U.S. Postal Service, Facilities Department, 475 L'Enfant Plaza West, SW, Washington, DC 20260-6428

R -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS TO SUPPORT HEADQUARTERS PROGRAMS Solicitation 102487-95-A-0001 due 050195. Contact Points are Warren Walker, 202/268-3905, and Tony Regojo, Contracting Officer, 202/268-3902. The Postal Service intends to award three or more contracts for Indefinite Quantity Architect-Engineer (A-E) services. A-E firms may apply for one, two or three of these contracts, depending on their areas of expertise. The A-E contracts are to support three separate postal functions: (1) Retail Standard Design Program; (2) Building Standard Design Program; and, (3) HQ Facility Services. The description of tasks and areas of expertise required for each contract are as follows. (1) Retail Standard Design Program - A-E/Interior Architecture services to support HQ Retail Operations with national retail standard design program. Tasks include: application of the retail standards to site-specific lobby designs; space planning; review of facility designs prepared by other A-E's under contract to USPS field offices; technical support to field offices and their contract A-E's who will use these standards; construction document preparation; construction administration; evaluation, revision, and maintenance of the existing design standards and processes; research of other postal design systems; investigation of currently available products, finishes and materials; maintenance and enhancement of the AutocadT M based, postal design and drafting software; design and/or adaptation of cost estimating software; design and/or adaptation of facilities management software; training to include seminars, and professionally edited and illustrated training aids, and videos; preparation of publications (manuals, guides, brochures, etc.) for internal and external use; Post Occupancy Evaluations (including user surveys); development of new prototypes; architectural photography; and other miscellaneous services in support of the program. (2) Building Standard Design Program - A-E services to support Facilities Program Management with national design standards programs, including standard building designs (600 SF to 60,000 SF), design guidelines, CADD standards (based on AutoCAD), standard details and specifications. Tasks for the Building Standard Design Program contract may include: preparation, evaluation and updating of national design standards and specifications, preparation of life cycle cost/benefit studies on alternative building materials and systems; technical support to field offices and their contract A-E's who will use these standards; maintenance and enhancement of AutocadT M based computer-aided design and drafting standards; duplication and distribution of CADD disks, tapes and guidebooks; design and/or adaptation of cost estimating software; training to include seminars, and professionally edited and illustrated training aids, and videos; preparation of publications (manuals, guides, brochures, etc.) for internal and external use; and other miscellaneous services to support the program. (3) HQ Facility Service - A-E services for the HQ Facility Services contract are to provide support with design, space planning, interior design, construction documents and construction administration for repair, alteration and minor improvements. Tasks for the HQ Facility Services contract may include work orders for design (AutoCAD based standards), construction documents and construction administration on individual projects. Project types include repair, alteration and minor improvements for the HQ building and space planning for high churn office space in the HQ building and surrounding lease space based on existing space and design standards. Evaluation criteria will include the following special requirements: (1) Preference will be given to firms which can provide a balance of skills in Interior Architecture, Retail, Full-service Architectural, and Engineering disciplines, but the option exists to consider firms which may be specialists within one or more of the listed disciplines (excluding Engineering) (all programs); (2) Computer software literacy for management of design standards, procedures and other tasks, including Microsoft WordT M, Microsoft ExcelT M, and Word PerfectT M (all programs); (3) AutocadT M system, including version 13, and proven expertise in-house (all programs); (4) Expertise in the implementation of design standardization on a national level (for Retail Standard Design and Building Standard Design Programs); (5) Capabilities to staff a local office within the immediate vicinity of the HQ office, or domicile staff in HQ offices, including program managers, architects, clerical, and CAD operators (for all programs); (6) Architectural, space planning, structural, electrical and mechanical capabilities plus a familiarity with systems furniture reconfiguration and installation (for HQ Facility Services contract only); (7) Experience with the preparation of design standards for different climates, seismic zones, and regional characteristics (for Building Standard Design Program only). The contracts will be for one year with two one-year renewal options and a guaranteed amount of $5,000 for the period of the contract. Individual work orders not exceeding $50,000 each will be negotiated and issued under the contract. The total amount of work ordered per 12-month period may not exceed $200,000. The total amount of work ordered over the three year period may not exceed $500,000. The Postal Service reserves the right to increase these limits. Firms that have the qualifications to perform the services described herein are invited to submit completed SF 255(s), Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for the ``postal functions'' that the firm is interested in. Separate SF 255 forms for each postal function or a combined form for two or three postal function contracts are allowed. Submit a single, 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 May 1. The selection will be conducted by using the submitted SF 255 and the SF 254's . 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. Consideration will be given to firms responding to this advertisement in accordance with the above instructions. Preference will be given to firms within a 60 mile radius of USPS Headquarters, Washington, DC. Participation of Minority Owned Business is a consideration in the U.S. Postal Service, Architect-Engineer selections. It is prohibited to pay any fee, commission, percentage, or brokerage fee to any person or firm contingent upon or resulting from award of a contract for this project. No other general notification for this project will be made. Submissions will not be retained or returned. This is not a request for proposal. (095)

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