Department of Veterans Affairs, Ronald J. Adam, Director, A/E Eval. Service (087A), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420

C -- WARD RENOVATION FOR PATIENT PRIVACY, VA MEDICAL CENTER, OMAHA, NE SOL 636-401 POC Contact Point, Jawahar Chandhary, (202)565-5850, Contracting Officer, Samuel E. Duncan, (202)565-5716, Additional Contact, Ronald J. Adam, (202)565-4181 Architect or architect/engineer firm to provide professional services for advanced planning and design of a project that may include, but is not limited to: Ward Renovation for Patient Privacy. At a minimum, the project will provide four MS&N nursing wards in Building 1 that will be in full compliance with VA space planning criteria. All involved beds will be converted to private and semi-private with private bathrooms being provided for each bedroom. Patient telephones and telemetry monitoring for each bed may also be provided. This project will correct the many patient ward deficiencies that exist relating to patient privacy concerns and treatment of female veterans. Required services will include schematics and/or design development, including all appropriate architectural, interior design and engineering disciplines and a firm estimate of construction cost. The contract will include a government option for construction documents preparation and construction period services. Only firms with in-house architectural services, experienced in design of similar type projects 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 Nebraska. No firm will be considered unless an application consisting of a completed SF 255 and such other evidence of experience and capabilities the applicant considers relevant, is received by the VA A/E Evaluation Service within 30 days of 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. Applications will be rated 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 considerations and the inclusion of minority-owned and women-owned consultants. Award of a contract is dependent upon the availability of funds. This is not a request for a proposal. If subcontracting opportunities exist and the submitting firm is not a small business, the small and small disadvantaged business subcontracting goals will be 40% and 9% respectively of the amount of work consulted out. Note: the ''covenant against contingent fees'' clause is applicable to this solicitation. (0143)

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