National Park Service, Denver Service Center, 12795 W. Alameda Parkway, P.O. Box 25287, Denver, Colorado 80225

C -- ARCHITECT/ENGINEER DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH REDEVELOPMENT OF THE MALL AT INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA DUE 052899 POC POINT OF CONTACT-MIKE FOX-CONTRACTING OFFICER 303/969-2118 WEB: Contracting Services Group, http://www.nps.gov.dsc/dsccon. E-MAIL: National Park Service, Denver Service Center, mike_fox@nps.gov. The National Park Service (NPS), Denver Service Center (DSC), intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source, Day and Zimmerman Infrastructure, Inc. under the authority at FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements, and 6.302-7, Public Interest. See Commerce Business Daily Numbered Note 22. The Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC), a non-profit corporation governed by a board of representative stakeholders is responsible for management of the stakeholders' funding contributions -- excluding federal appropriations. A non-profit subsidiary of GPTMC, the Gateway Visitor Center Corporation (GVCC) will develop the $24 million Gateway Visitor Center located on Block 2. -- Day and Zimmerman Infrastructure, Inc. has been contracted by the GVCC to manage the design and construction of the Gateway Visitor Center. Day and Zimmerman is also managing the design and construction of the $4.5 million Great Room of the Gateway Visitor Center that is being funded by the Philadelphia Parking Authority, a City of Philadelphia Agency. Also, the National Constitution Center has contracted with Day and Zimmerman to assist with management of the design of the proposed $140 million Constitution Center which will completed in Phase 3. It is in the best interest of the Government to have the A/E team which is performing design and construction management services for the proposed Gateway Visitors Center and the National Constitution Center perform the same design and construction management services for the National Park Service at the Liberty Bell Pavilion Complex and Site Work on Blocks 1 and 2 of the Independence Mall. Posted 04/27/99 (D-SN324883). (0117)

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