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C -- ARCHITECT/ENGINEER SERVICES FOR DESIGN OF TWO NEW POSTAL FACILITIES - FOLSOM, CA EL DORADO HILLS BRANCH AND SACRAMENTO, CA O STATION SOL 052571-96-A-0010 DUE 021996 POC Amit Bhatia, Project Manager, (415)794-6153. The Postal Service intends to award one or two contracts for architect/engineer (A/E) services for the design of 2 new postal facilities - Folsom, CA El Dorado Hills Branch (approx. 18,000 sq. ft.) and Sacramento, CA Metro Starion (approx. 25,000 sq. ft.). The successful A/E will receive CADD software of USPS medium size standard plans. Both facilities will have retail operation. USPS will award 30% design contracts to the successful firm(s) with options to increase their contract(s) to include complete construction documents and construction administration contingent on final approval of each project. Firms that have the qualifications to perform the services previously described are invited to submit a completed and current SF-255 ''Architect/Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire'' for Specific Project, and a completed and current SF-254, ''Architect/Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire''. They must also submit a completed and current SF-254 for each of their consultants to the San Bruno Facilities Service Office, 850 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94099-0310. Submittal must be received no later than February 19, 1996. 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 following order of preference: (1) Within a 50 mile radius of the Sacramento, CA Main Office, (2) Sate of California, (3) Out of State. Other consideration will be: (A) Comparable project experience within the past 5 years, (B) Current USPS projects and workload, and (C) A list of key personnel who will be directly involved in the project. The minimum staffing requirements of the primary firms is 11 with the following minimum number of registered professions, including consultants: 2 architects, 2 civil engineers, 2 mechanical engineers, 2 electrical engineers, 2 structural engineers, 1 landscaping architect. 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 Business is a consideration in 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 for this project. No other general notification for this project will be made. Submissions will not be retained or returned. Please submit your SF254s and SF255s by U. S. Postal Service Certified Mail/Return Receipt Requested if you want acknowledgment or receipt of your forms. FAX submittals will not be accepted. This is not a request for proposal. (0012)

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