Postal Service, NY Facilities Service Office, 2 Hudson Place, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5502

C -- ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING FOR DESIGN SERVICES FOR REPAIR AND ALTERATION PROJECTS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO Sol 332495-95-A-0109 due 042895. Contact Person: Tom Toy, Manager, Design & Construction. The Contract is for Architect-Engineering (A-E) Services in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Caribbean District) of the New York Facilities Service Area for the preparation of drawings, specifications, and cost estimates required for competitive procurement of Construction Work. The Area includes: Postal Facilities located in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Only. The contract is for a guaranteed minimum amount of $5,000.00, will be for one year, with individual work orders being issued. Each work order will be negotiated as an individual project. Work orders for any one project cannot exceed $50,000.00, and the total dollar amount of Work Orders issued cannot exceed $200,000.00 for each 12-month contract period. The contract may be renewed for two one-year periods providing the total contract amount does not exceed $500,000.00. The U.S. Postal Service reserves the right to select one or more firms. The A/E firm shall be Architecturally oriented with in-house Mechanical/Electrical/Structural capabilities or have consultants with those disciplines. Only those firms located in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico will be considered for award. To the fullest extent, the U.S. Postal Service welcomes the participation of women and/or minority-owned/operated A/E firms. Firms that have the qualifications to perform the services described are invited to submit a completed SF 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project; a completed SF 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire; and a completed SF 254 for each of its proposed consultants to the office shown above, postmarked not later than April 28, 1995. The selection will be conducted by using both the submitted SF 255 and the SF 254. Interested firms with more than one office must indicate on their SF 255 the staffing composition of the office in which the work will be performed. The contract contains a requirement for evidence of current errors and omissions insurance. It is prohibited to pay any fee, commission, percentage, or brokerage fee to any person or firm contingent upon or resulting from award of contract for this project. PERSONAL VISIT AND PHONE CALL for the purpose of discussing this project ARE NOT PERMITTED. No other general notification of this project will be made. Submissions will not be retained or returned. This is not a request for proposal. (079)

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