US POSTAL SERVICE, Major Facilities Purchasing, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW Rm 4800 Washington DC 20260-6211

R -- CONTRACTING SUPPORT SERVICES SOL 102582-96-A-0001 DUE 122195 POC Robert Fraga, 202/268-3941. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) requires a firm to provide professional, administrative, contracting, and engineering support services for its Major Facilities Purchasing office, located at the aforementioned address. Major Facilities Purchasing is responsible for the award of all major facilities construction projects. This is an indefinite quantity contract with a 2-year basic term and three 1-year options. Work orders will be negotiated and issued as individual projects. Total fees are not to exceed $5 million. Anticipated services may include: procurement planning and program management support, preparation of solicitations, preparation of technical documents and studies, review and update of postal contracting documents, preparation of training documents and conducting associated training, preparation of cost estimates, CPM schedule reviews, periodic site inspection of major facilities projects, preparation and maintenance of facilities contracting database, and claims analysis and dispute resolution support. Firms that have the qualifications to perform the services described above are invited to submit a proposal by no later than December 21, 1995. Copies of the RFP may be obtained from the office shown above. A preproposal conference will be held on December 6, 1995, at 10 a.m. at USPS Headquarters. Responses must include a technical proposal and a cost proposal. The technical proposal includes: a management plan, a financial statement, and a list of comparable past experiences, including references. The cost proposal includes a multiplier for USPS furnished man-day rates for covered professional and technical disciplines. Only firms with a main or branch office that will be responsible for the management of this contract that is lcoated within 50 miles of USPS Headquarters in Washington, DC, will be considered for award. There is no restriction on the location of consultants. Evaluation of proposals shall be a two-step process, wherein all cost proposals shall remain unopened and safeguarded until all technical proposals have been evaluated. The technical proposals will be evaluated by a USPS committee of no less than three members. Factors for technical valuation are of a subjective nature and are not subject to precise quantification. Accordingly, selection will depend a large degree on the adequacy and completeness of information submitted in response to the solicitation. Where it is deemed necessary in order to complete the technical evaluation process, the evaluation committee may visit the offeror's facilities for the purpose of further determination relative to any aspect of information furnished. Normally a minimum of one week notice will be given prior to any office visit. The technical evaluation is to be made without regard to the cost of the proposed services. Each technical proposal will be ranked by each evaluator using the factors and point values as shown in the proposal. Upon establishment of the list of firms whose technical proposals are within the competitive range, these cost proposals will be opened and evaluated. Both technical and cost proposals will be used to make final selection. The Postal Service may award one or more contracts as a result of this selection. It is prohibited to pay any fees, commission, percentage, or brokerage fee to any person or firm continent upon or resulting from award of this contract. No other general notification of this contract will be made. Submissions will not be retained or returned. This is not a request for a proposal. (0317)

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