SPECIAL NOTICE
C -- Basrah Children's Hospital AE Services
- Notice Date
- 10/16/2006
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541310
— Architectural Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Multi-National Forces Iraq, Joint Contracting Command Iraq, JCCIA - Reconstruction (F&T), PCO Annex Baghdad, APO, AE, 09348, IRAQ
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- W91GXZ-07-R-0002
- Response Due
- 10/27/2006
- Archive Date
- 10/28/2006
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT. The Joint Contracting Command - Iraq/Afghanistan, Baghdad, Iraq intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Hospital Designers and Planners (HDP), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Authority cited is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, Paragraph (a)(iii), Only one responsible source and no other services will satisfy agency requirements. It is likely that award to any other source would result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition or unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements. This effort is for the Architect and Engineering Services required to complete the construction of the Basrah Children's hospital, Basrah, Iraq. The Basrah Children's Hospital (BCH) facility will be a state-of-the-art, 160,000 sq ft, 94-bed acute and referral care center with a focus on pediatric oncology. Built on 13 acres, it will be a leader in childrens health care for the southern governorates, providing high impact specialty services not otherwise available in Iraq. It will also serve as the Center of Excellence with the goal of becoming a training facility to improve and expand the training of health professionals throughout Iraq and become the health facility and best practices model for future hospital renovations and new health facility construction across the country. The construction is currently 30% complete. By direction of the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and the Director, Iraq Reconstruction and Management Office (IRMO), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) canceled the current job order with Bechtel National, Inc. (BNI) on contract SPU-C-00-04-0001, Job Order 04-511, for construction of the Basrah Children's Hospital. The A-E of record, HDP, is responsible for the 100% design of the hospital. HDP will continue in its role to review and approve all shop and material-issued-for-construction submittal drawings related to the hospital. The proposed contract with HDP, the design firm, will ensure completion of the hospital as it was designed and awarded under the BNI contract. It is well recognized in the industry that it is critical to successful project completion to keep the construction and designer team intact if at all possible from start to finish. HDP has AE liability for the design of this hospital. This is not a Request for Proposal and no solicitation packages will be issued. All responses will be considered and must include proof of familiarity with the Basrah Children's Hospital as well as specific experience with hospital designs. Responses shall include company name, address, POC, phone number, fax number, email address, business size, taxpayer identification number (if applicable), DUNS number and CAGE Code. All responses must be received NLT 1630 hours, Baghdad, Iraq, October 27, 2006.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Basrah, Iraq
- Country: IRAQ
- Country: IRAQ
- Record
- SN01166008-W 20061018/061016220541 (fbodaily.com)
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