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 544-024-97 DUE 020497 POC Contract Specialist, Virgil Thompson, (803) 695-6783 Furnish professional Architect/Engineer Services to include preliminary services, evaluation of current system capacities and limitations, associated recommendations, planning, consultation and visits, design work, preparation of contract drawings and specifications, preparation of cost estimates and construction period services as necessary for demolition, installation, testing, and inspection of all work for project # 544-97-103, "Upgrade Cooling Tower" at WJBD Veterans' Hospital, Columbia, South Carolina 29209. The intent of this project is to upgrade the main hospital cooling tower by adding additional cells. Cooling capacity is estimated to be increased from: 1700 tons to: 2700 tons. Project is planned to include tower cells, site preparation, concrete basin, new piping, power wiring, controls, pumps, testing and certifications. Construction will be designed in order to minimize disruptions to the operations of the Medical Center. Construction Cost Range is $250,000 -- $500,000. 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. This is a 100% Set-Aside for Emerging Small Business Concerns. An "Emerging Small Business" means a Small Business Concern whose size is no greater than 50 percent of the Numerical Size Standard applicable to the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code assigned to a Contracting Opportunity. A Concern is small if its preceding three (3) Fiscal Years did not exceed 2.5 million. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code assigned to this project is 8712. Award is subject to Availability of Funds. See Note(s): 24. (0362)

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