John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Office of Contracts, 2700 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20566

C -- ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR CONTINUED REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT FOR ACCESSIBILITY, INTERPRETATION, AND VISITOR SERVICES OF THE KENNEDY CENTER AND SURROUNDING SITE. SOL JFKC01-97-R-00017 DUE 112596 POC Darlene Watson, Contract Specialist (202) 416-7928, or Valerie Veatch, Contracting Officer (202) 416-7912. Indefinite Delivery A/E contract. POC Ms. Darlene Watson, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Office of Contracts, 2700 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20566. ALL QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO MS. WATSON AT THE KENNEDY CENTER, TELEPHONE NUMBER (202) 416-7928. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is seeking Architectural/Engineering (A/E) services for the continued repair and rehabilitation of the Kennedy Center and surrounding site. The services of this contract will be multi-disciplinary and will include architecture, including, but not limited to, theater and accessibility design, structural, acoustic, mechanical, electrical, and civil engineering, security, life safety, landscape architecture, food service, lighting, construction feasibility, cost estimating, project scheduling, and related expertise. The purpose of the repair and rehabilitation work is to correct deficiencies or improve the Center with regard to life safety, security, accessibility for persons with disabilities, visitor services, and theater and building systems in the Kennedy Center and surrounding site. Multiple awards of fixed-price indefinite delivery task order contracts are anticipated. The contract(s) will be for a base year and four (4) one-year option periods. Award is anticipated to be in January 1997. Delivery task orders will be issued on an ''as required basis'' using rates established in the basic contract. The minimum amount for each contract is $25,000. No limitation on individual task order(s) other than they may not exceed the ceiling amount of the contract. The total combined ceiling of all contracts shall not exceed a maximum of $5,000,000 per year. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The work of this contract may include new projects of follow upon studies, investigations, conceptual designs, and construction documents already completed or in progress. The A/E is expected to complete a comprehensive review relevant of all pre-existing studies, reports, and analyses of the Kennedy Center facilities, and the related project documentation and cost estimates. The anticipated A/E work may include, but is not limited to, investigations, studies, comprehensive planning, project development, cost estimating, scheduling, and construction period services. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection process may involve more than one evaluation board, and selection will be based on the following criteria in descending order of importance: 1. Specialized experience and technical competence of the firm and consultants to provide A/E services for the repair and rehabilitation of a performing arts center within a functioning building and to conduct facility planning, budgeting and scheduling of multiple projects, and capital program development, 2. Professional qualifications, specialized experience, and technical competence of key members of the firms and consultants' staffs to provide A/E services for the repair and rehabilitation of a performing arts center within a functioning building and to conduct facility planning, budgeting and scheduling for multiple projects, and capital program development, 3. Past performance rating from clients for related work performed within the last five years, 4. Capacity of the project team to accomplish work within specified time and budget constraints based on past experience and current and projected work loads, 5. Understanding by the project team of the complex requirements of a performing arts center, such as the Kennedy Center, that is undergoing an extensive capital renewal program, while remaining in continuous operation, 6. Demonstrated success in prescribing the use of recovered materials and achieving waste reduction and energy efficiency in facility design, and 7. Proximity of the Project Manager to Washington, DC, metropolitan area. Firms that meet the requirements described above are invited to submit a current SF-254 and SF-255, past performance ratings, and other appropriate documentation to this office within THIRTY calendar days from the date of this announcement. Firms owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals are encouraged to reply. If a large business is selected for this contract, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontract plan on that part of the work it intends to subcontract. The plan must be consistent with Section 806(b) of PL 100-180, PL 95-507, and PL 99-661. The subcontract plan is not required with the submittal. SF-254s are also required to be submitted for all proposed consultants or subcontractors that the prime contractor plans to utilize under the contract. 4. INFORMATION: All of the above selection criteria must be clearly addressed in the materials submitted. Firms are reminded to complete all blocks on the SF-254 and SF-255. Selection criteria 4 and 5 are to be addressed in the form of a written narrative. The firm's person proposed to be the direct contact with the Kennedy Center throughout the contract must be identified as the ''Project Manager,'' and the location (city and state) of the Project Manager's office must also be identifies. Responding firms are required to clearly identify tasks to be performed in-house and those to be subcontracted. Firms that do not comply with the requirements of this announcement will be considered non-responsive. A walk-through of the Kennedy Center is scheduled for 1:00 pm on November 7, 1996. All submittals should be sent to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20566, Attn: Ms. Valerie Veatch, by 3:30 pm on the established due date. Faxed copies of the SF-254 and SF-255 will not be accepted. Submitted materials will be disposed of by the Kennedy Center sixty days after contract award unless a specific request is made for its return. (0292)

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