U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Contracting and General Services, 300 Westgate Center Drive, Hadley, MA 01035-9589

C -- ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING AND FABRICATION SERVICES SOL 501819R007 DUE 101499 POC Lee Bradley, Contracting Officer, (413) 253-8248 E-MAIL: Lee_Bradley@fws.gov, Lee_Bradley@fws.gov. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service invites Architect and Engineering firms to submit two copies of completed Standard Forms 254 and 255 for a proposed design services contract at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Chincoteague (Accomack County), Virginia. Services will include; (1) design for a new 17,500 square foot (approximate) Wildlife Refuge Educational and Administration Center; (2) design of a 5,000 square foot(approximate)interior wildlife exhibits for the new Education and Administration Center and; (3) planning, design, fabrication, and installation of three exterior Refuge Interpretive wayside exhibits which will complement the interior exhibits. The new Educational and Administrative Center will provide for public education and interpretation, environmental education, and Refuge administration. The new Center will be the major flagship Refuge facility with an annual visitation of over 1.4 million people. The following Evaluation criteria in descending order of importance are: (1)Qualifications and experience of key personnel in planning and designing similar facilities and in the areas of creative and technical expertise required, including subcontractors to be used on this project (30%): (2)Examples of innovative approaches to state-of-the-art, natural resource interpretation and exhibit development and design (25%): (3) Demonstrated ability in developing design and fabrication alternatives within budget and completion of contracts of this type and size on schedule (15%): (4) Ability to demonstrate proficiency in sustainable architecture design (10%): (5) Resources to design, fabricate, install, control quality, control cost, and manage subcontractors and customer requirements for this project (10%): and (6) Letters of recommendation and awards which address communication between the firm and the client and which address the interpretive effectiveness of the design (10%). Standard Forms 254 and 255 must be received at the address indicated above no later than close of business October 14, 1999.***** Posted 09/07/99 (W-SN377025). (0250)

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