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

C -- ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES SOL 549-120-98 DUE 081898 POC John Mraz (903) 583-6270 The Department of Veteran Affairs, North Texas Health Care System, Sam Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center, 1201 East Ninth Street, Bonham, TX wishes to procure Architect/Engineering services for the construction of the "Upgrade Ambulatory Care Project" at the Sam Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center, Bonham, TX. This project shall upgrade deficiencies in our Managed Care and Primary Care Service Facilities. Services shall include: development of construction documents; design drawings and specifications; cost estimate; site visits; as-built drawings; and CIH services. The overall scope of the design and concept plan has been tentatively identified as; Audiology, Dental, Eye and ENT Clinics, Executive Offices, Lab, Radiology, Lobby, Medical Administrative Service, Mental Health, Nutrition, Nursing, Parking, Police, PM&R, Prosthetics, Service Organizations, Social Work and any other functions that may be identified during the design process. The scope of the proposed project shall include; the main entrance, non-assisted wheelchair access, renovations, fire protection, medical gas (AOV), HVAC, electrical, structural, asbestos abatement, signage, interior finishes, etc. The proposed contract is unrestricted and competitive negotiations shall be used to award contract. Only A/E firms that are headquarted within a one hundred and fifty (150) mile radius of the Sam Rayburn VA, Bonham, TX are eligible to participate. Requests from offerors located outside the geographic area shall not be honored. The cost range of the construction project that shall follow is between $1,000,000.00 and $2,000,000.00. All work under this contract, exclusive of Government review time, shall be completed within one hundred and twenty (120) days. The following evaluation factors and their importance as expressed in percentages totally 100%, shall be used in the source selection process to identify the most highly qualified sources: (a) specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work to be performed (20%); (b) ability to design within construction budget cost limitations and prepare accurate construction cost estimates (20%); (c) capability to perform work in the required time (10%); (d) quality control methods used to insure technical accuracy of work (10%); (e) professional qualifications of staff and consultants proposed for the project (15%); (f) demonstrated success in prescribing the use of recovered mateials; and achieving waste reduction and energy efficiency in the design process (10%) (g) experience and capability to use CAD (5%); (h) firms professional reputation and standing (10%). CD's for the project shall be provided on Auto CAD Version 14 along with one (1) set of Mylar reproducibilies. Interested offerors shall submit copies of Standard Form 254 "Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire" and Standard Form 255 "Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project" to: Contracting Officer (90C), Sam Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center, 1201 East Ninth Street, Bonham, TX 75418 by the close of business on August 18, 1998. Fax John Mraz at (903) 583-6699 for copies of SF 254 and 255's. Reference Solicitation No. 549-120-98 on all correspondence. This is not a request for proposals. If you have any technical questions, call Larry Waldrop at (903) 583- 6492: and if you have any contractual questions call John Mraz (903) 583-6270. Posted 07/14/98 (W-SN222838). (0195)

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