VA Medical Center, 1400 Blackhorse Hill Road, Coatesville, PA

C -- FIRE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, VARIOUS BUILDINGS SOL 542-8-97 DUE 010397 POC Joseph Buckley, Contracting Officer, 610-383-0203 This VA Medical Center is seeking a professional Architect/Engineering firm for the development of complete working drawings, specifications, cost estimates and Construction Period Services for Project No. 542-97-104, Fire & Safety Improvements in various buildings. This project will include the adding of sprinklers in a total of 15 buildings telephone closets, seal all wall penetrations in smoke and fire barriers, replace existing 1/2 hour rated fire doors and frames with 2 hour rated doors in 12 different buildings and replace fusible links in air conditioning ducts at fire barriers in 10 buildings. The project will include all necessary demolition, clean-up, painting, caulking and meet all applicable VA criteria and codes. The contract will include weekly site visits, provision of contract prints and as-builts on autocadd, version R12 or R13. This advertisement for A/E Services is set-aside for small businesses. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 8712, and the Small Business Size Standard is $2.5 million as an average annual revenue during the last three complete years. Interested small businesses that are qualified, and meet this criteria must submit a Standard Form 254 and 255 to the Contracting Officer listed above by close of business on January 3, 1997. This request for Standard Form 254's and 255's is restricted to small business A/E firms located within a 150 mile radius of Coatesville, PA. Submittals from firms not meeting the small business criteria or firms located outside the restricted area will be returned without consideration. This is not a solicitation for construction bids. This project must be designed to Metric and English measurements. Any submittals regarding this announcement that are received after 4:30 PM on January 3, 1997, will be returned without consideration. The cost range for this A/E contract is $25, 000 to $100, 000. The cost range for the construction phase is $250, 000 to $500, 000. (0353)

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