The Arctic Slope Native Association (ASNA) is soliciting bids for construction of the Barrow Replacement Hospital in Barrow, Alaska. The Barrow Replacement Hospital is an approximately 100,000-square-foot, two-story hospital. The hospital will be I2 occupancy with Type 1B fully-sprinkled construction with a lower level utility crawl space, and the structure will be elevated a minimum of three feet off the ground to accommodate snow blow-through. The structure will be steel-framed with a steel pile foundation system. Construction completion is scheduled for December 15, 2012. Work completed to date on this project includes major soil placement (not finished to grade) and installation of piles. It is the intent of ASNA to award this contract to the qualified bidder with the lowest overall price for completion of all work and whose bid prices for both OPTION 1 (enclosure package) and OPTION 2 (OPTION 1 and the remaining building) are within ASNA’s budget for each OPTION. Substantial Completion of OPTION 1 work is required by August 7, 2011 with all remaining construction completed on or before December 15, 2012 for OPTION 2. Sealed bids and Bidder Qualifications for the Barrow Replacement Hospital will be received by RIM Architects (“Architect”) at: 645 G Street, Suite 400, Anchorage, Alaska 99501, Phone 907/258-7777, Fax 907/279-8195, until 2:00 PM local time, on September 30, 2009. Bidding Documents may be obtained through the following Architects FTP Site: rimarchitects.com/Bids/. All questions and references to this bid process must be through Rim Architects, Attn: Matthew P. Vogel, AIA, Principal. This announcement is being posted by the Indian Health Service for the benefit of the Arctic Slope Native Association. INTERESTED FIRMS MUST CONTACT RIM ARCHITECTS, NOT THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE.

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