Tennessee Valley Authority Purchasing WR 3L-C 1101 Market Street P. O. Box 11127 Chattanooga TN 37401-2127

C -- DESIGN COMPETITION FOR FULL A/E DESIGN SERVICES FOR BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT SUPPORT FACILITIES POC Buyer: David E. McGinnis Phone: (615) 751-4961 THIS NOTICE SUPERSEDES TVA's PRIOR NOTICE OF THIS PROJECT: REFER TO COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE No. PSA-1379; DATED - FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1995; Y -- CONSTRUCTION OF STRUCTURES And FACILITIES: Y -- DESIGN COMPETITION FOR FULL A/E DESIGN SERVICES For BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT SUPPORT FACILITIES. TVA intends to purchase the following goods or services by Competitive Negotiation: Architectural/Engineering (A/E) Services are required for design for the two (2) phase Facility Development at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Decatur, Alabama. The scope of A/E services for Phase I includes conceptual design for both development Phases I and II and includes final design and construction administration services for the Phase I development only. Development Phase I includes a new Main Plant Entry Road, new Parking Lots and new Administration Building. Development Phase II consists of adaptation of the existing Gatehouse, a new Plant Office Building and Maintenance Shop, a new Pedestrian Bridge, Landscaping and new Storage Yards. All design will be in hard metric (SI) and completed in ''Autocad'' or translated to ''Autocad.'' The Estimated Construction Budget for both phases of the project is $30-$45 million. TVA's objective is to establish sources of design excellence in Stage I and use project team qualifications in Stage II to establish sources of service excellence. The Stage III design competition will identify the best overall source of excellence and result in the award of the commission. Each stage will narrow and pre-qualify those invited to participate in the next stage. The geographical limitation for this procurement is the seven state service area of the Tennessee Valley Authority which includes Tennessee, and portions of Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia. The Lead Designer (or the Lead Designer's Firm), and the Lead Firm of the project team must have principle office(s) within this area and the performance of all architectural design and design development and preparation of at least 50% of the architectural contract documents for this project must occur in these offices. Joint ventures with firms and consultants outside the geographic area are permissible. STAGE I, Lead Designer Selections: Successful participants will be selected on the basis of design excellence through evaluation of submittals using the following criteria, listed in order of importance: 1. Past Design Performance: Submit the following for no more than three (3) projects completed in the past ten (10) years for which you were the Lead Designer. (A) maximum of three (3) 8'' x 10'' photographs per project. Photographs should convey as much information about the projects as possible. One photograph should depict the overall context, massing, proportions, landscaping and site design. One photograph should be a closer view indicating the module, rhythm and proporations of the fenestration and/or cladding. One photograph should be detailed, either interior or exterior, depicting the human scale elements of the design. (B) On a maximum of one type written page per project: provide a description of each project including information concerning the innovative aspects of the project (energy conservation, sustainable materials, innovative design or construction techniques, etc.); provide a list of awards, publications, or peer recognition exemplifying design excellence (attach photocopies of awards); provide contact information for references from the client organization and from the general construction contractor. 2. Philosophy and Design Intent: In the Lead Designer's works and on a maximum of one (1) typewritten page, state your: (A) overall design philosophy; (B) approach to resolving design issues; (C) your professional responsibility as a Lead Designer; (D) your philosophy on determining the design parameters. 3. Lead Designer Profile: On one (1) typewritten page,submit your biographical sketch including education, professional experience (include experience on projects of similar scope and scale to the Browns Ferry Project); identify awards and recognition for designs (attach photocopies of awards and one (1) photograph of each award winning project); describe your proposed responsibility and commitment ot this project. Following the evaluation of Stage I submittals, the successful Stage I Offerors will be notified of their pre-qualification for Stage II participate. STAGE II, Project Team Selections: Within seven (7) calendar days after receipt of their pre-qualification notice, successful Lead Designers will be required to identify, to TVA, an assembled, willing, Project Team proposed for this project. Project Teams will be composed of the key individuals committed to this project who are employees in the Lead Designer's firm, and/or the Lead Firm or in key Consulting Firms. TVA will contact each Lead Firm of the identified Project Teams to schedule a meeting in the Lead Firm's offices with the Project Team. Each Project Team, led by the Lead Firm, will give presentation to TVA showing their capacity to deliver an excellent, finished design. The evaluation criteria for the Project Team presentations in order of importance are: (1) Past project delivery performance; (2) Professional qualifications of team members; (3) Team organization and management; (4) Production qualifications submitted on forms 254 and 255; and (5) Subcontracting plan. In assembling the proposed Project Team, Offerors are encouraged to provide the maximum practical opportunities to Small Business Concerns owned and controlled by social and economically disadvantaged individuals in the Valley Region to participate as Lead or as subcontractors/consultants and are preferred when possible and will be considered in evaluations of (5) above. Where Offerors propose the use of in-house staff to provide special services, Offers shall demonstrate equivalent qualifications to that of a consultant. Evaluation of Stage II presentations and submittals will result in the pre-qualification of at least three (3) Stage III participants. STAGE III, Design Competition: Stage III participants will be invited to attend a Stage III, pre-submittal conference and will receive a package of information including programming, site information, project goals and competition requirements. The conference, at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, will further discuss project requirements and the remaining selection processes. Conceptual designs for all phases of site development and for the Phase I, Administration Office Building will be submitted anonymously for jury by a team of professionals selected from related design fields and from TVA. TVA will provide a stipend to each Stage III participant upon receipt of its responsive submittal. The Stage III participant providing the selected conceptual design will also be awarded the commission for the remaining requested A/I services. There will be a single contract awarded to the Lead Designer and/or the Lead Firm who will be responsible to TVA for all requested services and who will subcontract or assign divisions of the work to others in the successful Project Team. However, the final commission will require the Lead Designer to perform as a minimum, establishment of the design philosophy and perform all of the conceptual design for both site development phases of the project and to prepare at least 50% of requested architectural design development documents for Phase I. The final commission will also require the Lead Firm, as a minimum, to prepare at least 50% of requested architectural construction documents and perform all requested contract administration service for Phase I. The services that may be requested and the minimum Project Team capabilities should include the development of design philosophies, conceptual design, design development, preparation and delivery of project presentations in various media, to a variety of audiences and management levels, preparation of contract documents, cost estimating, interior design, acoustics, telecommunications, special studies and reports, site surveys, site and space planning, programming, project planning and control including cost control and value engineering, quality control, quality improvement, project management, landscape design, construction bid review, contractor submittals review, construction administration, and any other services that are common to the construction industry. Offerors shall submit in writing via express mail or fax to David E. McGinnis (fax 615-751-3550) any questions, no later than 4:00 p.m. local time, August 3, 1995. All questions and TVA responses shall be returned to offerors no later than August 10, 1995. To be considered, candidates must deliver two (2) identical copies of their Stage I submittals by 4:00 p.m. local time, August 21, 1995, to TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, Purchasing, Attention: David E. McGinnis, 1101 Market Street (WR 3L-C), Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402. Contact David E. McGinnis, Purchasing Agent, at (615) 751-4961 with any questions. (0206)

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