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

C -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR A/E SERVICES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL WORK IN THE VARIOUS COUNTIES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY Sol 332495-95-A-0292. Due 081895. POC Joseph C. Dimino, Chairman - A/E Evaluation Board. The Indefinite Quantity Contract for Architect-Engineer (A/E) services consists of the preparation of plans, specifications and cost estimates for Environmental Related Work (such as Postal Environmental Management Policy Work, Asbestos containing building material, clean air strategies, Radon monitoring, clean water/safe drinking water strategies, lead monitoring and abatement, training of USPS employees in environmental issues, etc.) from various U.S. Postal Service leased and owned facilities in the States of New York and New Jersey. The contract will be subject to negotiation of individual work orders. In each instance, total fees for services will not exceed $100,000 for each task, nor will the total fees for services exceed $500,000. Each contract will have four (4) additional renewal options, with the total contract amounts not to exceed $2,500,000. There is no guaranteed minimum. The USPS reserves the right to select more than one firm and limit the State to specific contracts. Selection criteria will be conducted with the combined use of SF 255-Architect/Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project; and a completed SF 254-Architect/Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire. Interested firms with more than one office should indicate on their SF 255 and 254 the staffing composition of the office in which the work will be performed. Consideration will be given to interested firms according to the following order of preference: 1) Within the States listed above; 2) All others. Firms will be considered as local only if their sole office is in the geographical area or they have a local branch office and all the design, coordination and management of the project will be accomplished in the office. There is no restriction on the geographic location for consultants. Firms must have experience in the preparation of design documentations for removal and installation of under and above ground storage tanks and the conversion to alternate fuel sources. In addition, firms must have experience in petroleum remedial action projects and demonstrate familiarity with the following codes: NFPA, PEI, ANSI, OSHA, Code Federal Regulation and State and Local Codes relating to the UST Program. Firms must have on their staff sufficient, licensed, professional engineers and environmental personnel who are familiar with this type of work. Participation of Minority Business Enterprise 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. The contract contains a requirement for evidence of current errors and omissions insurance. Firms that have the qualifications to perform the services described above are invited to submit a completed SF 255 and a SF 254 for each of its proposed consultants to the attention of: Joseph C. Dimino, Chairman, A/E Evaluation Board, US Postal Service, NY Facilities Service Office, 2 Hudson Place - 5th Floor, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5502, postmarked not later than August 18, 1995. Firms are encouraged to submit their packages by one of the methods offered by the United States Postal Service (First Class, Priority or Express Mail). Personal visits and telephone calls 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. (212)

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