SOURCES SOUGHT
C -- Renovate Ward 2 South
- Notice Date
- 11/22/2002
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Attn: Department of Veterans Affairs Southern Arizona Health Care S= ystem, Contracting Officer, (9-90C), 3601 S. 6th Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85= 723
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 678-013-03
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact - Carol Lewis, Contract Specialist, (520) 629-461= 3, Contracting Officer - Carol Lewis, Contract Specialist, (520) 629-4613
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to Carol Lewis
(carol.lewis@med.va.gov)
- Description
- Provide A/E services for Project Number 678-312, Renovate Ward 2 Sout= h, at the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS), Tucson, Arizona. Services include site investigation, design development, preparation of bid documents, cost estimates and construction period services for renovation of a 9500 sf inpatient surgical care unit in Building 2. Design disciplines include architectural, mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, electrical/electronic and structural. Medical and medical equipment planning is also required. No asbestos abatement is required under this contract. Work includes, but is not limited to, the following: 1) Renovation of an existing 26 bed inpatient surgical unit consisting of 3 three-patient rooms, 2 four-patient rooms, 3 isolation rooms and 1 six-patient room into a single inpatient surgical care unit of single and 2-patient rooms with contiguous bathrooms. 2) Evaluate replacement of the existing air-handling units and medical gas sources for life cycle costs. 3) Replace all other mechanical and electrical systems in their entirety including the nurse call system. The A/E shall demonstrate his/her qualifications and qualifications of each consultant with regard to the published evaluation factors for design and option services.=20 Evaluation factors 1 =96 7 are of equal importance. Evaluation criteria includes: (1) Professional qualifications of staff assigned to this project including consultants; (2) Specialized experience and technical competence in health care facilities design. Prior experience should include, at a minimum, completion of similar projects, including emergency power installation and code compliance issues where applicable; (3) Capability and commitment of firm to accomplish the design work within the required timeframe; (4) Past performance on recent contracts with Government agencies (emphasis on VA work) and private industry in terms of cost-effective design, estimating, quality of construction documents, compliance with design schedules, change orders and claims. (5) Explain specific internal quality control measures. Firm will be evaluated on the acceptability of their internal quality control program used to assure technical accuracy and discipline coordination of plans and specifications; (6) Geographic proximity to project site and knowledge of locality of the project; (7) Capability of and commitment to provision of accurate professional services during the construction period, including timely replies to RFIs, review of submittals & shop drawings, periodic construction inspections and ability to produce construction documents using AutoCAD release 14/2000 software. This is a firm fixed-price contract. Estimated construction cost range is between 2 - 5 million. NAICS code is 541310. Consideration is limited to firms located within 125-mile radius of SAVAHCS, Tucson, AZ. Firms that meet the requirements listed in this announcement are invited to submit 254s/255s to Carol Lewis 9-90C, SAVAHCS, 3601 S. Sixth Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85723 by 3:00 PM local time on Monday, January 6, 2003. Fax copies of 254s/255s will not be accepted. Late responses will be handled in accordance with FAR Subpart 15.208. This is not a request for proposal. See Numbered Note 24.
- Web Link
-
RFP 678-013-03
(http://www.bos.oamm.va.gov/solicitation?number=3D678-013-03)
- Record
- SN00209841-W 20021124/021122213233 (fbodaily.com)
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