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

C -- OPEN-ENDED MULTI-DISCIPLINE A/E PROJECT SOL RFP 512(B)-150-01 DUE 092800 POC Carol L. Pomraning (410) 605-7156 E-MAIL: carol. pomraning@med.va.gov, carol.pomraning@med.va.gov. The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking an Architect/Engineering firm capable of providing professional architectural and engineering services for open-ended multi-disciplinary projects at the VA Maryland Health Care System (VAMHCS). The VAMHCS consists of three medical centers, one extended care facility, and other ancillary sites: VA Medical Center, 10 North Greene Street, Baltimore, MD; VA Medical Center, 9600 North Point Road, Fort Howard, MD; VA Medical Center, Perry Point, MD; and the Baltimore Rehabilitation and Extended Care Center, 3600 Loch Raven Boulevard, Baltimore, MD. Delivery or performance shall be made only as authorized by issuance of separate task orders. Each project will be identified on a unique task order and subject to all terms and conditions of the contract. Interested firms must have working offices within a 100-mile radius of the four VA facilities listed above. 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 the required time frames; (3) Past Performance; (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 (7) Reputation and standing of 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 13. Award is contingent upon the availability of funds. Interested firms are to submit their SF-254's and SF-255's as well as an SF-129 by close of business September 28, 2000, to VA Maryland Health Care System, Attn: Carol L. Pomraning, Contracting Officer (BT/90C), 10 North Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. The SIC Code is 8712. The size standard is $4.0 million. Projects (task orders) will be limited to $50,000.00 (fifty thousand dollars). Only one contract will be awarded should adequate qualified emerging small businesses respond. If not, the requirement will be solicited as full and open competition pursuant to the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. A maximum of $450,000.00 (four hundred, fifty thousand dollars) could possibly be received over the life of the contract, which includes a base year with two one-year options available. The minimum guarantee over the life of the contract is $50,000.00 (fifty thousand dollars). Any work awarded to the contractor beyond the minimum is solely at the Government's discretion. The contractor may refuse a task order. However, if the contractor rejects a task order proposal, the Government estimated value for that task order would be counted towards meeting the guaranteed minimum threshold. Posted 08/28/00 (W-SN490841). (0241)

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