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C -- DESIGN OF NEW LABORATORY, CHAMBLEE, GA CAMPUS SOL 95-97(N) POC Contact Laurie Johnson at (404)842-6633 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking small business A-E firms with the capability to design a 40,000 net square foot multi-story research laboratory building for the National Center for Environmental Health at the existing Chamblee Campus. The design will deal with irreplaceable laboratory research and extremely critical laboratory processes. The scope of work includes program development, design and construction documents, cost estimation, and participation in an independent value engineering process. Laboratory building design will consist of Biosafety Level II laboratories (including analytical laboratories and toxic chemical containment research laboratories), laboratory support facilities (including space for mass spectrometers), offices, office support, storage rooms, and hazardous material storage facilities. The prime A-E firm will be required to demonstrate considerable experience in designing research laboratory facilities for toxic and carcinogenic research. Experience must include indepth knowledge of related complex laboratory processes, scientific equipment with special building support needs such as mass spectrometers, laboratory mechanical systems, and specialized laboratories such as chemical containment labs, clean rooms, as well as labs required to meet the CDC/NIH Biosafety Level standards. It will be required that the design is prepared according to the latest standards utilizing state-of-the-art processes and systems. Energy plant building design will include electrical and mechanical equipment areas and enclosed service yards. Site work will include parking areas, driveways, public roadway interfaces, campus quadrangle, walkways, and utility extensions. The project will be designed utilizing SI (System International) metric units of measurement. Final construction documents will be required to be produced using Autocad Release 12. Required disciplines include architectural, site planning, landscape architecture, electrical, mechanical, structural, civil engineering, cost estimating, value engineering, and laboratory design. The estimated construction cost is $22,511,780. Design of this facility will require approximately 13,500 architectural manhours. In order to meet the project schedule, seven qualified full-time architects are required for at least 70-80% of the design time. The A-E firm must have the manpower to perform the job as well as experience of managing and producing projects of similar size, cost and complexity. Firms will be evaluated based on the following criteria and associated weight factors: (I) PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS--relevant experience and qualifications of the A- E's key personnel as related to research laboratory design (project architect - 5 points, project manager - 5 points, chief mechanical engineer - 5 points, and experience of the proposed team members working together on research laboratory projects - 15 points; (for a total of 30 points). (II) DESIGN EXPERTISE AND TECHNICAL ABILITY--the proposed team's specialized experience and technical competence including complex engineering design, innovative design, containment design, and Biosafety standards application (20 points). (III) ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT--the A-E firm's demonstrated ability to manage a large complex project, maintain a project schedule and budget, and utilize a system of cost controls including value engineering (25 points). IV. EXPERIENCE OF FIRM--past performance on similar contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, adherence to the project schedule, quality of design, and user satisfaction (15 points). Small business firms believing they have the capabilities to perform these design services should submit completed SF 254 (SF 254 must be submitted for the prime firm and each consultant) and SF 255. A maximum of ten sheets of supplemental information specifically responding to the above criteria including representative photographs or graphic examples of relevant laboratory and biosafety containment projects will be permitted. This announcement is issued to identify capable small businesses to perform in a designated industry group considered for set-aside under the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program mandated by Public Law 100- 656. Interested small businesses should indicate interest in this acquistion by providing the Contracting Officer the evidence of their capability to perform the requirement described herein. Responses (SF 254 and SF 255) must be received in the procurement office listed above no later than 21 days from publication of this notice. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 8712. Only small business organizations are asked to respond to this announcement. To be considered a small business concern under SIC Code 8712, a firm's average annual receipts for the past three fiscal years shall not have exceeded $2.5 million per year. This is not an RFP and the Government is not committed to award a contract pursuant to this announcement. (0052)

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