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C -- DESIGN OF NEW LABORATORY, CHAMBLEE, GEORGIA SOL 95-97(N) POC Contact Laurie Johnson at (404)842-6553 Architect-Engineer services required for a new laboratory building for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to consist of pre-design services with options for schematic design, preliminary design, and final design. The facility will be a 40,000 net square foot multi-story research laboratory building for the National Center for Environmental Health at the existing Chamblee, Georgia Campus. The scope of work includes program development, design and construction documents, cost estimates, and participation in an independent value engineering process. Laboratory building design will include but not be limited to: 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 shall have considerable experience in designing research laboratory facilities for toxic and carcinogenic research. This experience must include in-depth 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. The design must be 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 estimated construction cost is $22,511,780.00. This project will be designed using SI (System International) metric units of measurement. Final construction documents are required to be produced using Autocad Release 12 (or at the government's discretion, a more current release). Required disciplines include architectural, site planning, landscape architecture, electrical, mechanical, structural, civil engineering, cost estimating, value engineering, and laboratory design. Categories of evaluation criteria and associated weight factors to be applied in the selection process are as follows: (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). Total 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. Total 20 points. (III) Organization and Management-A-E firm's demonstrated ability to manage a large complex project, maintain a project schedule and budget, compile a clear and concise package of coordinated contract documents, and utilize a system of cost controls including value engineering. Total 25 points. (IV) Experience of Firm-Past performance on similar contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, adherence to project schedule, quality of design, and user satisfaction. Total 15 points. (V) Location-The A-E firm, including major consultants, must have an active full-time production staff/business office providing architectural/engineering services. The A-E firm must also have been in business in it's current location, providing A-E design and related services during the immediate past year. A-E firms located within 100 miles of CDC, Atlanta, GA; 10 points. A-E firms within 250 miles of CDC, Atlanta, GA; 7 points. A-E firms within 1000 miles of CDC, Atlanta, GA; 3 points. A-E firms over 1000 miles from CDC, Atlanta, GA; 0 points. Firms desiring consideration are invited to submit a letter of interest along with one copy each of completed SF 254 (SF 254 must be submitted for prime and each consultant) and SF 255. A maximum of ten sheets of supplemental information to the SF 255 will be permitted which specifically responds to the above criteria including representative photographs or graphic examples of relevant laboratory and biosafety containment projects. SF 254 must be current, reflecting a date not more than one year from the date of this notice. Responses are due 30 calendar days from date of publication of this notice. Firms are advised that in accordance with FAR 52.219-9, a large business successful offeror will be required to submit for approval a subcontracting plan outlining which portions of the work to be subcontracted will be awarded to both small businesses and small disadvantaged businesses. An acceptable subcontracting plan must be agreed upon prior to contract award to any large business firm. Site visits will not be arranged during the submittal period. This is not a request for proposal. (0132)

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