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C -- ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE EAST REFRIGERATION PLANT CHILLERS,WASHINGTON,D.C. DUE 082698 POC Contact Procurement Division, (202) 226-2557 The revised evaluation criteria for Replacement of the East Refrigeration Plant Chillers is as follows: 1) Specialized experience as it relates to this project. The consultant shall submit information on projects of a similar scope and complexity. Similar projects must include replacement of chillers of a minimum of 10,000 ton capacity in an existing facility. Provide information on the involvement of each proposed key team member for this project in any previous projects. The consultant must also have specific experience in implementing controls upgrades in existing central plants. Submit information on all projects of similar scope designed within the past 5 years including owner's technical contact on project and phone number; 2) Professional capabilities and technical competence of the proposed Team for this project, Key personnel and others (consultants and subcontractors); (a) proposed management plan and team organization for design, especially where multiple consultants will participate on the team; (b) provide examples of similar relevant projects as it relates to the specifics of this project; and (c) if you are proposing a joint venture, identify similar projects where the firms have worked successfully together; 3) Proposed design approach for this project, design philosophy, methods of handling anticipated problems and solutions, and innovative approach to design and construction; 4)Discuss geographical location of firm and each sub-consultant and how this will affect the implementation of the design. Discuss knowledge of the locality of the project and familiarity with local and national codes and requirements; 5) Cost Control (a) what cost control techniques are planned?, (b) who will be responsible for cost control?, and (c) provide a list of projects recently designed demonstrating your ability to meet project cost constraints; 6) Estimating effectiveness -- provide a list of recent bid projects to demonstrate estimating effectiveness; 7) Describe your past performance on contracts withGovernment agencies and private industry in terms of quality of work and compliance with performance schedules; (a) What techniques will be use to assure that the schedule will be met? (b) Provide a list of recent projects to demonstrate compliance with project schedules; and 8) A budgetary document will be provided to the owner as part of the deliverables under the intended contract. Documents shall provide sufficient detail so that the owner may substantiate the necessary funds for the construction phase of the project. The firm is to address their approach to presenting the budgetary information. The date for receipt of SF254 and SF255 is August 26, 1998, 2:00 P.M. (local) Washington, D.C. time. All other information publicized in the original synopsis is correct. Posted 08/06/98 (I-SN233482). (0218)

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