VA Medical Center, Contracting Officer (90C), 3601 S. 6th Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85723

C -- CONSOLIDATED INTENSIVE CARE UNIT SOL Project 678-307 DUE 061598 POC Contracting Officer, Pam Hayes (520) 629-4611 Firm to provide A/E services to complete construction documents (drawings and specifications), estimates, and construction period services for Project No. 678-307, "Consolidated Intensive Care Unit". This project will renovate (gut and rebuild) up to 10,000 gsf of space located on the second floor of Building 38. This space will be vacated in September 1998 when the Clinical Laboratory now housed there is relocated into new space. This project will reconfigure this space into a combined 19 bed surgical and medical intensive care unit consistent with VA criteria and related codes. This project will also provide a connecting corridor betwen the second floors of Building 38 and Building 57. Architectural, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, asbestos abatement, elevator replacement, and fire protection engineering services are required to accomplish program planning, design development, construction drawings, specifications, and cost estimating. Related medical gases, nurse call, TV master antenna, air handler, energy management, fire protection, telephone, and computer cabling systems work will be accomplished as it relates to this space. Construction period services will be negotiated as part of the A/E contract, but awarded at time of construction award. The estimated start and finish dates for design are August 98 and Aprill 99 respectively. Estimated construction cost range is $2,000,000 to $5,000,000. The proposed construction contract shall be competitive bid (no restrictions). A/E selection criteria will include (in order or importance): 1) Recent specialized experience of the firm (including consultants) in the area of hospital critical care unit design or related work. 2) Professional qualifications of the staff to be assigned to this project. List only the team members who will actually perform major tasks for the project. Qualifications should reflect the individual's potential contributions to this project. 3) Past performance on projects with government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. 4) Capacity to acomplish the work in the required time. Indicate firms present workload and the availability of the proejct team (including consultants) for the specified contract performance period. 5) Location and availability in the general geographic area and knowlede of the locality of the project. Standard Industrilization Classification (SIC) is 8712. Those Architectural/Engineering firms with the requirements described in this announcement and wish to be considered, must submit one copy each of SF 254 and SF 255 for the firm and an SF 254 for each subconsultant listed in Block 6 of the firm's SF 255. One copy of the SF 254's/255 must be received before 4 p.m. on June 15, 1998. Send SF 254's/255 to Pam Hayes, Contracting Officer (9-90C), VA Medical Center, 3601 S. Sixth Avenue, Tucson AZ 85723. Telegraphic and fascimilies will not be accepted. This proposed acquisition is open to small and large businesses located within one-hundred-fifty (150) miles of the Tucson VA Medical Center. This is not a request for proposal. See Note 24. (0128)

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