Attachment 1: Combined Synopsis-Solicitation for Commercial Products and Commercial Services Effective Date: 03/15/2023 Revision: 01 Description This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products and commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Products and Commercial Services, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested, and a written solicitation document will not be issued. This solicitation is issued as an RFQ. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2025-03 January 17, 2025. This solicitation is set-aside for Small Business (SB). The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541620, with a small business size standard of $19.0M. The FSC/PSC is B503. The Lexington VA Medical Center, Franklin Sousley Campus, 250 Leestown Road, Lexington, KY 40511 is seeking to purchase a Cultural Landscape Report. All interested companies shall provide quotations for the following: Supplies/Services Line Item Description Quantity Unit of Measure Unit Price Total Price 0001 Cultural Landscape report 1 JB Statement of Work Introduction - The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to award a Firm Fixed Price Contract to a qualified firm with the capability and capacity to provide a completed Cultural Landscape Report for the Leestown facility. In 2018, the Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center Leestown Division entered into a Programmatic Agreement (PA) with the Kentucky State Historic Preservation Officer and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation regarding routine maintenance activities at the Leestown campus. One stipulation of the PA called for development of a Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) for the Leestown campus. The vendor will develop a CLR to address the following: A. Prepare a CLR that provides a comprehensive look at the cultural landscape origins, evolution, and use, informed by federal preservation guidelines. B. Define the values and associations that make them historically significant. C. Provide historic development and use, modifications over time, as well as any ethnographic values and affiliations D. Include a base map and photographs E. Review and assessment of archeological records, and field investigations to determine the extent and condition of historic and contemporary landscape features. Maps, plans, drawings, and photographs are prepared as part of the baseline documentation. Task 1: Records Review and Background Research The vendor is to conduct a review of cultural resource reports and survey records pertinent to the Leestown campus held by the Kentucky Heritage Council (KHC), Kentucky Office of State Archaeology (OSA), and provided by the VA. This will include review of the Second Generation Veterans Hospitals Multiple Property Documentation Form (MPDF), the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) nomination for the Lexington VA Hospital (Leestown campus), the facility-wide archaeological survey of the campus, and the Historic Preservation Plan (HPP) for the property. The review also will include records of Section 106 consultation related to recent construction activities at the hospital. The vendor is to obtain copies of various sites plans, architectural plans, photographs, and other primary documents related to the development of the Leestown campus for review and catalogue these records and work with the VA to identify any additional records in their possession that document the history and development of the hospital landscape. The VA will also provide available Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) drawing of the existing site plan including all building footprints, roadways, walkways, parking lots, fence lines, and other major landscape features; (2) a CAD drawing of existing tree locations, as created for the recent underground utilities replacement project; (3) copies of any current manuals or guidelines pertaining to landscape management and maintenance. In coordination with the records review and research, the vendor will talk with appropriate stakeholders at the VA (such as facilities management staff) to understand issues the VA faces related to the management of the existing landscape. The vendor will work with the external stakeholders, including KHC staff, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG) historic preservation officer, and the Bluegrass Trust for Historic Preservation (BGT),to insure they are engaged early in the process so that they can have the opportunity to comment on any issues they wish to see addressed in the CLR. A minimum of one (1) consulting party in-person meeting with the VA and thes