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

C -- A/E SERVICES, ADULT DAY HEALTHCARE AND REHABILITATION BUILDING SOL RFP(B)-138-00 DUE 062200 POC Derek Undrwood, 410-605-7153 The Maryland VA Health Care System, Baltimore Division, Baltimore, MD is seeking an Architect/ Engineering firm capable of providing professional, mult-disciplinary architectural engineering services. The A/E firm will provide complete schematic design, construction document preparation and technical construction period services for the design and construction of an adult day healthcare and rehabilitation building to the Department of Veterans Affairs Baltimore Rehabilitation and Extended Care Center (BRECC), Baltimore, MD, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract. This building will be designed to accommodate the functional needs of an adult day healthcare program and outpatient rehabilitation therapy functions. Renovation work may be necessary to the existing BRECC building to complement the existing architecture and mechanical/ electrical systems. The building is projected to be approximately 5000 square feet per floor with 2 floors total. The construction estimate is between $1,750,000.00 and $2,300,000.00. Interested firms must have working offices with a 75-mile radius of the BRECC. 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 particularly government contracts; (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 efficiency in facility design; (7) Reputation and standing of the firm and its principal officials with respect to professional performance, gneral 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 14. Those firms which meet the requirements are invited to submit two copies of Standard Forms 254 and 255 no later than June 22, 2000 at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time to Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Attn: Derek Underwood, Contracting Officer (90C), 10 N. Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. The SIC Code is 8712. The Size Standard is $4 million. This is not a request for proposal and is unrestricted as to business size. Award is subject to the availability of funds. Posted 05/19/00 (W-SN456545). (0140)

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