Contracting Officer (90C), Department of Veterans Affairs, North Texas Health Care System, 4500 South Lancaster Road, Dallas, TX 75216

C -- A/E SERVICES DUE 072400 POC Susan Lam, (214) 857-0024 Provide A/E Services for Project #090-00Q, VBA, at the VA North TX Health Care System Dallas Facility. Provide Architectural/Engineering Services for Design Development of administrative office space to house veterans assistance units, Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Blinded Veterans Association (BVA), Disabled Veterans of America (DVA), VA Police and associated support functions including entrance lobby/concourse, corridors, public rest rooms and housekeeping aid closet (HAC) within existing space located on the B wing, 1st floor of Building 2. Location is adjacent to an area currently being designed and constructed to house the new VA Canteen Retail store and mall facility. Area to be renovated consists of approximately 15,408 gross square feet. Work is intended to be accomplished in a two step process. Step one consisting of a design development phase which will include overall project conceptual design, systems and environmental investigation, cost estimate, project floor plan layout for the estimated 15,408 square feet and complete detailed construction documents, cost estimate and construction period services for CBA and Corridor areas only. The VBA area will consist of approximately 2652 gross square feet. Corridor areas will consist of approximately 2700 gross square feet. Accomplishment of step two will be at the option of the VA. Optional step two will consist of all remaining work; detailed design, construction document and construction period services, if required. Fee proposal and negotiation will be requested, if step two is utilized. Design work will include demolition of existing space and will require Architectural, Industrial Hygiene, Fire & Safety, and MEP design services. A/E will develop floor plan layouts based on user input, acquired at scheduled development meetings, and adherence to budget construction cost limitation. Over all project construction cost limitation is between $500,000 and $1,000,000. VBA/Corridor construction cost limitation is between $250,000 and $500,000. A/E will provide detailed Fire and sprinkler system construction drawings which when installed are fully certifiable under current NFPA, VA and City of Dallas criteria. Fire sprinkler system must be fully compatible with existing facility wide Cerberous Pyrotronics system. All HVAC systems and controls must be compatible with existing Landis and Staffa controls systems. Interface with these companies, to insure compatibility, will be the responsibility of the A/E. All construction is anticipated to be accomplished with VA in-house construction forces (P&H). Design meetings will consist of an initial project kick off meeting, for purposes of providing notice to proceed, project delineation and user input. Preliminary design, consisting of floor plan layout of entire area will be submitted within 45 calendar days. Submission will be followed in approximately two weeks by a preliminary design review meeting. 35% submission will be due 45 calendar days later and will consist of complete plans and specifications required to accomplish construction of the VBA and corridor areas. Submission will be followed in approximately 2 weeks by a design review meeting. Final submission shall be made within one week, reflecting comments and corrections resulting from review. Design shall be completed within 90 calendar days, excluding government review time. All word processing data shall be submitted in Microsoft Word. Plans are to be produced on AutoCAD 14 for Windows NT. Specifications are to be produced in Microsoft Word. Upon completion of the 35% Construction documents (100% VBA and Corridors), 10 sets of blue line prints and unbound specifications along with 1 (0ne) set of specifications on 3.5" disks shall be provided. One (1) set of drawings shall be submitted on Mylar and CD. Construction period services for step one will include as-built drawings, 3 site visits and submittal reviews, if required. As built drawings are to be provided on Mylar and CD. To be considered for selection, A/E firms must meet minimum requirements before evaluation criteria will be applied. Location of prime A/E and consultants servicing offices within a 50mile radius of the VANTHCS is required. A working knowledge of VA standards and specs are required. Hospital experience required. Upon meeting the minimum requirements, A/E selection will be based on the following criteria and maximum point values are shown to reflect relative importance: 1) Past performance which exhibits specialized experience in work to be performed, maximum 50 points; 2) Past performance which exhibits ability to design within budgeted cost limitation and prepare accurate and highly detailed construction cost estimates, max 50 points; 3) Professional qualifications of staff and consultants, max 50 pts; 4) Past performance and current work status which exhibits capacity to accomplish work within the time allowed, A/E services will be completed in 90 calendar days (exclusive of Government review time) max 40 pts; 5) Past performance and current methodology pertaining to quality control methods used to ensure technical accuracy of work, max 40 pts; 6) Location of prime A/E and consultants, max 15 pts ; 7) Past performance which demonstrates use of recovered materials and energy efficiency, max 5 pts . In accordance with P.L. 600-656, this acquisition is NOT restricted to small or emerging-small businesses. Standard Industrial Code 8712, Architectural Services, applies to this acquisition. While it does not apply to this acquisition, the small business size determination is NTE $2.5 million in average annual receipts over the preceding three fiscal years. A/E firms, which meet the requirements of this announcement, are invited to submit (1) Standard Form 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire, and (2) Standard Form 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project, IN TWO COPIES. Submission should be marked Attn: Susan Lam (90C) at the above address, and are due by 4:30 p.m. local time, 7/24/00. This is not a request for proposals. Posted 06/22/00 (W-SN467592). (0174)

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