RECOVERY Y--Recovery - Renovate Surgery Phase I - Stimulas

Recovery - Surgery Renovation Phase I. The new Operating roomswill be designed to utilize the existing roof of the 1st floor Lab areawith a new structural framing system and roof. The exterior walls willmatch the existing brick and limestone banding. The roof willincorporate a tile mansard system to match the existing at exposedconditions. Phase I consists of two new operating rooms in a mirroredlayout for each OR. Double door access from the corridor with separateaccess to both a clean supply core and sub-sterile processing roomlocated between the two new OR's for direct accessibility. A newconnecting corridor from the current surgery suite will also provide therequired second exit to the existing stairwell for the new addition. Alarge clean supply and equipment storage area with separate anesthesiawork room is located directly opposite of the new OR's for efficientcirculation. An expanded surgery staff lounge will result from theangled connecting corridor. The architecture of the new addition willmatch the appearance of the existing facility to meet the historicpreservation guidelines. A non-mandatory site visit will be held at theCheyenn Veterans Affairs Medical Center on 22 April at 1:00PM, building11. The project magnitude is 500K to 1 million. Phase II of this project is advertised under VA-259-09-RP-0208and both projects will be evaluated utilizing the same criteria withseparate pricing for Phase I and Phase II. Award will be made to thesame contractor for Phase I and II, the only reason we have separatesolicitations is because we have stimulus funding for Phase I and needto keep the funding separated by having two separate contracts. To beresponsive contractors need to fill out and submit proposals for Phase Iunder solicitation VA-259-09-RA-0209 and for Phase II underVA-259-09-RP-0208.