Replace Physical Access Control System

The Department of Veterans Affairs in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is seeking an architectural and engineering firm to replace its physical access control system. The agency requires a complete design narrative and analysis for each technical discipline involved in the project, including architectural, mechanical, and fire protection elements. The selected firm must walk through the entire design with the Contracting Officer's Representative at the ninety-five percent submission stage and adjust the plans for the final one hundred percent submission. The agency requires all designs to comply with the Engineering and Design standards, handbooks, manuals, guides, information, schedules, criteria, details, and requirements found on the Technical Information Library. The firm must also abide by all Quality Alerts listed on the library. The agency expects the performance of this onsite contract to span a period of one year. The agency is limiting eligibility for this procurement to Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses located within the United States. The agency is currently looking for proposals and has not disclosed a specific budget range. The solicitation documentation does not specify any additional evaluation criteria or key milestone dates.