Eldorado National Forest, 100 Forni Road, Placerville, CA 95667

C -- LTBMU PROFILE CHAMBER SOL R5-03-95-16. DUE 032795. POC Kathy Griffin (916) 622-5061. The USDA Forest Service intends to procure professional architectural, engineering, and interpretive design services for rehabilitation of the Stream Profile Chamber interpretive facility at South Lake Tahoe, CA. Work includes, but is not limited to conceptual design alternatives, design of exhibitry, development and final design services, construction contract drawings, cost estimating, and construction specifications. The interpretive design work shall include designs integrating the Stream Profile Chamber ``exhibit'' with indoor exhibits, a space of approximately 1,500 square feet. The construction documents shall be developed in a manner to include building rehabilitation and modifications, stream profile chamber ``exhibit'' modifications, and the design of interpretive exhibits. Estimate of Final construction cost is between $250,000 and $500,000. In evaluating submittals, the following criteria will be applied in relative order with criteria 1-4 being of equal value and criteria 5 & 6 being of lesser value.: (1) Professional qualifications of the firm to include architectural, structural & acoustical engineering, site design, and interpretive master planning and design disciplines. Firm must have architect license for the State of California. (2) Specialized experience and technical competence including: the creative use of various architectural and interpretive media such as signs, murals, graphics, photography, interactive exhibits, dioramas, sensory forms, and lifelike simulations of natural environments; experience on projects integrating architectural and interpretive elements; interpretive writing for aquarium, zoo, and interpretive facility exhibits, publications, and self-guided trails; experience in research, design, development, and fabrication relating to outdoor aquariums and zoos; experience utilizing universal media design to address ADA responsibilities for people with disabilities (mobility, site impaired, low vision, cognitive, developmental, etc.); experience in integrated visitor facility, and environmental exhibitry design and curatorial. Experience involving comprehensive, innovative technical design solutions for comparable projects which included design of simulated and natural environments, and interactive exhibitry. Materials clearly demonstrating the ability to produce projects of similar scope and complexity shall be submitted. Provide a minimum of three client references and current telephone numbers. (3) Past performance of key team members on similar scale zoo, aquarium, and interpretive exhibit and facility designs in terms of cost control, quality of work, meeting schedules, and cost estimating. (4) Experience and qualifications of key personnel (interpretive specialist, exhibit designer, architect, landscape architect) on previous similar projects including: specialized technical skill relating to aquarium, zoo, and interpretive facility development, project coordination and management skills, and demonstrated experience in working together as a team. Submittal shall include a statement of credentials of assigned staff, including the Project Manager, exhibit designers, writers, artists, architect, and landscape architect. The submittal shall include experience of the Project Manager on other Government contracts and show ability to coordinate entire design effort. Identify key personnel proposed to be part of the project team, their roles, and estimated percentage of involvement on project team. (5) Capacity to accomplish work on time. (6) Computer-assisted design capability and capacity to generate prompt design modifications and to display for presentation various versions of design details and alternatives. This is not a RFP; there is no packge to request. Interested parties are to submit forms SF-254 And SF-255 to the above address by March 27, 1995 by C.O.B. (4:30 PM). (062)

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