Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, A&MMS 90C, 3200 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45220

R -- OPEN ENDED A/E SERVICES -- PRIMARILY ARCHITECTURAL SOL 539-21-98 DUE 052798 POC Peggy A. Doxtater, Contracting Officer, 513-475-6339; Additional Contacts: Betty J. Dessauer, 513-475-6340; Judith L. Blasingame, 513-475-6336 Provide professional services necessary for the design of various in-house projects at this Medical Center which are primarily architectural. On projects involving multi-discipline design professionals, the Architectural A/E will act as lead for the design team. Under this contract, the A/E may be required to furnish architectural design services for reports, planning, and programming studies, investigations, site selection, design concepts, tentative design, working drawings and specifications, construction period services such as submittal review, site inspections, and creation of final as-built drawings. Total cost of contract, base year and all options, shall not exceed $2,000,000. Contract period shall consist of base year with options that the Government may exercise. Tasks will be directed by individual work order amendments to the contract. Each work order shall not exceed $450,000. Please be advised this is not a request for proposal as solicitation documents are not available. Those firms whoare within a 100 mile radius of Cincinnati, Ohio, are encouraged to submit Standard Forms 254 and 255 by close of business May 27, 1998. Selection will be based on (1) Team proposed for this project-Background of the personnel, i.e., Project Manager, other key personnel, and consultant(s); (2) Proposed Management Plan-Team organization, i.e., design phase and construction phase; (3) Previous experience of team proposed for this project-describe projects; (4) Location and facilities of working office(s), i.e., Prime firm and Consultant(s); (5) Present proposed design approach for this project -- i.e., describe proposed design philosophy, what problems do you anticipate and how do you propose to solve them? Describe possible energy applications and describe innovative approaches in production and design; (6) Cost Control-what control techniques are planned? Who will be responsible for cost control? Review recent projects to demonstrate ability to meet project cost target and any additional construction costs caused by design deficiencies-not program changes; (7) Estimating Effectiveness-Review ten most recently bid projects to demonstrate estimating effectiveness; (8) Schedule Control-What techniques are planned to assure that schedule will be met? Who will be responsible to assure that schedule will be met? Review recent projects to demonstrate ability to meet project schedules; (9) Describe your experience and capabilities in the following areas: Value Engineering, Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA), Critical Path Method, Fast-Track Construction, Energy Conservation, New Energy Resources, Environmental Assessment, Specialized Experience, Computer Aided Design and Drafting, and other computer applications; and Miscellaneous -- describe awards received for design excellence, describe circumstances and outcome of any litigation you have been involved in over the last five years, and indicate type and amount of liability insurance you carry. This solicitation is unrestricted. SIC code 8712 applies. (0099)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0073 19980413\R-0008.SOL)