U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, WASC, Acquisition Management Division WC3, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bin C15700, Seattle, WA 98115-0070

C -- ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES SOL 52ABNA900063 DUE 070999 POC Don Caldwell, Contract Specialist, (206) 526-4549 WEB: Further information about the project may be obtained, http://www.nmfs.hawaii.edu/hlrp/events.html. The Western Administrative Support Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, WA., is seeking a professional Construction Management (CM) firm, licensed in the state of Hawaii, to provide construction management and other related services for a mixed occupancy laboratory and office building to be located in Honolulu, Hawaii. Further information about the project may be obtained at the website: http://www.nmfs.hawaii.edu/hlrp/events.html. This will be a Brooks Act acquisition. The CM services include but are not limited to: constructability reviews of design documentation, value engineering, project meetings, budget & cost control (e.g., estimating, reviewing payment requests, claims, and change orders), scheduling, quality management (e.g., testing and inspections, building commissioning, Post Occupancy Evaluation, etc.), record keeping, and project reporting. Estimated construction cost for the facility is over $10,000,000. The period of performance is expected to run approximately from early in 2000 through the end of 2003. An indefinite quantity contract is contemplated. SELECTION CRITERIA (in rough order of importance, with the first listed criteria being more important than the last): (1) location of the firm, or an office of the firm, in Hawaii, and knowledge of considerations relative to building construction in tropical environments, (2) specialized experience in the construction management of scientific or medical research facilities, (3) capacity of the firm to accomplish the work within the required time frame; performance history and current workload will be considered, (4) professional qualifications of the staff to be assigned to the project, with emphasis on key personnel, including consultants and subcontractor personnel, if appropriate, and (5) recent past performance on previous government projects, similar to that described herein, in terms of cost control and quality control. This agency is currently reviewing submissions from A/E firms for final designs and specifications for the above described facility. The contract awardee for that work will not be eligible to perform these construction management services. This acquisition is 100% set-aside for small business concerns. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit six (6) copies of their Standard Form 254, "U.S. Government Architect-Engineer Questionnaire" and six (6) copies of their Standard Form 255, "Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire," to be received at the below address no later than 4:30 p.m. on July 9, 1999. Submissions received after this date will not be considered. Submissions may be up to 80 pages (single-sided; 40 pages double sided), but conciseness and simplicity are encouraged. These forms must be submitted to Don Caldwell, the contracting officer, at NOAA, WASC, Acquisition Management Division, 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., BIN C15700, Seattle, WA 98115-0070. This is not a request for proposals. Note 1 applies. Posted 06/04/99 (W-SN339541). (0155)

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