U.S. Postal Service, Facilities Service Office, Columbia Service Team, P.O. Box 27497, Greensboro, NC 27495-1103

C -- FIXED PRICE CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE A/E SERVICES FOR THE DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A USPS MAIN POST OFFICE FACILITY IN THE BATESBURG/LEESVILLE, SC AREA Due 071095. Contact Robert A. Manka, Project Manager, (919) 665-2810. This contract is for a Fixed Price Contract to perform A/E Services for the Design & Construction Administration Services for the construction of a 17,000 S.F. USPS Main Post Office facility in the Batesburg/Leesville, SC Area. Firms that have the qualifications to perform the services described previously are invited to submit a completed SF 255, ``Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project'', and a completed SF 254 ``Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire.'' They must also submit a completed SF 254 for each of its proposed consultants, to the office shown above postmarked no later than 07/10/95. The selection will be conducted by using both the submitted SF 255 and 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 instruction in the following order of preference: 1. Firms located within a 25 mile radius of Batesburg/Leesville, SC, 2. Firms located within a 50 mile radius of Batesburg/Leesville, SC, 3. All other firms. Architectural and engineering firms will be considered as local only if their sole office is in the local geographical area or they have a local branch office and all of the architectural design, coordination, and management of the project will be performed in that office. There is no restriction of the geographical location of consultants. The minimum acceptable architect and engineering complement of the prime firm and its consultants is 2 architects, 1 electrical engineer, 1 mechanical engineer, 1 structural engineer, and 1 civil engineer. The contract contains a requirement for firms to provide evidence of current insurance in the amount of not less than $200,000 of errors and omissions per claim. Participation of Minority-Owned Businesses is a consideration in 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 contractor for this project. No other notification for this project will be made. Submissions will not be retained or returned. This is not a request for proposals. (160)

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