Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Attn: Contracting Officer, 2201 North Broadwell Avenue, Grand Island, NE 68803-2196

C -- ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING SERVICES TO REPLACE PRIMARY SWITCH GEAR. SOL 574-98-101 DUE 010298 POC Bonnie Obermier, 308-382-3660 ext: 2383 The Veterans Affairs Greater Nebraska Healthcare System, 2201 North Broadwell Avenue, Grand Island, Nebraska, is seeking qualified and interested A&E firms to furnish all necessary professional architectural, engineering services required to provide pre-design, design development, construction documents, construction administration and post construction for the following project's scope of work: Replace the primary electrical switch gear from a manual transfer system to an automatic system for switching between the primary and alternate electrical utility feeder. This procurement is a set aside for emerging small businesses pursuant to P. L. 100-656, Small Business Competitive Demonstration Act. All qualified and interested parties shall submit SF-254 and SF-255 to the address shown above no later than 4:00 p.m. CST on 1-2-98. Selection of firms for interview/negotiation shall be based on (1) Professional capabilities; (2) Specialized experience and technical competence, as required; (3) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time; (4) Past performance on contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; (5) Utilization of CADD. This is not a request for proposal. (0336)

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