VA Medical Center (04-90C), 1201 N.W. 16th Street, Miami, FL 33125

C -- COMMUNICATION DESIGN SOL RFP 546-53-97 POC Lorna S. Barker -- Contracting Officer- 305-324-3285 The A/E shall provide engineering design services to modify and upgrade the medical center's communication system. The scope of work includes the VA Medical Center, Miami, FL, which is approximately 1.3 million GSF, VA Outpatient Clinic(s); Oakland Park, FL, which is approximately 48,000 GSF, Homestead, FL which is approximately 1,800 GSF, SAC Clinic, Miami, FL, which is approximately 10,000 GSF, Key Largo, FL, which is approximately 1,500 GSF, and Key West, FL, which is approximately 4,300 GSF. The design will include recommendations to upgrade, standardize and enhance the telephone system, data and local area network system, security, entertainment television MATV, educational closed circuit television, video conferencing, medical imaging, PACS (picture archiving and communications, automated door locking system, duress alarm system, access (key card) system, nurse call, intercom system, code/one blue system, radio entertainment, public address, radio paging and tow way radio systems. The A/E will beresponsible for compiling all required information necessary to identify deficiencies and develop design drawings, and specifications of a state of the art health care facility communication system showing all the required wiring, hardware and system analysis. The design will also include recommendations for an automatic locator system. Selection of the A/E firm will be based on the evaluation factors listed below in descending order of priority: (1) Past Performance on contracts with government agencies in terms of quality of work, compliance with performance schedules, and cooperation with Facilities Manager efforts in cost estimating, value engineering preparation of bid packages, (2) Experience and Qualifications of Proposed Key Personnel including specialized technical skills, project management skills, and experience in working together as a team, (3) Specialized Experience and Technical Competence in the communication field, (4) Present Proposed Design Approach, (5) Cost Control, present recent projects to demonstrate ability to meet project cost target. What cost control techniques are recommended for this project, (6) Estimating capabilities, (7) Location and facilities of working office must be within a 100 mile radius of the VAMC, Miami, FL, (8) Computer Assisted Design Capability and Capacity, (9) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time, (10) Availability of additional personnel or consultants to support expansion or acceleration of the project and (11) Awards, circumstances, and outcome of any litigation involved within the last five years and type of amount of liability insurance. Interested firms are to submit two (2) copies each of SF 254, A/E and Related Services Questionnaire and SF 255, A/E and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project, to this office by close of business August 8, 1997, 4:00PM, local time. This is not a request for a fee proposal and is unrestricted as to business size, SIC Code 8712. (0203)

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