J041--Optimization of Chilled Water Plant

The Department Of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 15 intends to award a sole source contract under the authority of the Multiple Award Schedule Program, Title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 USC 251, et seq.); Title 40 USC 501, Services for Executive Agencies; and Section 803 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2002 (PL 107-107) and implemented by FAR 8.405-6 and FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(B) Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, to Siemens, 1000 Deerfield Pkwy., Buffalo Grove, Illinois 60089. Siemens will provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform Optimization of Chilled Water Plant. The Jefferson Barracks VA Medical Center in St. Louis MO is seeking to upgrade the controls of its chilled water and condenser water system with a patented control program made by Siemens known as Demand Flow. This system upgrade will utilize smart programming and dynamic infrastructure alterations to increase the efficiency of how the medical center produces and supplies chilled water throughout the campus. The new system must be compatible with the already installed controllers. This will be a firm-fixed price contract. The place of performance is for the Jefferson Barracks VA Medical Center in St. Louis, MO. The St. Louis, Jefferson Barracks VA Medical Center is located at 1 Jefferson Barracks Drive, St. Louis, MO 63125. The NAICS code is 561210 (Facilities Support Services). This notice of intent is not a request for quotations; interested parties may express their interest by providing a capabilities statement NLT May 11, 2022, at 16:30 CST. The capabilities statement must provide clear and unambiguous evidence to substantiate the capability of the party to provide the required services. A determination not to compete this proposed contract upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered. When responding to this announcement, respondents should refer to Announcement 36C25522Q0262, Notice of Intent. If after May 11, 2022, no viable responses have been received in response to this announcement, Department of Veterans Affairs shall negotiate solely with Siemens. This notice of intent to award a sole source contract is not a request for competitive quotes. There will be no solicitation available for competitive quotes. Phone calls will not be accepted. The point of contact for this action is Contracting Officer, Laura Ferguson who can be reached at [email protected].