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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 19, 2006 FBO #1574
SOURCES SOUGHT

C--C -- Columbia Area National Cemetery, Master Plan and Phase I Development, Columbia, South Carolina

Notice Date

3/17/2006
 

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

VA-786A-06-RI-0035
 

Response Due

4/17/2006
 

Archive Date

5/17/2006
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Landscape Architect (NAICS 541320) or Civil Engineer (541330) firm capable of preparing all design documentation including, but not limited to, master plans, schematic documents, design development documents, construction documents, and providing construction period services, for a new national cemetery in the Columbia, South Carolina area, on a site to be selected by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Prime contractor should have licensed / registered Landscape Architects and Civil Engineers as members of the firm, or team, with experience in the planning and design of cemeteries, large institutional campuses, parks, or similar land development projects. The following licensed / registered specialty disciplines should be members of the firm, or team, with demonstrable expertise in their respective fields: Cost Estimator, Natural Resources Specialist, Geo-technical Engineer, Water Management / Irrigation Specialist, and Architect. Scope: Prepare a Master Plan for an approximate 275 acre Columbia, South Carolina Area National Cemetery site. Prepare design documentation for the Phase 1 build-out, approximately 75 acres, of the site. Included as part of the design will be: main entrance area, assembly area, public information center, committal service shelters, environmental mitigation, full-casket gravesites containing pre-placed crypts, columbarium, cremains sites, roadways, irrigation, utilities, landscaping, signage, administration building, and maintenance building. Construction documents and construction period services contract shall be awarded at the option of the government based on the availability of funds. The completed project should be capable of achieving LEEDS certification In addition to design capabilities, estimating capabilities of the applicants will be considered. An estimate of construction cost based on level of design detail will be required at each design phase. The selected firm shall design to the estimated government cost for construction. Applicants must have an established working office within the State of South Carolina, be of sufficient size and experience to accomplish the work, and be licensed in the State of South Carolina. 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 - master planning on projects of similar scale and scope - 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. 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% (WOSB), 3% (HUB Zone), 7% (VOSB), and 3% (SDVOSB). Note: The ?covenant against contingent fee? clause is applicable to this solicitation. ***
 

Place of Performance

Address: Columbia, South Carolina

Zip Code: 00000

Country: United States
 

Record

SN01008862-W 20060319/060317212213 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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