Department of Veterans Affairs (90C2), VA Medical Center, ATTN: Contracting Officer, Mountain Home, TN 37684

C -- A/E SERVICES FOR PHASE III IMPACT PROJECT DUE 051496 POC Contracting Officer, JIMMY W. SMILEY, (423)461-7986 A/E service to provide all architectural and engineering services necessary to design a project for renovation of existing spaces and portions of buildings for relocation of existing services, activities and equipment as follows: (a) Medical Records from Ground (Grd) Floor (Fl) Building (Bldg) 78 to Grd Fl Bldg 8, (b) Social Work from 3rd Fl Bldg 71 to 1st Fl Bldg 8, (c) MAS Offices from Grd/1st Fl Bldg 78 to 1st Fl Bldg 8, (d) TN Dept. of VA & Med Library TDVA from 1st Fl Bldg 68 to 1st Fl Bldg 8 and Library from 3rd Fl Bldg 76 to 1st Fl Bldg 8, (e) Police from 1st Fl Bldg 76 to 1st Fl Bldg 8, (f) Medical Research from 2nd Fl Bldg 160 to 1st Fl Bldg 8, (g) Eye Clinic from 1st Fl Bldg 71 to 2nd Fl Bldg 8 and (h) Admission/Emergency form 1st Fl Bldg 78 to 1st Fl Bldg 200. All final drawings, final specifications and final cost estimate must be completed within sixty-five (65) calendar days from date of contract award. The A/E will submit 25% working drawings within 30 calendar days from contract award, 75% working drawings within 50 calendar days from contract award and 100% complete working drawings within 65 calendar days from contract award. The project will consist of renovation of existing and previously used patient rooms, wards, and administration areas. Renovation will consist of demolition of existing partitions, suspended ceilings, floor and wall finishes, HVAC, and other mechanical systems and utilities. New construction will consist of the following: required floor to ceiling partitions, manufactured moveable partitions, cosmetic finishes to existing walls and structure items, new floor finishes, retrofit existing HVAC and other mechanical system and utilities for new areas. Installation of lighting and wiring for additional receptacles, computer and telephone outlets. A/E will provide a structural analysis for the First Floor, West Wing Building 8 for placement of Library. This renovation project will be designed accordingly and in compliance with current VA criteria, VA construction standars, construction standards and applicable codes, etc. The A/E shall develop a detailed construction estimate. The estimate shall include the various categories of work involved and the quantites per service relocation. The estimate shall take into account actual market conditions to the extent possible for the labor and materials and allow for any undefined cost anticipated during working drawing design. Construction Period services will include (a) reviewing material submittals, shop drawings and test reports (if required), (b) review of change oreders/supplemental agreements, and cost analyses, (c) site visits shall include pre-bid conference plus 5 site inspections to be performed at the request of the VA and one site visit for the final inspection of the project and (d) develop as-built drawings for VA files, final as-built drawings will be submitted on reproducible mylars, or if design is by means off CADD System provide DWG file disk. This estimated construction cost range for this project is between $500,000 and $1,000,000. The area of consideration for this project is A/E firms located within a 100 mile radius of Johnson City, Tennessee. A/E firms desiring consideration must submit a current SF 254 and SF 255 to the contracting officer NLT COB 5/14/96. The SIC Code for this project is 8712. This is not a RFP. (0100)

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