special notice, due January 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST. Notice 863c0976132c441099fa23de2143bd67. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/863c0976132c441099fa23de2143bd67/view - January 21, 2025: Award notice. Notice f4bc36f7278b47c696cd94c2d44ecf02. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f4bc36f7278b47c696cd94c2d44ecf02/view ## Points of contact - Joseph Osborn, Contracting Officer, Joseph.Osborn@va.gov, (205) 554-2000 ext. 2905 --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract and USAspending.gov award data. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c24725r0055.