USPFO-MS, Attn: PFO-PC, 144 Military Drive, Jackson, MS 39208-8860

C -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES POC Major Wayne M Bryant, Base Civil Engineer, telephone number (601) 936-8377, Hugh A McCallum, Contract Specialist, UPSFO-MS, telephone number (601) 936-7614 (Site Code DAHA22). Architect-Engineer Services: Facilities to be designed will be located at Allen C Thompson Field (ANG) Jackson, Mississippi. Scope of Project to be designed: Interior and exterior alterations to an existing 18,424 square foot facility (Building 116), parking area for government and employee vehicles: access roadways; and construct/relocate gas, water, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, and electrical utilities as necessary to make the facility complete and usable. Facility will consist of offices, visual information studio, conference room, classroom and toilet facilities. Open space design with systems furniture will be utilized in office areas and other areas as appropriate. Design of facility should be compatible with other nearby buildings which are primarily of masonry construction. Criteria and definitive guidance for design will be provided by a project book to be provided the Architect-Engineer by the Contracting Officer. All design work will be further governed by Air Force manuals as modified by the Air National Guard. Copies of all applicable manuals will be provided the Architect-Engineer by Contract Officer. The contract to be negotiated will be a standard Department of the Army and Air Force National Guard-Fixed Price Architect and Engineer Contract which will require the following services: (I) Type A (Investigative Services)-Accomplish field surveys and investigations which may include soil investigations, topographic surveys; analysis of existing facility and utilities; a study of various mechanical and electrical systems as a basis for recommended functional and safety designs; perform environmental assessments as may be required to make proper site selection and to determine basis of design; and perform other investigations as necessary to make a complete design. Prepare a conceptual design submittal, including preliminary site plans, typical cross sections and narrative description of proposed mechanical and electrical systems, and economic or other justification for selected systems. Prepare a cost estimate of the major elements of the project and confirm if the project can be accomplished within budget. (ii) Type B, Phase I (65% Design) - Prepare detailed Engineering/Architectural Design calculations, site plan and utility plan. Prepare outline specification. Furnish drawings in sixty five (65) percent detail. Prepare a detailed cost estimate. (iii) Type B, (95% Design) and III (100% Design)-Prepare and furnish Final Design Analysis, prepare A Final Cost Estimate and obtain any required construction/environmental permits. (iv) Type C services-Inspection of construction, review of shop drawings and material submittals, and preparation of as built drawings. Disciplines required to accomplish the proposed work are as follows: Architect (Related Experience); and Mechanical Engineer (Related Experience). Significant evaluation factors and relative importance in the selection process are as follows: 1. Professional Qualifications (Disciplines Listed Above). 2. Specialized experience and technical competence. 3. Capacity to accomplish the work in required time. 4. Past Performance. 5. Location of firm and key personnel in general geographical area of the project. 6. Volume of work previously awarded by department of defense in the past twelve (12) months, based on fees received, with the object of effecting an equitable distribution of DOD Architect-Engineer contracts among qualified firms including minority owned firms and firms that have not had prior DOD contracts. The maximum construction cost of this project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. Firms desiring to be considered for this project should submit their Standard Forms 254 and 255 to Major Wayne M. Bryant, 172nd Airlift Group, Base Civil Engineer, 141 Military Drive, Jackson, Mississippi 39208-8880 to be received no later than 30 days after the date of this notice. This is not a request for proposal. Numbered Note 24 applies to this announcement. (172)

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