Project Name: ARCHITECTURAL and ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES for THE CENTER FOR

ADVANCED SURGICAL SERVICES

RFP Number: RFP# F2017032_AE

Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2018

CLARIFICATION # 1

The following request for clarification was received before 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, February 27, 2018:

RFI # QUESTION RESPONSE

1 Per Section 5, Evaluation Criteria and Process: Are we

to submit a Design Solution as part of the proposal

submission?

� The intent of this requirement is for respondents to provide

example(s) of their individual firm’s understanding of the

project scope and creativity, by means of conceptual

architectural block design(s) for the planned structure,

alternate stacking diagram(s) or siting, or other means of

graphic representation.

� This is not intended to be a full “design competition” by

which proposing firms will be short-listed.

� A more detailed development of proposed building

massing, materials, site development, etc., will be

requested of the short-listed teams as part of the

presentation to Senior Leadership prior to selection.

2 Regarding the project site 99 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive for

the ambulatory surgical center, will Grady be

responsible for demolition and remediation

of the site’s existing structures prior to implementing

the new surgical building and parking garage designs

or will the demolition plans be part of the total

� GHS will be responsible for ACM/LCM remediation of

existing facilities;

� GHS is undecided at this time regarding the demolition and

site stabilization – a decision will be made and announced

at the pre-bid meeting on March 6.

PROJECT NAME: FACILITY ASSESSMENT, PROGRAMMING and PLANNING SERVICES for PONCE de LEON CENTER MASTER PLAN

RFP NUMBER: JAZZID_1739

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project documents?

3 I wanted to ask about the requirement for a conceptual

design as part of our proposal for the CASS.

Will Grady issue any additional information for the

proposers to use as we consider this?

It seems like all we have to work with is the project

overview information on pg 4 of the RFP, but I may be

overlooking some information.

thanks

� Please see item 1 above;

� A DRAFT version of the programming document will be

made available as part of the mandatory pre-bid meeting

on March 6.

4 We presume the parking deck will be a freestanding

building connected to the Ambulatory Surgery Building.

We also presume the Surgery Center will face Grady’s

entrance and the parking garage will be accessed from

Piedmont.

� You cannot assume the parking structure will be separate

from the clinical building.

� You cannot assume site access for either the clinical

building or the parking structure – this is part of the design

process using the programming information (to be

provided) and City of Atlanta zoning and development

codes.

5 Is attendance at the March 6th

pre-proposal conference

mandatory? I just want to make sure we’d definitely have

someone there from our team if it is. It sounds like there

will also be other opportunities in the wording of the

proposal.

� Yes.

� The other opportunities are for proposing Architectural

Firms to tour the site in more detail with consultants/sub-

consultants – dates will be announced at the pre-bid

meeting on March 6.

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