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

C -- A/E SERVICES, RELOCATE ORTHOTICS LAB SOL RFP 512(B)-143-00 DUE 072700 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, multi-disciplinary architectural and engineering services. The A/E firm will provide complete schematic design, construction document preparation and technical construction period services for the design and construction necessary to convert Building 14 at the Department of Veterans Affairs Baltimore Rehabilitation and Extended Care Center (BRECC), located at 3900 Loch Raven Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland from a small research facility to an orthotics lab. Work to include verfication of existing conditions, demolition of interior walls as needed, new mechanical, electrical and roof systems. A/E team will review equipment in use at the current orthotics lab in Building T239 at the VA in Fort Howard, Maryland and make provisions for installation in Building 14. Work also to include design of a parking lot for handicapped accessible vans and other patient parking in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract. The construction is estimated between $500,000 and $1,000,000 dollars. Interested firms must have working offices within 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 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 14. Interested firms are to submit their 254's and 255's as well as an SF 129 by close of business July 27, 2000 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 06/26/00 (W-SN468439). (0178)

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