Chief, A&MM Service (90C), Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1 Freedom Way, Augusta, GA 30904-6285

C -- DESIGN RENOVATE PRIMARY CARE TEAM (PCT) CLINIC PROJECT DUE 030397 POC Contracting Officer, Mary T. Crace, 706-731-7173 The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia, requires Architect Engineer services for the design of Project 509-97-127, Renovate Primary Care Team (PCT) Clinic, Downtown Division. Services shall include100% design, specifications, drawings, construction cost estimate and construction period services. Firms must be able to show experience in health care renovation, especially work associated with outpatient clinics. Firms must have a registered architect on staff with expertise in this area. Firms must be able to provide specifications on 3 1/2" floppy disks in word perfect version 5.0 and original reproducible drawings on 3 1/2" floppy disks in autocad R12. Evaluation factors include, but are not limited to the following: (1) professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services; (2) specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required; (3) capacity to accomplish the work in the required time; (4) past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules; (5) location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project; (6) demonstrated success in prescribing the use of recovered material and achieving waste reduction and energy efficiency in facility design; and (7) acceptability under other appropriate evaluation criteria. Area of consideration is restricted to firms within a 75 mile radius of Augusta, Georgia. The estimated cost of construction is between $500,000 and $1,000,000. Interested firms are requested to submit SF 254, A/E and Related Services Questionnaire, and SF 255, A/E Related Services for Specific Projects, to Contracting Officer (90C), VA Medical Center, One Freedom Way, Augusta, Georgia 30904-6285, by close of business, March 3, 1997. This acquisition is unrestricted as to business size. (0027)

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