SOURCES SOUGHT
C -- Denver, Colorado - New Federal Medical Facility
- Notice Date
- 7/13/2004
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Attn: Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Facilities Management, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, District Of Columbia 20420
- ZIP Code
- 20420
- Solicitation Number
- 554PR2501
- Response Due
- 8/12/2004
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact - Robert Smoot, Director, A/E Evaluation and Program Support Team (181A), Ph: (202) 565-4181, Fx:(202) 565-5454, Contracting Officer - Chris Kyrgos, Contracting Officer (183B3), Ph:(202) 565-5215, Fx:(202) 565-4864
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to Chris Kyrgos
(chris.k.kyrgos@hq.med.va.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- POC(s) - Scope: Owen Tucker, 254-771-4512 / Selection Process: Robert T. Smoot, 202-565-4181. Architect or architect/engineer firm (NAICS 541310) to provide professional services for the advanced planning and design of a project for the construction of a new federal medical facility in Denver (Aurora), Colorado on the former Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center property or alternative site. The project could include as much as 1 million square feet for the VA/DoD joint use federal medical facility collocated with (or nearby) the University of Colorado Hospital. The project includes a new VA Tower with ambulatory care, acute inpatient medicine, surgery, psychiatry and other services and support functions. This facility would replace the current Denver VA Medical Center. Additionally, separate facilities for research, long-term care and spinal cord Injury care are proposed. The project may also include a combined administrative building for VA, and DoD. Space layout and interior partitioning will meet current VA Space Planning Guidelines and optimize patient care and staff efficiency. Applicants must demonstrate success in sustainable design including prescribing the use of recovered materials, achieving waste reduction, and energy efficiency in design. The completed project should be capable of achieving LEEDS certification. Mechanical, plumbing, electrical, nurse call, medical gases, and fire and safety systems will meet current codes and standards. Physical security and force protection will be an integral part of the final design. All structures and utilities will be designed to meet VA Seismic Design Requirements H-18-08. The new space will be in compliance with the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS) and PG-18-13 in all areas. Required services will include preparation of schematics and design development plans, including all appropriate architectural and engineering disciplines, and a firm estimate of construction cost. The contract will include a government option for: design-build RFP package or construction document preparation; construction period services, and site visits. Only firms with in-house architectural services, recent experience in the design of contemporary, state-of-the-art medical centers similar to that proposed and with systems integration, such as the VA Hospital Building System, will be considered. Emphasis will be placed on estimating capabilities and previous successful experience with construction of medical centers. Only architects or architect/engineer firms demonstrating the above capabilities and a planned approach to perform contract services will be considered. Applicants must have an established working office within the State of Colorado, of sufficient size as to be able to provide timely response and experience to accomplish the work and be licensed in the State of Colorado. Preference will be given to firms with working offices in the State of Colorado. No firm will be considered unless an application consisting of a completed SF 330 Part I and other evidence of experience and capabilities the applicant considers relevant is received by the VA A/E Evaluation & Program Support Team (181A, Attention: Robert T. Smoot, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, five (5) copies are required within 30 days of the date of this advertisement. A current SF 330 Part II, representing and differentiating between the personnel, experience and capabilities of all involved offices, must be included with the application together with current SF 330 Part IIs for each proposed consultant's office involved. Applicants will be rated based on the relevant experience of both the firm(s) and assigned individuals, the applicant's capacity to do the work as demonstrated by recent successful construction of contemporary medical centers, record of past performance on VA work, geographic consideration, the participation of minority-owned and women-owned consultants and demonstrate success in prescribing the use of recovered materials and achieving waste reduction and energy efficiency in facility design. Award of contract is dependent upon the availability of funds. This is not a request for a proposal. If subcontracting opportunities exist and the submitting firm is not a small business, the small, small disadvantaged and women-owned business contracting goals will be: 23% (SB), 5% (SDB), 5% (WOB), 3% (HUB Zone), 7% (VOB), and 3% (SCVOB). Note: The "covenant against contingent fee" clause is applicable to this solicitation. ***
- Web Link
-
RFP 554PR2501
(http://www.bos.oamm.va.gov/solicitation?number=554PR2501)
- Place of Performance
- Address: VA Medical Center, Denver, Colorado
- Zip Code: 00000
- Country: United States
- Zip Code: 00000
- Record
- SN00619905-W 20040715/040713211919 (fbodaily.com)
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