Chief, Centralized Contracting Division, National Cemetery System Operations Support Center, 5101 Russell Road, Quantico, VA 22134-3903

C -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES DUE 030398 POC Contact W. A. Simpson, Contracting Officer, 703/441-3088 (Voice), 703/441-3070 (Fax) Architect, Landscape Architect or Engineering firm to provide professional services for the design expansion of the existing columbarium at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI (Project No. 899CM3021). The A/E team should include the disciplines necessary to do this type of work. Applicants must have an established working office in the State of Hawaii of sufficient size and experience to accomplish the project. Interested firms are encouraged to submit Standard Forms 254 and 255. Firms submitting the information within 30 calendar days from the date of appearance of this notice, or March 3, 1998, whichever is later, will be considered. Selection will be based on the following criteria: (1) Experience of the firm in this type and scale of work; (2) Location of the firm within the specified geographical area; (3) Previous experience with proposed subconsultants in accomplishing this type of work. The National Cemetery System will provide the selected firm with as-builts of the existing columbarium. Those drawings will be followed as the basis of this phase. The estimated construction cost for approximately 5,000 niches is between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000. Site visits for familiarization purposes are by appointment only through the Director of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, telephone (808) 566-1430. This is not a Request for Proposals. See Note(s): 1, 24, 25. (0028)

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