Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Medical Center (529), ATTN: Contracting Officer (90C), 325 New Castle Road, Butler, PA 16001-2480

C -- ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES SOL RFP529-9-99 DUE 032699 POC Sharon Leszczynski 724-477-5052 Professional health care management consulting, planning and minor A/E services to provide investigative and consultative services to assist in identifying the feasibility, practicality and composition of a nursing home and how it will be integrated into the health care delivery system. Contractor to review information provided by the VA but not limited to productivity measures, current health care delivery systems, patient demographics, physical structures, strategic and operational plan, etc. The primary purpose of the review is to substantiate the necessity, location, size planning and justification of a replacement facility to include acute care beds, ambulatory surgery, nursing home and other contained service elements within the new structure. A secondary purpose of the review will be to verify strategic planning initiatives and identify improvements in health care service delivery to include changes in physical layout of health care services, consolidation of excess space with cost savings achieved, and service improvements and consolidations. Design in the physical layout of space is limited to assignment of required space, not design of new space. Contractor will make as many site visits as necessary to gather information, schedule and interview staff and stakeholders, study the health care delivery system and determine feasibility and effectiveness of improvements. Estimate completion time for study is 45 calendar days. Only firms that specialize in health care design and/or health care management consulting will be considered. Those firms determined to be the most highly qualified will be rated on the following evaluation factors in descending order of importance: 1. Specialized experienced and technical competence in health service design; 2. Previous experience of the proposed project team; 3. Professional capacity to perform within time limitations; 4. Miscellaneous experience and capabilities; 5. Awards; 6. Litigation. The geographical area of consideration is a 3 hour commute radius within the continental United States. Firms which meet these requirements are invited to submit completed Standard Forms (SF 254 and 255) to the Contracting Officer no later than Close of Business (4:30 PM EST) 3/26/99. SIC Code 8711 is assigned to this procurement. Award is subject to the availability of funds. See Numbered Note 24. Posted 02/23/99 (W-SN301390). (0054)

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