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

C -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT TO PROVIDE INVESTIGATION SURVEY FOR REPAIRS & ALTERATIONS OF EXISTING FACILITIES IN THE NEW YORK AND TRIBORO DISTRICTS Sol 332495-96-A-2000. Due 022096. POC Tom Toy, Chairman, A-E Evaluation Board. The contract is for architect-engineer (A-E) services requiring preparation of drawings, specifications and cost estimates required for competitive procurement of construction work by the New York and Triboro Disricts, in the New York Facilities Service Area. The USPS reserves the right to select two (2) or more firms. The Counties covered by the contract are New York, Bronx, Richmond, Queens and Kings, within the State of New York. The USPS reserves the option to exercise design and construction administration. The contract, for a guaranteed minimum amount of $5,000.00 will be for one year, 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 dollar amount of work orders issued within a 12-month contract period can not exceed $500,000.00. The contract may be renewed for two (2) one-year periods providing the total contract amount does not exceed $2,500,000.00. The A/E firm shall be architecturally oriented with in-house Mechanical, Electrical, Structural capabilities or have consultants with those disciplines. Firms will be considered in each instance in the following order of preference: 1) Local (within the area described above); 2) within 25 miles of the local area; 3) State of New York; 4) all others. To the fullest extent, the U.S. Postal Service welcomes the participation of women and/or minority-owned/operated A/E firms. Firms that have the qualifications to perform the services described are invited to submit a completed SF255, Architect/Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire form specific project; a completed SF 254 for each of its proposed consultants to the office shown above, postmarked not later than February 20, 1996. The selection will be conducted by using both the submitted SF255 and SF254's. Interested firms with more than one office must indicate on the SF255 the staffing composition of the office in which the work will be performed. Firms will be considered as local only if their sole office is in the local geographic area or they have a local branch office and all the architectural and mechanical, electrical design, coordination, and management of the project will be performed in that office. There is no restriction on the geographic location of consultants. The contract contains a requirement for evidence of current errors and omissions insurance. It is prohibited to pay any fee, commission, percentage, or brokerage fee to any person or firm contingent upon or resulting from award of ONLY or hand-delivered. 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. (036)

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