Facilities Service Office, U.S. Postal Service, P.O. Box 701, Columbia, MD 21045-0701

R -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES IN THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF WASHINGTON, DC, BALTIMORE, MD AND PHILADELPHIA, PA Sol 232098-96-A-0070, Due 010896, POC Purchasing Specialist, D.W. Tpkasz (410) 997-6214. The U.S. Postal Service, Facilities Service Office, Columbia, MD, requires one or more contracts for Architectural Services for design, preparation of contract documents, construction phase administration and related services for Postal-owned or leased facilities. At the discretion of the Postal Service, the selected firm will train architects designed by the Contracting Officer in ``Postal Store'' and related Postal-Design criteria. The contract for Architectural Services will be for two 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 $100,000.00, and the total contract cannot exceed $500,00.00 for each 12-month contract period. The contract may be renewed for three, one year periods. The total amount of work ordered over the five-year period may not exceed $2,500,000.00, or be less than $5,000.00. Architectural firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit: (1) a Standard Form 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire, (2) a Standard Form 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project, and (3) any supplemental data. These submitted must be received by December 18, 1995. The selection will be conducted with the combined use of SF-254 and SF-255. 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 interested firms responding to this advertisement in accordance with the foregoing instruction in the following order of preference: 1. Firms and consultants with knowledge of and recent (within 12 months) successful experience with ``Postal Store'' and related Postal retail design criteria; 2. Firms located within the metropolitan areas of Baltimore, MD, Washington, DC, and Philadelphia, PA. Architectural firms will be considered as local only if their sole office is in the local geographical area referenced above or they have a local branch office and all the architectural design, coordination, and management of the project will be performed in that office. Selection criteria will take into account the number of contracts for any individual firm to a maximum of 2 contracts for any combination of contracts at the same time with the Postal Service; computer capabilities and expertise shall be considered; performance histories on Postal Service projects; and previous experience performance references. 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 architectural 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 solicitation. The Postal Service reserves the right to make multiple awards. No other general notification for this project will be made. This is not a request for proposal. (334)

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