Department of Veterans Affairs, Great Lakes Healthcare Systems, Contract Service Center, Bldg. 5, 5000 West National Ave., Milwaukee WI 53295

C -- REMOVAL & REPLACEMENT OF PARKING LOTS DUE 123097 POC Kimberly Cowan-Tucker, Contracting Officer -- (414) 902-5406 E-MAIL: Great Lakes Acquisition Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, kimberly.cowan-tucker@med.va.gov. Provide professional engineering services to prepare preliminary drawings, working drawings, specifications, cost estimates, and construction period services for the removal and the replacement of several parking areas on the grounds of the VA Medical Center, North Chicago, Illinois. A/E services to include: preliminary plans, three copies for review, to be submitted twenty (20) days after receipt of notice to proceed, 100% working drawings and specifications, three (3) copies for review due twenty (20) days after the return of the preliminary plans (reviewed drawings & specifications will be returned within 10 days). Contract documents (final revised working drawings & specifications) due twenty (20) days after return of 100% submission. This will include a reproducible mylar copy of the drawings, thirty-five (35) copies of the drawings, three (3) copies of the specifications. Three (3) copies of a detailed cost estimate shall be provided with the contract documents. Estimated construction cost is between $100,000 and $250,000. The area of consideration is restricted to 75 miles of the VA Medical Center, North Chicago, Illinois. Submit two (2) copies each of SF 254 and SF 255 with appropriate data. Selection criteria will be based on: (1) Past performance on similar projects, maintaining project schedules and project budgets; (2) Overall design experience and capability with architectural and civil projects; (3) Qualifications of staff to be assigned, with special emphasis on field personnel to be utilized; (4) Cost control effectiveness; and (5) Ability of A/E to produce specifications on a 3.5 disk for Microsoft Word format release 7.0., ability to produce drawings on a CAD system fully compatible with Auto CAD Release 13 format on 3.5 disk. Ability to produce hard copies of cost estimates. Review and approve all submittals. Provide two (2) job inspections (other than final inspection) as requested by the Contracting Officer's Technical Representative. Conduct a final inspection and deliver a report within 10 days. Project Manager is Mike Didier. You may contact the project manager at (847) 688-1900, ext. 3561. No bid packages are available. This is not a Request For Proposal (RFP). This is set aside for emerging small business. (0329)

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