Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10 North Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

C -- OPEN-ENDED MULTI-DISCIPLINARY A/E PROJECT SOL RFP 512(B)-105-99 DUE 071699 POC Derek Underwood, 410-605-7153 The Maryland VA Health Care System, Baltimore Division, Baltimore, MD is seeking an Architect/Engineering firm capable of providing professional architectural and engineering service for open-ended multi-disciplinary projects at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, the Department of Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation and Extended Care Center, Baltimore, MD, the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ft. Howard, MD and the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Perry Point, MD in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract. Delivery or performance shall be made only as authorized by issuance of separate task orders. Interested firms must have working offices within 100-mile radius of the four VA facilities mentioned above. The following Evaluation Criteria will be used during the A/E selection process; (1) Specialized experience of the firm to perform the work required; (2) Capacity of the firm to perform the work within required time frames; (3) Past performance; (4) Specific experience and qualifications of the proposed personnel assigned to the Project Design Team; (5) Geographic location of the firm's working office in relation to the renovation site; (6) Demonstrated success in prescribing the use of recovered materials, and using waste reduction and energy efficiency in facility design; (7) Reputation and standing of the firm and its principal officials with respect to professional performance, general management and cooperativeness, and; (8) Record of significant claims against the firm because of improper or incomplete architectural and engineering services. All construction drawings must be provided in Autocad format, Release 13. Award is contingent upon the availability of funds. Interested firms are to submit their SF-254's and SF- 255's as well as an SF-129 by close of business (date) to Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Attn: Derek Underwood, Contracting Officer (90C), 10 N. Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21133. The SIC Code is 8712 . The Size Standard is $4 million. Projects will be under $50,000.00 dollars. Only one contract will be awarded should adequate qualified emerging small businesses respond, if not, the requirement will be solicited as full and open competition pursuant to the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. A maximum of $450,000.00 dollars could possibly be received over the life of the contract which includes base with two option years. The minimum guarantee over the life of the contract is $50,000.00 dollars. Any work awarded to the contractor beyond the minimum is solely at the Government's discretion. The contractor may refuse a task order however if the contractor rejects a task order proposal, the government estimated value for that task order would be counted towards meeting the guaranteed minimum threshold. Posted 06/15/99 (W-SN343237). (0166)

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