Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 7 intends to award a firm-fixed price contract for construction period services (CPS) to Apogee Consulting Group, P.A. The project involves renovating Building 10 at the Central Alabama Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHCS). The required services include construction submittal reviews, responses to contractor Requests for Information (RFI’s), execution of design changes, and attendance at necessary site visits and construction-related meetings. The goal is to ensure that the designer of record's (DOR) design is properly executed, adjusted, and interpreted to deliver a complete and usable facility consistent with the original design intent.
Some key points to consider:
• The current design contract is 100% complete but no longer has CPS as part of the scope.
• The requirement is to provide engineering services for post-award activities associated with the construction contract.
• The intent is to retain the A-E designer of record (i.e., Apogee Consulting Group, P.A.) for the construction solicitation and for the duration of the construction contract.
• Sole sourcing to the designer of record will allow the Government to decrease lead times for award of the construction project and ensure the DOR is readily available to provide expertise in relation to their own design documents.