Department of Veterans Affairs, A/E Evaluation and Program Support Team (181A), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420

C -- RENOVATE PATIENT CARE UNITS & ENHANCE EXTENDED CARE PROGRAMS -- BUILDING 2, VA MEDICAL CENTER, LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA SOL 595-442 POC Scope: Howard H. Wen, 202-565-4277/Selection Process: Robert T. Smoot, 202-565-4181 Architect or architect/engineer to provide professional services for the advanced planning and design of a project that may include, but is not limited to: Renovate Patient Care Units & Enhance Extended Care Programs at VA Medical Center, Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Scope: This Project will demolish and reconfigure (gut and replace) three (3) floors in Building 2, an inpatient facility originally built in the 1940s. Space layout and interior partitioning will be reconfigured to meet current VA Space Planning Guidelines and to optimize patient care and staff efficiency. Electrical, HVAC, nurse call, medical gases, and fire and safety systems will be upgraded to meet current codes and standards. Project work is limited to renovations within the confines of these three floors, approximately 54,6000 Gross Square Feet (GSF). This remodeled space will be in compliance with the Americans Disabilities Act in all patient care areas; bathing and toilet facilities, nursing stations, patient examination rooms, visitors lounge areas, utility rooms and clerical support areas. Required services will include preparation of schematics and design development plans, including all appropriate architectural and engineering disciplines, and a firm estimate of construction cost. The contract will include a government option for contract document preparation and construction period services. Only firms with in-house architectural services, experienced in the design of medical facilities, or similar type projects, including the use of the sustainable design, will be considered. Emphasis will be placed on the estimating capabilities of the applicants. Applicants must have an established working office in the state of Pennsylvania. This proposed acquisition is a 100% small business set-aside. Firms must indicate in response whether they meet the requirements for a small business concern. No firm will be considered unless an application consisting of a completed SF 255 and such other documentation the applicant considers relevant, is received by the VA A/E Evaluation & Program Support Team (181A) within 30 days after the date of this advertisement. A current SF 254, representing and differentiating between the personnel, experience and capabilities of all involved offices, must be included with the application together with current SF 254s for each proposed consultant's office involved. Applicants will be rated based on the relevant experience of both the firm(s) and assigned individuals, the applicant's capacity to do the work, record of past performance on VA work, geographic consideration, demonstrate success in prescribing the use of recovered material and achieving waste reduction and energy efficiency in facility design, and participation of minority and women-owned consultants. Award of contract is dependent upon the availability of funds. This is not a request for a proposal Note: the "covenant against contingent fee" clause is applicable to this solicitation. *** Posted 02/23/00 (W-SN427909). (0054)

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