(a) The total cost of the architect or engineer services contracted for must not exceed 6 percent of the estimated cost of the construction project plus any fees for related services and activities such as those shown in paragraph (c) of this section.
(b) To support project submissions, the engineering officer or project engineer must use VA Form 10-1193, Application for Health Care Facility Project, and Form 10-6238, EMIS Construction Program Estimate Worksheet, and must show the proposed technical services where necessary and applicable.
(c) The 6 percent fee limitation does not apply to the following architect or engineer services:
(1) Investigative services including but not limited to:
(i) Determination of program requirements, including schematic or preliminary plans and estimates;
(ii) Determination of feasibility of proposed project;
(iii) Preparation of measured drawings of existing facility;
(iv) Subsurface investigation;
(v) Structural, electrical, and mechanical investigation of existing facility; and
(vi) Surveys: topographic, boundary, utilities, etc.
(2) Special consultant services that are not normally available in organizations of architects or engineers and that are not specifically applied to the actual preparation of working drawings or specifications of the project for which the service are required.
(3) Other:
(i) Reproduction of approved designs through models, color renderings, photographs, or other presentation media;
(ii) Travel and per diem allowances other than those required for the development and review of working drawings and specifications;
(iii) Supervision or inspection of construction, review of shop drawings or samples, and other services performed during the construction phase; and
(iv) All other services that are not an integral part of the production and delivery of plans, designs, and specifications.
(4) The cost of reproducing drawings and specifications for bidding and their distribution to prospective bidders and plan file rooms.
