Federal Buildings Committee March 26, 2015

Agenda Special Guest: George Szwarcman, Associate Executive Director, VA Office of Facilities Acquisition Eleni Reed, Chief Green Officer, GSA PBS Executive Order: Planning for Sustainability in the Next Decade Transactional Data Proposed Rule FSSI Buildings Maintenance & Operations Upcoming Events

Department of Veterans Affairs VA Office of Construction & Facilities Management George L. Szwarcman, Esq. Associate Executive Director, Facilities Acquisitions March 2015

VA Services for Veterans Health Care (FY14) 9.11 Million Enrollees 103 Million Outpatient Visits 714,000 Inpatient Admissions Benefits (FY14) 3.95 Million Veterans received Disability Compensation 1.09 Million Veterans received Education Support 2.14 Million Active VA Home Loan Participants Memorial Benefit (FY14) 125,000 Internments in National Cemeteries 3.4 Million Graves Maintained 354,943 Headstones Provided for Veterans in Private Cemeteries

VA Facilities Inventory 6,100 Buildings 1,945 Leases 151,620,874 SF 37,381.08 Land acres Average age approaching 60 years

CFM Overview Vision: Mission: Be the trusted leaders in delivering healthcare and other facilities for our Nation’s Veterans. Mission: Advance VA’s mission in support of our Nation’s Veterans by planning, designing, constructing and acquiring major facilities, and setting design and construction standards.

CFM Background Responsible for: Planning, designing, and constructing all major construction projects greater than $10 million. Acquiring real property for use by VA elements through the purchase of land and buildings, as well as lease acquisitions.

CFM Background Responsible for: Managing facility sustainability, seismic corrections, physical security, and historic preservation of VA’s facilities. Delivering to Veterans, high quality buildings, additions, large scale renovations, and structural enhancements.

CFM Regional Offices

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Major Program Summary Major Construction Program: Consists of projects over $10 million. (38 U.S. Code §8104) Projects planned and developed for VHA, NCA, VBA or Staff Offices. Projects are individually appropriated by Congress. Major medical facility projects and leases require authorization by Congress.

Major Program Summary Architect-Engineer Services: Professional services of an architectural and engineering nature performed by contract. CFM contracts for the following services: Pre-Design Schematic Design Design Development Construction Documents

Major Program Summary Leasing Program: Authority delegated by GSA to execute leases. Major leases consist of projects over $1 million in annual unserviced rent and must be authorized by Congress. (38 U.S. Code §8104) CFM Real Property Service manages the acquisition of major leases. Smaller leases are managed at the local/regional level. Leases for medically related space are funded from the medical facilities appropriation.

Major Program Summary Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contracts: Architect Engineer Leasing Broker / Consultant Environmental

Other VA Construction Programs Minor Construction: Projects with a cost less than $10 million Appropriation by Congress not project specific Designed by an Architectural/Engineering Firm and constructed by a general contractor Typically administered at each medical center, cemetery or VBA office building

Other VA Construction Programs Non-Recurring Maintenance (NRM): Primarily address correcting facility deficiencies and renovating existing space including the repair or replacement of existing building systems Typically administered at each medical center or cemetery NRM projects are funded through the VHA’s medical facilities account or NCA’s operations and maintenance account Designed by an Architectural/Engineering Firm and constructed by a general contractor Green Management Program: Under control of the Office of Asset and Enterprise Management Energy Conservation Programs Energy Generation Programs Energy Assessments

Upcoming Opportunities FY 2015 Major Construction Procurements

Upcoming Opportunities FY 2016 Major Construction Procurements

Upcoming Opportunities FY 2016 Major Construction Procurements continued

Remaining Opportunities FY 2015 Remaining Leasing Opportunities

Upcoming Opportunities FY 2016 Leasing Opportunities

Issues Facing VA Lease Program authorizations and GSA approval Denver Replacement Hospital and USACE Aging infrastructure and a lack of funds to sustain/backlog of projects and funding Facility Master Plans

Points of Contact National Region Robert Capers, Acting Facilities Acquisition Director, (202) 632-4672 AE & Construction Contracting Policy Director Robert Capers, Director, (202) 632-4672 Real Property Service Jessica Kaplan, Director, (202) 632-4641 Central Region Katie Kuehn, Facilities Acquisition Director, (224) 610-3560 Eastern Region Janice Speth, Facilities Acquisition Director, (240) 494-2950 Western Region Euclides Barrera, Facilities Acquisition Director, (707) 562-8277 IT Acquisition Strategy & Facilities Management Luwanda Jones, Executive Director, (202) 461-7198 National Energy Business Center John Yallech, Jr., Supervisory Contract Specialist, (216) 447-8300

Useful Websites Office of Construction & Facilities Management www.cfm.va.gov Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) www.va.gov/osdbu OSDBU VetBiz www.vetbiz.gov Federal Business Opportunities www.fbo.gov VA Forecast of Contracting Opportunities https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/eVP/fco/FCO.aspx 2015 President’s Budget Request for VA www.va.gov/budget

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Eleni Reed Chief Green Officer, GSA PBS EO: Planning for Sustainability in the Next Decade

Transactional Data Proposed Rule Published in Federal Register March 4 Contractors to report transactional data from orders and prices paid by ordering activities FSS contract and GSA non-FSS contract orders (VA not covered) Removes BOA monitoring requirement of PRC However… GSA maintains right to ask for updates on CSP disclosures and price reductions IFF or CAF payments quarterly Pilot first step

Transaction Data Action Items Members- take the Transactional Data Reporting Survey open through March 27 Take the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/G76FRPZ Responses used to estimate the information collection burden for contractors CGP statement at public meeting on April 17 (GSA headquarters) Send feedback on rule to Aubrey at awoolley@thecgp.org (due to GSA May 4)

FSSI BMO GSA released draft RFP for FSSI Buildings Maintenance and Operations (BMO) Comments due April 17 Regional Phase 1 Multiple Award IDIQ Industry Days: March 31 - April 2, 2015 Philadelphia, New York, Washington, DC Deadline to register March 27

Upcoming Events 2015 Spring Conference – The Business of Government Breakfast Forum: Indirect Contracting with the Government April 9, 7:30 am - 11:00 am Reshaping Federal Contracting: A Conversation with OFPP Administrator Anne Rung April 22, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm 2015 Spring Conference – The Business of Government April 28

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