Dept of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service, Engineering Services, 2201 Sixth Ave., RX-24, Rm 710, Seattle, WA 98121

C -- A/E SERVICES, HEALTH CARE FACILITY, WINNEBAGO, NE (PROJECT #AB90W119H7) Contact Judi M. Jzyk, Contract Specialist at (206)615-2454. Architectural/Engineering services for the design and construction administration of the new replacement hospital and drug dependancy unit for the Indian Health Service at the Winnebago-Omaha Service Unit in Winnebago, Nebraska. The estimated cost of construction for the project is over $10,000,000. The design phase services are expected to proceed approximately FIVE (5) MONTHS after the date of this synopsis and are to be completed within TEN (10) MONTHS after contract award. Optional construction administration services are to be completed approximately TWENTY-FOUR (24) MONTHS after design services are completed. DHHS will provide focused conceptual design guidance. ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE SITE VERIFICATION OF EXISTING CONDITIONS, SCHEMATICS, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, WITH OPTIONAL CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION. The prime contractor must be an architectural/engineering firm. The design of architectural, geotechnical, structural, landscape, mechanical, electrical, and fire protection, and asbestos engineering services shall be accomplished or reviewed and approved by engineers and architects registered to practice in the particular professional field involved in a state or possession of the United States, Puerto Rico, or in the District of Columbia. The project is to provide a new replacement hospital on a site adjacent to the existing hospital. The new facility will contain an area of 9 051 gsm for inpatient facilities including 16 beds (13 for low-acuity inpatient care, and 3 for labor delivery/recovery). In addition to the new facility, 1 055 gsm of the existing hospital will be renovated for a Drug Dependancy Unit (DDU) including 16 beds. The type of contract will be a negotiated A/E fixed-price contract. Evaluation factors below are listed in descending order of priority with the factors #5 and #6 having equal value. Verifiable documentation must be provided to support each of the following evaluation factors: (1) Specialized experience and technical competence in all applicable aspects of health care and substance abuse treatment facilities design. (2) Demonstrated expertise and experience in working as a team with listed consultant(s)/subcontractor(s) and ability to effectively manage multiple discipline teams. A management plan defining the organizational structure and relationship of the technical team shall be provided. (3) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, innovation of design, and compliance with performance schedules and construction administration. (4) Capacity to respond and accomplish the work within established time constraints. (5) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services. (6) Knowledge of and design experience in the locality of the project and firm location in the general geographic area of the Central Plains Region of Nebraska, by the prime contractor and consultant(s)/subcontractor(s). A statement indicating the willingness to participate signed by a principal member of each proposed consultant should be furnished. Those firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement and wish to be considered must submit a SF 254 for all members of the proposed team (prime and subcontractors) and a composite SF 255 for the proposed team. The contractor will be required to prepare plans and specs in metric dimensions. Drawings may be required to be prepared under the latest release of AutoCad. Pertinent statements relative to the evaluation factors shall be included in Part 10 of SF 255. In addition, in Part 10, provide descriptions of no more than two projects listed in Part 8 of SF-255 demonstrating the experience and expertise required in the evaluation factors. Identify which members of the design team handled the project(s) listed. Provide current names with telephone numbers of pre-notified references associated with each illustrated project. Interviews are tentatively scheduled for May 22 and 23, 1996, in Sioux City, Iowa, for those firms rated ``highly qualified'' as a result of the initial submittal review. These firms shall be prepared to make a one hour presentation. This one hour period includes A/E presentation set-up, introductions of the A/E Selection Board and firm members, A/E presentation of their credentials related to the evaluation criteria, and if desired, presentation of photographs, view graphs, slides, etc., of recent projects. Equipment necessary for the A/E presentation shall be provided by the A/E. The Selection Board may use an additional 15 minutes for questions and final wrap-up by the A/E. Highly qualified firms will be notified by telephone call and a follow-up letter of their interview times and specific location. All inquiries are to be directed to Judi Jzyk, Contract Specialist, at 206-615-2454. Site visits will not be arranged or permitted during the submittal period. This proposed contract listed here is set-aside under the Buy Indian Act for 100 percent Indian-owned, operated and controlled firms. Note: In accordance with the Public Health Services Acquisition Regulation paragraph 380.503(e) not more than fifty (50) percent of the work to be performed under a prime contract awarded pursuant to the Buy Indian Act shall be subcontracted to other than Indian firms. For this purpose, work to be performed does not include the provision of materials, supplies, or equipment. Offerors who are currently certified by IHS or the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) as an ``Indian'' firm need to submit this certification along with their SF-254 and SF-255. The applicable SIC is 8711/8712, size standard 2.5 million. Three sets of submittals must be received by 3:00 P.M., local time, on April 29, 1996. Submittals are to be sent to Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service, Engineering Services-Seattle, 2201 Sixth Avenue, Room 710, RX-24, Seattle, Washington 98121. This is not a request for proposals, See Numbered Note 24. Control Number is 102-AE-96-0009. (093)

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