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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 30, 2004 FBO #0977
SOURCES SOUGHT

C -- Anchorage, Alaska - New Outpatient Clinic/VA Regional Office

Notice Date

7/28/2004
 

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

463PM2500
 

Response Due

8/27/2004
 

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

8a Competitive
 

Description

POC Scope: Bob Clifton 707-562-8403 / Selection Process: Robert T. Smoot, 202-565-4181. Architect or architect/engineer firm (NAICS 541310) to provide advance planning and design professional services for a new 168,000 GSF outpatient clinic and regional office, to be constructed adjacent to Elmendorf Air Force Base Medical Center, in Anchorage, Alaska. The project will replace an existing 82,000 GSF leased facility. The new facility will fully address CARES capacity gaps for specialty, primary and ancillary care. 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. 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 a design program, schematics and design development plans utilizing all appropriate architectural and engineering disciplines including environmental engineering cost estimating, historic preservation and CADD. 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, experienced in the design of similar facilities, will be considered. Emphasis will be placed on estimating capabilities and previous successful experience with construction of medical facilities. Only architects or architect/engineer firms demonstrating the above capabilities and a planned approach to perform contract services, and, with systems integration, such as the VA Hospital Building System, will be considered. Applicants must have an established working office within a 125-mile radius of Anchorage, Alaska of sufficient size as to be able to provide timely response and experience to accomplish the work and be licensed in the State of Alaska. This proposed acquisition is a 100% Native American Set-a-Side. Firms must indicate in response whether they meet the requirements for a Native American business concern. Preference will be given to firms with working offices in the State of Alaska. 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, 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. Note: The ?covenant against contingent fee? clause is applicable to this solicitation. ***
 

Web Link

RFP 463PM2500
(http://www.bos.oamm.va.gov/solicitation?number=463PM2500)
 

Place of Performance

Address: VA Regional Office, Anchorage, Alaska

Zip Code: 00000

Country: United States
 

Record

SN00631983-W 20040730/040728212021 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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