At a minimum, this process includes the following:. A method for the ongoing collection of institutional technical capabilities and programmatic requirements throughout the year. A method for identifying operations and maintenance requirements such as excessive trouble calls on a system or facility. The FPM and Center facility planning office shall coordinate all acquisition planning and execution with the Center acquisition office to ensure compliance with these regulations.
See NPD With support from the project team see section 2. For projects using a design-build approach, specific training in design-build acquisition and requirements is highly recommended.
The project team includes all project stakeholders such as representatives from the using organization, safety, health, engineering, fire protection, security, historic preservation, environmental, acquisition, operations and maintenance, and technicians. The FPM ensures that all project stakeholders take part in FEP: the process of gathering and developing sufficient information to define a facility project.
Once the FPM and the planning team have identified the initial project goals and objectives, the FEP process starts and continues through the approval of the design statement of work SOW and the start of final design. The FEP phase establishes the project approach, requirements, and concept that provide the basis for project budget and approval.
In this approach, the design is provided by an A-E company and then the approved design is put out for a construction bid with the winning contractor building the approved design see Figure a. In this approach, a single entityβthe design-build teamβ works under a single contract with the Center to provide the design and then do the construction for the project see Figure b. Different elements of the contract may be subcontracted out, but there is a single responsible organization.
