The Department of the Army, Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division, Kansas City District, has a requirement for an array of design services for the Department of Veteran’s Affairs (DVA) John Cochran Medical Center (JCMC) in St. Louis, MO.

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• Firms must be capable of performing work to support the planning, design, and construction phase services for the construction of a new health care facility and supporting facilities.
• Firms must be capable of progressing the current conceptual schematic design using the collaborative Integrated Design and Construction (IDaC) project delivery method.
• IDaC is a USACE alternative Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) delivery method that requires extensive collaboration between the Owner, Designer of Record (DOR), and Construction Manager/General Contractor.
• The A-E collaboration requirements include continuous open team communication; partnering; willingness for the A-E to incorporate alternative designs and materials and include changes to schedule; phasing plans; specifications; means and methods of construction throughout the collaborative design progression period that takes place during the construction contractor’s preconstruction phase services.
• Required services may include the preparation of special reports; planning and design charrettes; studies; development of design criteria for performance contracts; design of construction; documenting basis of design; developing, updating, and reconciling construction cost estimates.
• The task orders may include but are not limited to design work involving site investigation, geotechnical reports, topographic surveys, preparation of contract drawings, technical specifications, design analyses, life cycle cost analyses, and continuous real-time computer aided cost estimating and cost reconciliation with third party estimates.
• Electronic security system design, anti-terrorism/force protection design, progressive collapse, seismic design, cyber security, and network engineering may be required.
• Resiliency, reliability, and sustainability will be important considerations.
• Total building commissioning, with a perspective as designer may be required.
• Construction phase services, including shop drawing review, design during construction, site visits, etc., could be included in task orders.
• Building Information Modeling (BIM) technologies, CADD and GIS deliverables may be required.
• Specific requirements will be determined based upon project requirements and described in each task order.
• Project assignments will typically require performance in an office setting and on-site.