VA Medical Center, 3200 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45220

R -- OPEN ENDED A/E SERVICES - PRIMARILY ARCHITECTURAL SOL 539-28-96 DUE 051696 POC Contact Point, Betty Jo Dessauer, (513)559-5620, Contracting Officer, Sandra Lopes, (513)559-5619, Additional Contact, Judith Blasingame, (513)559-5036 Provide professional services necessary for the design of various in-house projects at this Medical Center which are primarily architectural.Under this contract, the A/E may be required to furnish architectural design services for reports, planning, and programming studies, rinvestigations, site selection, design concepts, tentative design, working drawings and specifications, construction period services, site visits, and review of shop drawings, samples, equipment, data, and other related documents. Total cost of contract shall not exceed $450,000. Contract period shall consist of base year with options. Tasks will be directed by individual work order amendments to the contract. Each of which shall not exceed $75,000. Please be advised this is not a request for proposal as solicitation documents are not available. Those firms who are within a 100 mile radius of Cincinnati, Ohio are encouraged to submit Standard Forms 254 and 255 by close of business May 2, 1996. Selection will be based on (1) Team proposed for this project - Background of the personnel, i.e., Project manager, other key personnel, and consultant(s); (2) Proposed Management Plan - Team organization, i.e., design phase and construction phase; (3) Previous experience of team proposed for this project - Describe projects; (4) Location and facilities of working office(s), i.e., Prime firm, and Consultant(s); (5) Present Proposed design approach for this project - i.e., Describe proposed design philosophy, What problems do you anticipate and how do you propose to solve them?, Describe possible energy applications, and Describe innovative approaches in production and design; (6) Cost Control - What control techniques are planned?, Who will be responsible for cost control?, and Review recent projects to demonstrate ability to meet project cost target and any additional construction costs caused by design deficiencies - not program changes; (7) Estimating Effectiveness - Review ten most recently bid projects to demonstrate estimating effectiveness; (8) Schedule Control - What techniques are planned to assure that schedule will be met?, Who will be responsible to assure that schedule will be met?, and Review recent projects to demonstrate ability to meet project schedules; (9) Describe Your Experience and Capabilities in the Following Areas - Value Engineering, Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA), Critical Path Method, Fast-Track Construction, Energy Conservation, New Energy Resources, Environmental Assessment, Specialized Experience, Computer Aided Design and Drafting, and Other Computer Applications; and Miscellaneous - Describe awards received for design excellence, Describe circumstance and outcome of any litigation you have been involved in over the last five years, and Indicate type and amount of liability insurance you carry. This solicitation is unrestricted. SIC code 8712 applies. (0092)

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