United States Property & Fiscal Office for Ohio, Attn: AGOH-PF-PC, 2811 West Dublin Granville Road, Columbus, OH 43235-2788

R -- ARCHITECT ENGINEER SERVICES, BASE SUPPLY COMPLEX, SPRINGFIELD ANG BASE DUE 051997 POC Elaine Farabee, 614-766-3843 or Stephanie Goldsmith, 614-889-7209 Ohio Air National Guard, 178th Fighter Wing, 120 "F" Avenue, Springfield, Ohio 45502. Selected Architect-Engineer shall provide planning (Type A) services, and be available to provide options of design (Type B) and construction surveillance (Type C) services; for a 37,502 SF new facility. The facility shall be masonry construction and architecturally compatible with other support facilities on base. The primary facility shall consist of offices, classrooms, conference rooms, systems furniture, small arms vault, and warehouse area which will include mechanical storage systems, a hazard material storage pharmacy, for a total of 37,502 SF. Project cost is estimated at $4.0 to $5.0 million. Site work includes, utilities, drainage, landscaping, private vehicle parking, and an equipment storage compound. Previous experience with Air National Guard Base Supply Complex and/or other related projects is preferred. Type A Services include: Field surveys and investigations, soil borings and analyses, conceptual proposal/development meetings, site analysis and site plans, floor plan sketches and analysis, building system analysis, environmental permit identification, construction cost estimates, project design schedule development, playbacks of project statement of work, presentations to base design working group. Type B Services include: Contract documents development meeting, engineering design calculations and analyses, detailed working drawings, specifications, detailed construction cost estimates, energy budget calculations, material samples and color board, preparation of environmental permits, complete FAA Form 7460, provide project presentations to the design working group at 65% and 95% design submittals, provide addendum's to bid documents as required, bid schedule support information. Code and criteria review. Provide a professional color rendering of the facility and site. Reproduction of bid documents. Type C Services include: Shop drawing technical review, qualified technical representatives for construction inspection, analyze testing lab reports, labor estimates, progress reports, payment request reviews, operational acceptance observation, review contract modifications and contractor proposals and change orders, provide as-built drawings, ensure O&M manuals are provided by the contractor, provide real estate capitalization documents. Architect-Engineer selection shall be based upon the following criteria which is listed in relative order of importance: 1) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services. The specific disciplines to be evaluated are architects, and the following engineering disciplines: mechanical, electrical, civil, and structurl engineering. 2) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required; namely, warehouse areas to include mechanical storage systems experience, weapons storage vault, systems furniture, hazardous material storage, and general interior administrative space layouts. Therefore the A/E is requested to include in the statement of qualifications, projects that demonstrate experience with designing buildings of comparable size and complexity, failure to provide information needed to determine experience can lead to immediate disqualification. 3) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time; namely an accelerated design schedule, A/E will be required to provide complete design in preferable 6 months, but not more than 9 months to inlcude all required governmental reviews. A/E is requested to provide evidence of previous experience to meet the short design schedules with comparable projects. 4) Past performance on contracts with government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. 5) Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project, provided that application of the criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms, given the nature and size of the project. The geographiclocation of each firm will be evaluated. This criteria will apply to the office in which the majority of the design services will be performed. Identify this office on the Statement of Qualifications. 6) Demonstrated success in prescribing the use of recovered materials and achieving waste reduction and energy efficiency in facility design. The A/E shall identify on the statement of qualifications, projects whereby the firm has successfully demonstrated the use of recovered materials and achieved waste reduction and energy efficiency in facility design. 7) The volume of work previously awarded the firm by the Department of Defense during the previous 12 calendar months shall also be considered. The A/E is requested to provide information regarding cost of project and cost of A/E fees their firm has received for services rendered. 8) The extent to which potential contractors identify and commit to Small Business (SB) and Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), HBCU or MI performance of the contract. The A/E must identify the information requested on the SF 254. Architect-Engineer firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement and wish to be considered for selection are invited to submit to the Contracting Officer within (30) calendar days (inclusive) of the date of the appearance of this announcement in the U.S. Dept. of Commerce Business Daily (CBD), the following documents: 1. A complete Standard Form 254, US Government Architect-Engineer Questionnaire. 2. A SF 255 Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for this specific project. Firms with more than one office must indicate on the SF 255 the office out of which the work will be performed and the staffing composition at that office. Also, firms responding to this announcement should state in block #5 on page 3 of their SF 255, the size, status of the firm. Three (3) copies of all forms must be submitted to the following address: USPFO for Ohio, 2811 W. Dublin-Granville Road, Columbus, Ohio 43235-2788. Technical questions shall be directed to the Base Civil Engineer's office at (513)327-2279 or 2276 between the hours of 7:30 AM and 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, Monday-Friday. The Government proposes to enter into a firm fixed price contract for the above described services. Estimated start date for these services is 30 July 1997. This is not a request for proposal. This project is open to large as well as small businesses. (0106)

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