NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE/AWARD A CONTRACT FOR A/E SVCS. USING OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION The National Cemetery Administration (NCA), hereby gives notice of its intent to negotiate an Architect-Engineer contract with Huitt-Zollars, 3 Riverway, Suite 850, Houston, TX 77056-1986, using other than full and open competition. The authority for using other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1). The contract will cover A/E services for completion of items of correction under Project No. 851CM2017, Burial Area Development, Houston National Cemetery, and includes: Design/surveying related to road reconstruction; replacement of metal gravesite control monuments with ones of concrete; and a boundary and topographic survey of the entire 419-acre cemetery property. Huitt-Zollars is the A/E firm that designed Project No. 851CM2017, and has intellectual properties available to them from performance of their original contract. Use of these intellectual properties to perform this follow-on contract will prevent duplication of cost and effort by both the A/E and Government that are not expected to be recovered through competition. The justification for using other than full and open competition required by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.303-1 has been prepared and is available for public inspection in accordance with FAR 6.305. This is not a notice or request for competitive proposals. Any proposal received within thirty (30) calendar days from date of appearance this special notice in the printed edition of the Commerce Business Daily will be considered by the Government. The FAR references contained in this special notice are available electronically in their full text at the following URL: http://www.arnet.gov/far. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer via, wasimpson@cem.va.gov. Posted 09/10/99 (W-SN378849).

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