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C -- TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR VARIOUS ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR HEALTH CARE RELATED SPACES. SOL 263-96-P(CD)-0220 POC Milton Timmons, Contracting Officer (301) 402-2163. CORRECTION: This notice was published on May 14, under classification code C. The National Institutes of Health plans to enter into two Indefinite Delivery contracts for A/E services for term type contracts for hospitals and related spaces including animal laboratory, biomedical laboratory, infrastructure and miscellaneous support spaces. Two term type contracts will be awarded; Contract A will be awarded for one year with four option years for a total of five years and Contract B will be awarded for one year with three option years for a total of four years. The two contracts will be awarded based upon a ranking of first and second place. The awarded contracts will be administered in task fixed price increments. Tasks can be issued by the government on either contract at anytime during the contract period reguardless of ranking of ranking. The A/E services include but are not limited to: development of pre-design services, basis of designs, development of final design schemes, perform hazardous materials surveys, preparation of plans and specifications suitable for bidding which encompass all areas of engineering including the removal and disposal of hazardous materials, preparation of detailed cost estimates, and all forms of post design services. The government may issue work orders for any, or all of the work described above. The maximum aggregate fee will not exceed $5,000,000 for the 5 year performance of Contract A with an estimated fee of $1,000,000 per year. The maximum aggregate fee will not exceed $4,000,000 for the performance four year period of Contract B with an estimated fee of $1,000,000 per year. The estimated cost of the majority of construction is between $50,000 and 500,000. Inddependent firms, as well as joint ventures and firm/consultants arrangements, will be considered and evaluated based upon demonstrated ability to provide a quality design effort and capacity to follow through all phases of the project. Only firms able to have a qualified representative of the firm at NIH within four hours of NIH request and firms which are a small business concern will be considered. These requirements shall be addressed in item 10 of the SF 255. Selection criteria shall be in a two part format; A) for the SF 254 and SF 255 evaluation and B) for the presentations by the firms short-listed from the 254 and 255 evaluation. The ecaluation factors in order of priority are: 1) Specialized experience and technical competence in hospitals and related spaces including animal laboratory, biomedical loboratory, infrastructure and miscellaneous support spaces. 2) professional qualifications necessary for the satisfactory performance of required services in hospitals and related spaces including animal laboratory, biomedical laboratory, infrastructure and miscellaneous support spaces. 3) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time. 4) Past performance in hospital and related spaces including animal laboratory, biomedical laboratory, infrastructure and miscellaneous support spaces on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. And 5) Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project. The short-listed firms will be asked to expand on these criteria as part of the presentation. These two Indefinite Delivery Contracts for A/E service are total 100% set-aside for Small Business. Interested parties say, in writing identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement within 29 days from the date of publication of this notice NOTE: Guarenteed minimum amount for contract (A) per year will be $10,000.00 dollars for contract (B) Guarenteed minimum will be $10,000.00 dollars per year. Subcontracting opportunity shall be in accordance with FAR Clause 52.219-14(1). (0158)

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