SOURCES SOUGHT
C -- Architects or Architect/Engineers Services,Long Term Spinal Cord Injury Facility, Dallas VA MCenter, 4500 South Lancaster Road, Dallas, TX
- Notice Date
- 10/8/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541310
— Architectural Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Office of Construction & Facilities Management, Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Facilities Management, Department of Veterans Affairs;Office of Construction and;Facilities Management (00CFM3B);811 Vermont AVE, NW;Washington DC 20420
- ZIP Code
- 20420
- Solicitation Number
- VA-101-09-RP-0004
- Response Due
- 10/23/2008
- Archive Date
- 12/22/2008
- Point of Contact
- Frank A ClemonsContracting Officer<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Construction and Facilities Management (CFM), Washington, DC is looking Architects or architect/engineers, NAICS 541310, in the following small business categories: (1) Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB); (2) Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB); (3) 8(a); (4) Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HubZone); (5) Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) and/or (6) Small Disadvantaged Businesses. Architects or architect/engineers must be capable of preparing all design documentation including, but not limited to, advance/master planning and design of a Long Term Spinal Cord Injury Facility, Dallas VA Medical Center, 4500 South Lancaster Road, Dallas, TX. Prime contractor should have, at least, the following licensed/registered specialty disciplines be members of the firm, or team, with demonstrable expertise in their respective fields: Architects; Medical Planners; Structural, Mechanical, Geo-technical, Communication, and Electrical Engineers; Interior Designers; and Cost Estimators with experience in the planning and design of hospitals, large medical and research facilities, long term care mental health and dementia, or similar complex healthcare projects. VA proposes to construct a new 60 bed Long Term Care Spinal Cord unit and associated clinical and Administrative support spaces. The SCI unit represents approximately 125,000 GSF of new construction. The footprint and associated buffer space requirements for this unit will force the relocation/demolition of the following physical structures: Bldg 44, Temporary Buildings: T-1A, T-48, T-47, and T-46. In addition Recreation Services site functions will have to be demolished and rebuilt. The project will construct a new campus warehouse containing roughly 45,000 GSF. The new 60 Bed Long Term Spinal Cord Injury facility will be operationally integrated with the existing 60 bed acute SCI Center at the Dallas campus by way of a connecting corridor that will be constructed as part of this project. An existing parking garage in the basement of building 2 will be renovated to provide administrative space. A new parking garage structure will be constructed as part of this project with around 800 parking spaces. The contract will include a government option for: design-build RFP package or construction document preparation; construction period services, and site visits. The completed project should be capable of achieving LEED Silver equivalency. Only firms, or teams, with in-house architectural services, recent experience in the design of contemporary, state-of-the-art medical facilities similar to that proposed. Additional tasks may include site analysis and selection of potential new locations for the new facilities. Emphasis will be placed on cost and scope management capabilities and previous successful experience with construction and renovations of medical facilities, along with the firms, or teams, Quality Assurance /Quality Control procedures. In addition, the firms or teams must demonstrate their ability to effectively utilize IFC version 2x-3 (or later) compliant parametric Building Information Modeling (BIM) system in developing this project from its initial conception through completion of documentation. The team shall have the experience, ability, and data management skills to execute an integrated design approach using BIM technology. Only architects or architect/engineer firms, or teams, demonstrating the above capabilities and a planned approach to perform contract services will be considered. 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 team shall design to the governments estimated cost for construction. Applicants must have an established working office within 100 mile radius of Dallas, TX, be of sufficient size and experience to accomplish the work, and be licensed in the State of Texas. If your firm falls into one of the above small business categories, please forward an email (ONLY) to frank.clemons@va.gov with: (1) name and address of your firm, (2) DUNS number, (3) name and phone number of a point of contact, (4) NAICS code, (5) Experience in designing projects of a similar size and scope). PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND THE GOVERNMENT IS SEEKING INFORMATION FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. THE GOVERNMENT MAY OR MAY NOT ISSUE SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS. LOOK FOR ANY FURTHER INFORMAITON IN FEDBIZOPPS. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE RETURNED.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Dallas VA Medical Center;4500 South Lancaster Road;Dallas, TX<br />
- Zip Code: 75216<br />
- Zip Code: 75216<br />
- Record
- SN01689958-W 20081010/081008215305-3acea558132308d7a2f83f879e6dd2b8 (fbodaily.com)
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