C--Tahoma National Cemetery A/E Contract

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Construction and Facilities Management has a need for a Landscape Architecture (NAICS 541320) or Civil Engineering (NAICS 541330) firm capable of preparing all design documentation including, but not limited to, master plans, schematic documents, design development documents, construction documents, and providing construction period services. Prime contractor should have licensed/registered landscape architects as members of the firm, or team, with experience in the 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: Civil Engineer, Natural Resources Specialist, Water Management/Irrigation specialist, Cost Estimator, and Architect. Probable Scope: In accordance with the master plan for the entire cemetery, the Phase 2 Gravesite Development and Cemetery Improvements project, of roughly 15-acres of undeveloped land, and roughly 5 acres of developed area, will yield a total of approximately 27,000 gravesites including both full-casket and cremain sites. The project will also incorporate infrastructure improvements in the existing cemetery needed to support completion of the undeveloped area. This project will also accomplish infrastructure improvements to the existing Cemetery as identified in the Study on Improvements to Veterans Cemeteries. This project will provide for sufficient burial capacity until the year 2026 and provide for the following elements and features: New Interment Areas (Burial Sections) will contain approximately 3,000 full casket gravesites, including around 3,000 pre-placed crypts; 4,000 in ground, garden niche or terraced sites for cremated remains; and approximately 14,000 columbaria niches. In addition, approximately 6,000 full size casket pre-placed crypts will be installed at various locations within the existing Phase 1 development area. Other elements to be addressed in this project include: Access Roads, Grading, Drainage, and Planting, Irrigation System expansion, Signage and Site Furnishings, Memorial Wall, Wetland Preservation and Mitigation, Incorporate Green Building Principles and Renewable Energy Initiatives, Global Positioning System (GPS) Site Integration. This project will be accomplished utilizing the VA Program Guide (PG-18-15, Volume D), A/E Submission Instructions for National Cemetery Projects, as well as the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) Facilities Design Guide. The design will culminate in the preparation of contract documents and construction specifications to be used for competitive bidding purposes. The completed project should be capable of achieving Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) equivalency. In addition, estimating capabilities of the applicants will be considered. An estimate of construction cost based on level of design detail will be required at each design phase. The selected firm shall design to the estimated governments cost for construction. The schematics and design development will include all appropriate architectural and engineering disciplines and a firm estimate of construction cost. The construction documents and construction period services shall be awarded at the option of the government. In addition to design capabilities, emphasis will be placed on the cost and scope management capabilities of the applicants. Applicants must have an established working office within a 150 mile radius of the Kent, Washington area, be of sufficient size and have experience to accomplish the work and be licensed in the State of Washington. Preference will be given to firms with working offices in the State of Washington. No firm will be considered unless an application consisting of a completed SF 330 Part I and other evidence of experience and capabilities the applicant considers relevant is received by the Office of Construction and Facilities Management (00CFM3B1) Attention: Robert Capers, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, five (5) copies are required on or before 2:00PM, October 2, 2009. A current SF 330 Part II, representing and differentiating between the personnel, experience and capabilities of all involved offices, must be included with the application together with current SF 330 Part IIs for each proposed consultants office involved. Applicants will be rated based on the relevant experience - planning and design of projects of similar scale and scope - of both the firm(s) and assigned individuals, the applicants capacity to do the work, record of past performance on VA work, geographic consideration, the participation of minority-owned and women-owned consultants and demonstrate success in prescribing the use of recovered materials and achieving waste reduction and energy efficiency in facility design. 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 Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women-Owned Small Business, HUB Zone Small Business, Veteran-Owned Small Business and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business contracting goals will be: 28.7% (SB), 5% (SDB), 5% (WOSB), 3% (HUB Zone), 10% (VOSB) and 7% (SDVOSB).