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C -- A/E DESIGN OF U.S. GRAIN MARKETING RESEARCH LABORATORY, MANHATTAN, KANSAS SOL 8176-3K15-95 DUE 040195 POC Contracting Officer, Alan F. Connell, 301-344-0298 The Agricultural Research Service, USDA, plans to enter into a contract negotiation with an Architect-Engineering (A/E) firm located within a 200-mile radius of Manhattan, Kansas. Proposed A/E services will be for the design, cost estimating, inspection of construction, and related design and construction phase services for the Modernization of the U.S. Grain Marketing Research Laboratory, Manhattan, Kansas. The facility will be restored to a serviceable and operable condition meeting current codes and standards. The parameters priority for correcting the facility deficiencies are: protection of life and property, implementation of mandated regulations, standards and codes, more effective space utilization, and energy conservation measures. The building is a 25-year old, one story, structure with approximately 56,000 gross square feet floor area. The building is classified as an industrial laboratory. Based on a completed engineering Facility Condition Study, the ''brick and mortar'' modernization cost is estimated in the range of $7,000,000. Evaluation of firms will be made on the following criteria, in order of descending importance, (a) Specialized experience and technical competence in the renovate/upgrade type of work required, including knowledge of local conditions where the facility is located; (b) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedule; (c) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services; (d) Volume and nature of present workload as it relates to the ability to perform the work required in a timely manner, specialized technical skills, project coordination and management skills, and team experience of proposed key personnel; (e) Staffing and equipment to accomplish the work in the required time. See also Note 24. Any SF-254 and SF-255 Forms received after the exact time set for receipt will be handled in accordance with FAR regulations, Paragraph 15.412. Firms meeting the requirements are invited to submit SF-254's and SF-255's under this Solicitation No. 8176-3K15-95 to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, ARS, AFM, Facilities Division, Facilities Contracts Branch, Room 616-A, 6303 Ivy Lane, Greenbelt, Maryland 20770- 1433, by 4 p.m., local time, March 10, 1995. This is not a request for proposal. (0052)

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