US Property and Fiscal Office for Georgia, Attn: PFO-PC, PO Box 17882, Atlanta GA 30316-0882

C -- REGIONAL FIRE TRAINING FACILITY DUE 120297 POC Melinda Davis, Contract Specialist, 404-624-6206, Sandi Zimmerman, Contracting Officer, 404-624-6202 Architect & Engineer Services Contract to provide Type A', B' and optional C' Services for the design of a new Regional Fire Training Facility with associated classroom and site improvements/utilities for the CRTC (Combat Readiness Training Center), Savannah, Georgia. This is a level I Environmental Compliance requirement. The Savannah CRTC is an ANG-operated training base that serves as a regional training site for ground and air forces of the active and reserve components. The base requires a properly designed, correctly configured and environmentally safe fire training facility to support units who deploy there for training. This facility would reduce air emissions, water pollution, and hazardous waste generation by centralizing fire training at a regional site. The design services for this particular project shall be completed within a seven (7) month time period. The Services may include all or part of the following: (1) Option 2, Type A' Investigative Services, to includebut not limited to making field investigations, observations, testing, studies and producing alternative site and floor plan proposals; (2) Option 2, Type B' Design work to include detailed drawings, specifications and cost estimate based on the conceptual, solution selected from Type A' Services; (3) Option 3, Type C' Construction Inspection Services may also be required; (4) Option 4, Code and Criteria Review conducted at intervals between design completion and construction bid. Services shall be done in accordance with the Government prepared Statement of Work for each option. Significant evaluation factors and relative or of importance as applicable to this project are; (1) Professional Qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services; (a) Architect, (b) Civil Engineer, (c) Mechanical Engineer, (d) Structural Engineer, (e) Environmental Engineer and (f) Electrical Engineer. The organizational structure of the design team must have qualified engineers in each of the different disciplines. An organizational chart shall show the chain of command for the technical and management review and indicate the person(s) responsible for decision making; (2) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required; (3) Capacity to accomplish work in a required time; (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 this criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms given the nature and size of the project; (6) Demonstrated success in prescribing the use of recovered materials and achieving waste reduction and energy efficiency in facility design; (7) Volume of work previously awarded by the Department of Defense to the firm, with the object of effecting equitable distribution of contracts among qualified Architect-Engineer (A-E) firms, including minority-owned firms or firms that have not had prior DOD contracts. The estimated construction cost of the project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. Firms desiring consideration shall submit Standard Forms 254 and 255 to the U.S. Property & Fiscal Office, Attn: Contracting Division (Davis), P.O. Box 17882, 925 E. Confederate Ave S.E., Atlanta, GA 30316-0882 not later than December 2, 1997 at 4:00P.M. (EST). For more information contact Melinda Davis (404)624-6206, Tuesday-Friday. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. This project is UNRESTRICTED. Anticipated award of this contract will be March 1998. (0302)

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