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

C -- OUTPATIENT EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT AREA SOL 544-026-97 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, asbestos abatement plans, preparation of contract drawings and specifications, preparation of cost estimates and construction period services as necessary for asbestos abatement, demolition, construction inspection, testing, and certification of all work for project # 544-97-108, "Outpatient Evaluation and Management Area" at WJBD Veterans' Hospital, Columbia, South Carolina 29209. The intent of this project is to provide renovations for enhanced patient evaluation and management clinic environment, including abatement of asbestos-containing floor tile mastic, environment upgrades, and handicap accessibility in patient bathrooms. Construction will be phased 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 insuranceof $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 average annual receipts for the preceding three (3) Fiscal Years did not exceed 50% of 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. (0365)

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