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C -- ARCHITECTURAL-ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SURVEILLANCE IN LEASED POSTAL FACILITIES AND OTHER SERVICES SOL 072976-97-A-0015 DUE 101896 POC Freda Kelley, Facilities Contract Specialist, 303-220-6542 or Joel K Roitenberg, A/E, 303-220-6524. The scope of work may consist of preparation of complete and preliminary designs, construction documents, cost estimates; assistance during solicitation of proposals for construction; and perform optional Title II services during construction for surveillance; shop drawing review and approval; preparation of as-builts for new and alternate quarters, leased postal facilities; and repair and alteration projects within the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming. Work will be awarded as fixed-price, multiple contracts. A/E firms submitting their qualifications will be evaluated using the following criteria as minimums: 1) Three or more architects registered in the State of Colorado and two or more registered professionals in each of the following engineering disciplines; electrical, structural, mechanical, and civil. 2) Experience in Design/Build projects as owner's representative. 3) Experience in the preparation of repair and alteration projects. 4) Experience in providing high quality services in construction administration as an owner's representative. 5) Experience by the proposing office and its consultants in the site adaptation of an existing design or standard plan. 6) Previous owners' references. 7) The A/E firm and its consultants are to have appropriate registrations for the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming within six months of award of a contract. 8) Knowledge and experience with ADA and handicap accessibility work. 9) Experience level in the use of AUTOCADD in the preparation of design and construction documents by A/E firm and all its consultants. 10) Previous Government experience by the proposing office and its consultants. 11) The prime architect/engineering office has been in existence for a minimum of five years. The selected A/E firm or firms may be awarded subsequent services over a period of five years subject to needs of the USPS and the A/E's availability of staff knowledgeable in postal work, firm's workload, and high quality of A/E's performance on recent postal projects. There is a $5,000 quaranteed contract minimum. Award of additional projects may be made without further solicitation for facilities located within the geographical area noted above. Consideration will be given to local firms responding to the advertisement in accordance with the instructions in the following order of preference: 1) A/E firm is to be within a 15-mile radius of the Denver Facilities Service Office. 2) State of Colorado. 3) Out of State of Colorado. An A/E firm will be considered local only if its sole office is in the specified geographical area or has a branch office in the specified area where all architectural design, coordination, and management of projects will be performed. The prime A/E firm's services shall consist of overall development and management of projects including utilizing appropriate consultant firms located in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming for Title II Services (construction administration) for projects in these states. There is no restriction on the geographical location of consultants. Firms that have the qualifications to perform the services described above are invited to submit a completed SF 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire, and completed SF 254, as well as completed SF 254 and SF 255 for each of its proposed consultants to the office shown above. Submittals are to be received in the Facilities Service Office no later than 3:00 PM, October 18, 1996. Multiple awards may be made from this solicitation. The firms selected for an interview will be determined from the information submitted on SF 254 and SF 255. Interested firms with more than one office must indicate on SF 255 the staffing composition of the office in which the work will be performed. The contract contains a requirement for firms to provide evidence of current errors and omissions insurance of $200,000 per claim. Participation of minority-owned businesses is a consideration of US Postal Service A/E 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 from this solicitation. No other general notification for this solicitation will be made. Submission of SF 254 and SF 255 by USPS mail (Express, Priority or First Class) is encouraged. Submissions will not be retained or returned. This is not a request for a proposal. (0275)

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