Denver Facilities Service Office, U.S. Postal Service, 8055 E. Tufts Ave. Ste 400, Denver, CO 80237-2881

C -- ARCHITECTURAL-ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SURVEILLANCE FOR NEW POSTAL FACILITIES AND OTHER SERVICES SOL 072976-95-A-0087 DUE 082595 POC Freda Kelley, Facilities Contract Specialist, (303) 220-6542 or Joel Roitenberg, Architect/Engineer,(303) 220-6524. The scope of work may consist of preparation of complete and preliminary designs, construction documents, cost estimates, assist the USPS during solicitation of proposals for construction and perform optional Title II services during construction for surveillance; shop drawing review and approval; preparation of as builts for new postal facilities leased or owned and major repair & alteration projects within the states of Colorado and Wyoming. A/E firms submitting their qualifications will be evaluated using the following selection criteria: 1) Three (3) or more architects registered in the state of Colorado, and two (2) or more registered professionals in of the following disciplines: electrical, mechanical, structural, and civil; 2) Experience in design/build projects as the owner's representative; 3) Experience in the preparation of major repair and alteration projects; 4) Experience in providing high quality services in construction administration as a owner's representative; 5) Experience by the proposing office and their consultants in the site adaptation of an existing design and or standard plan; 6) Previous owners' references; 7) The A/E firm and their consultants are to have appropriate registrations for the sate of Wyoming within six (6) months of award of the contract; 8) Experience level in the use of Autocadd in the preparation of design and construction documents by the A/E firm and all of their consultants; and 9) Previous government experience by the proposing office and their consultants. The selected A/E firm or firms may be awarded subsequent services over a period of five (5) years subject to project needs of the Postal Service and the A/E's availability of staff knowledgeable in Postal work, firm workload, and the high quality of A/E's performance on recent Postal projects. There is a $5,000 guaranteed contract minimum. Award of additional projects may be made without further solicitation for facilities located within the geographical area noted above. Consideration will be given to firms responding to this advertisement in accordance with the instruction in the following order of preference: 1) A/E firm is to be within a 14 mile radius of the Denver Facilitie Services Office; 2) Denver, Colorado metro area; 3) State of Colorado; and 4) out of stateof Colorado. A/E firms will be considered local only if their sole offices are in the specified geographical areas or they have local branch offices and all the architectural design, coordination, and management of the projects will be performed in the local branch offices. There is no restriction on the geographical location of consultants. Firms that have the qualifications to perform the services described above are invited to submit a completed SF 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Projects, a completed SF 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire, and a completed SF 254 for each of it's proposed consultants to the office shown above, and received no later than 3:00 PM August 25, 1995. Multiple awards may be made from this solicitation. The selection will be conducted by using 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. The contract contains a requirement for firms to provide evidence of current insurance of $200,000 of errors and omissions per claim. Participation of Minority-Owned Businesses is a consideration in U.S. Postal Service A-E 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. Submission of SF 254 and SF 255 by USPS mail (Express Mail, Priority Mail, or First Class) is encouraged. Submissions will not be retained or returned. This is not a request for proposal. (0205)

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