C -- PALM BEACH AREA NATIONAL CEMETERY, MASTER PLAN AND PHASE I DEVELOPMENT, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL

Notice Date

April 5, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs, A/E Evaluation and Program Support Team (181A), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420

ZIP Code

20420

Solicitation Number

924-001

Point of Contact

Scope: Ralph D'Amato, 202-565-5924/Selection Process: Robert T. Smoot, 202-565-4181

Description

Civil Engineering firm (NAICS 541330) to prepare a master plan and design development documents for a new 600+ acre national cemetery in the Palm Beach County, FL area. The prime contractor should have licensed/registered landscape architects as members of the firm, or team, with experience in the master planning and design of cemeteries, large institutional campuses, parks and recreational facilities, or similar land development projects. The following licensed/registered specialty disciplines should be members of the firm, or team, with demonstrable expertise in their respective fields: Cultural Resources, Geotechnical Engineering, Natural Resources, Hydrologic Engineering, and Architecture. Scope: Prepare a master plan including, but not limited to, administration/maintenance building, public information building, committal service shelters, flag/assembly area, columbarium, main entrance area, roadways, burial areas, grading, drainage, landscaping, signage, site furnishings, irrigation, utilities, phasing, and environmental mitigation within a 600+ acre parcel of VA land. Design development documents will be prepared for all elements included in the Phase I Development. The master plan will incorporate building designs based on VA furnished plans. The master plan and design development will include all appropriate engineering and architectural disciplines and a firm estimate of construction cost will be required. The contract will include a government option for preparation of design/build request for proposal (RFP) documents or contract document preparation and construction period services. In addition to design capabilities, emphasis will be placed on the estimating capabilities of the applicants. Applicants must have an established working office within 100-mile radius of the site of sufficient size and experience to accomplish the work and be licensed in the State of Florida. Preference will be given to firms with working offices in the State of Florida. No firm will be considered unless an application consisting of a completed SF 255 and other evidence of experience and capabilities the applicant considers relevant is received by the VA A/E Evaluation & Program Support Team (181A) within 30 days of the date of this advertisement. A current SF 254, representing and differentiating between the personnel experience and capabilities of all involved offices must be included with the application together with current SF 254's for each proposed consultant's office involved. Applicants will be rated based on the relevant experience of both the firm(s) and assigned individuals, the applicant's capacity to do the work, record of past performance on VA and other Federal work, master planning on projects of similar scale and scope, geographic consideration and participation of minority and woman-owned consultants. Award of contract is dependent upon the availability of funds. This is not a request for a proposal. If subcontracting opportunities exist and the submitting firm is not a small business, the small, small disadvantaged and women-owned business contracting goals will be 40% (SB), 10% (SDB), 6% (WOB), 2% (HUB Zone), 7% (VOB), and 3% (DAV). Note: The "covenant against contingent fee" clause is applicable to this solicitation.***

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010409/CSOL005.HTM (W-095 SN50I4G1)