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C -- DESIGN AND PREPARATION OF CONTRACT DOCUMENTS WITH OPTIONS FOR CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR REPAIR/ALTERATION PROJECTS FOR LUBBOCK, TEXAS AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN THE FORT WORTH DISTRICT SOL 482980-96-A-0309. Due 122295. Contact D'Wayne Bradford 214/819-7294. Plans, Specifications, Contract Administration and Inspection for repair/alteration projects for Lubbock, Texas and Surrounding Areas in the Fort Worth District. More than one firm may be selected for this project. The contract for architect-engineer services will be for five years, with individual work orders being issued. Each work order will be negotiated as an individual project. Work orders for any one project cannot exceed $100,000 and the total contract cannot exceed $500,000 for each 12-month contract period. The total amount of work ordered over the five-year period may not exceed $2,500,000, or be less than $5,000. 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, a 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 December 22, 1995. The selection will be conducted by using the submitted SF 255 and SF 254s. 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. Local, 2. Within the State of Texas; 3. Out of State. 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 the architectural design, coordination and management of the project will be performed in that office. There is no restriction on the geographical location of consultants. 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 as one consultant (M.E.P., Civil, Structural) to the prime A/E firm is a requirement in the architect-engineer selection. 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 proposals. Please mail all forms to Mary-Ellen Bothwell, Dallas Facilities Service Office, 7800 N Stemmons Freeway, Suite 400, Dallas TX. Submissions must be sent by one of the methods offered by the US Postal Service (First Class, Priority Mail, or Express Mail), or it will be returned. (324)

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