William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans' Medical Center, Chief, Acquisition & Facility Planning Svc (90C), 6439 Garners Ferry Road, Columbia, SC 29209-1639

C -- UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS SOL 544-023-97 DUE 020497 POC Contract Specialist, Virgil Thompson, (803) 695-6783 Furnish professional Architect/Engineer Services to include preliminary services and phasing recommendations, planning, consultation and visits, design work, preparation of contract drawings and specifications, preparation of cost estimates and construction period services as necessary for testing, demolition, remediation, installation, testing, and certification of all work for project # 544-97-101, "Underground Storage Tanks" at WJBD Veterans' Hospital, Columbia, South Carolina 29209. The intent of this project is to bring this facility into compliance with EPA Regulation 530/UST-88/008 dated September 1988 and South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) Underground Storage Tank Control Regulation R.61-92, dated March 23, 1990. The project is planned to replace (9) nine underground fuel storage tanks and associated piping and install spill/overfill protection. Underground storage tanks will be replaced with new double-wall fiberglass tanks equipped with leak detection monitoring and spill/overfill prevention devices. The (9) nine tanks consist of: (1) one 275 gallon diesel generator tank, (2) two 1,000 gallon diesel generator tanks, (1) one 1,000 gallon gasoline tank, (1) one 10,000 gallon diesel generator tank, (2) two 15,000 gallon boiler fuel storage tanks, (1) one 25,000 gallon boiler fuel storage tank, (1) one 30,000 gallon boiler fuel storage tank. Construction will be phased to minimize disruptions to the operations of the Medical Center. Construction Cost Range is $500,000 -- $1,000,000. A/E will be required to provide evidence of professional liability insurance of $1,000,000. Interested firms desiring consideration shall submit appropriate data in numbered Note 24 to the Contracting Officer (90C), A&FP Service, Dorn Veterans' Hospital, 6439 Garners Ferry Road, Columbia, SC 29209 not later than February 4, 1997. This is not a request for proposal. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code assigned is 8712 and the project is unrestricted as to size. Award is subject to Availability of Funds. See Note(s): 24. (0362)

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