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C -- ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SERVICES TO PREPARE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FACILITY (VMF) IN BOSTON, MA SOL 082530-96-A-0140 DUE 082296 POC Jeanne C. Warren, Secretary, A/E Evaluation Board, 860-285-7184. The U.S. Postal Service is seeking Architectural/Engineering services to prepare plans and specifications for the construction of a Vehicle Maintenance Facility (VMF) along with related site improvements in Boston, MA. The scope is as follows: Prepare plans and specifications to demolish the existing VMF and other structures located on the ''A'' Street site; Prepare plans and speciications for related site improvements required to build the facility; Prepare plans and specifications to construct a new VMF of approximately 27,000 sf on the existing site. This project may contain an option for construction administration. The estimated construction cost for the new VMF and site improvements will be 7 million dollars. Interested firms must have experience in the design of vehicle maintenance facilities and a strong environmental background. Firms which possess the qualifications to perform the services described above are invited to submit a completed SF255, ''Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire'', and a completed SF254, ''Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project'' no later than Thursday August 22, 1996, 4:00 pm EST to the office noted above. Selection criteria will be conducted with the combined use of SF254 and SF255. Interested firms with more than one office should indicate on their SF524 and SF255, the staffing composition of the office in which the work will be performed. Firms (with the use of their consultants) must have on their staffing the following registered disciplines, all who must be licensed in the state of Massachusets: Architect, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Civil Engineer, Structural Engineer, and Environmental Specialists. Considerations will be given to interested firms according to the following order of preference: 1) Local, being within a 5 mile radius of the site of the new facility; 2) The city of Boston; 3)the state of Massachusetts; 4) All others. Architectural/Engineering firms will be considered local only if their sole office is in the geographical area or they have a local branch office and all the architectural design, coordination and management of the project will be accomplished in that office. 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. Offerors are encouraged to submit their responses by one the methods offered by the U.S. Postal Service (First Clas, Priority, or Express Mail) (0198)

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