VA Medical Center, Acquisition & Materiel Management Service, 2250 Leestown Road, Lexington, KY 40511-1093

C -- ESTABLISH AMBULATORY SURGERY SOL 596-15-98 DUE 052998 POC Mildred Caywood, 606/281-3958 Services of A/E firm specializing in the surgical environment of a healthcare setting to investigate, design, prepare bid documents, & provide construction period services for Project 596-305, Establish Ambulatory Surgery, Ph 1(C), VA Medical Center, Cooper Drive Division, Lexington, KY. A variety of disciplines will be required. Project includes space programming and schematic design of two wings of existing 6th floor (6 North & 6 West), 22,500 GSF. Project involves identification of the types, quantities, and procedures involved with the surgical process as required for layout of a fully operational surgical suite. Design development phase will complete the physical layout of the two wings, identifying sizes and locations of discrete spaces, identifying elements such as flow of patients, staff, supplies, storage of supplies, controlled sterile areas, as well as investigation of utility requirements and time frame for utility changes during construction phases. The construction document phase will be required for 6th floor, North wing only (13,000 GSF). Currently, the following functions are on the 6th floor, North wing: Surgical ICU (construction underway to relocate this unit to 6th floor, South wing), Recovery Room, Urology Suite, clinical offices. Currently, the following functions are on the 6th floor, West wing: six operating rooms; sterile inner corridor; sterile and public outer corridor; equipment storage; supplies storage; lockers, lounge & shower areas; anesthesiology work room; pathological frozen section room; clinical offices. Estimated construction cost range between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000. Project drawings will be required in the AutoCAD format compatible with VA AutoCAD system, currently Release 13. Firms with required specialization located within a 250 mile radius of Lexington, KY who can show a successful history with similar projects in a healthcare surgical setting are encouraged to submit qualifications on SF's 254 and 255 no later than COB May 29, 1998. With reference to the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program, solicitation is unrestricted. Standard Industrial Classification No. is 8712. This is not a request for proposal. (0098)

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