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The Contractor (herein referred to as “A/E”) shall provide Architect/Engineer (A/E) services to design a construction project at the White River Junction VAMC in accordance with this design scope of work.

A/E Part One Services (also known as Design Phase) for this design project includes site visits, field investigation, studies and user interviews to prepare drawings, specifications and cost estimates for all facets of work and disciplines/trades to facilitate a construction project to renovate Building 28 Ground Floor to provide Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) training and administrative support spaces. Prepare construction bid documents (Plans and Specifications) to provide training and administrative space to support the Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program. This design will define the renovation of existing campus Building 28 Administrative Ground Floor.

A/E Part Two Services of this design project (also known as Construction Period Services) includes responding to construction contractor Requests For Information (RFIs) during the solicitation (solicitation support) and construction phases of the construction project, attendance at pre-bid, post-award and commissioning kick off construction project conferences, review of construction material submittals and shop drawings, approximately two site visits per month during construction (both scheduled and emergent) to ensure compliance with the design drawings and specifications, preparation of site visit reports, coordination with project commissioning requirements, review of any construction project modifications for cost and technical acceptability, assistance in formulating any government cost estimates, attendance in the final acceptance inspection, preparation of the punch list and preparation of record drawings of the completed construction project based on the construction contractor’s as-built drawings.