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C -- ARCHITECTURAL-ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION SURVEILLANCE FOR USPS-OWNED POSTAL FACILITIES AND OTHER SERVICES IN COLORADO & WYOMING SOL 072976-97-A-0014 DUE 101896 POC Freda Kelley, Facilities Contract Specialist, 303-220-6542 or Joel K Roitenberg, 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 owned postal facilities and repair and alteration projects within the states of Colorado and Wyoming. Work to be awarded as fixed-price, multiple contracts. A/E firms submitting their qualifications will be evaluated using the following criteria: 1) Five or more architects in the office registered in the State of Colorado and three or more registered professionals in each of the following engineering disciplines; electrical, structural, mechanical and civil. 2) Experience in the preparation of repair and alteration projects. 3) Experience in providing high quality services in construction administration as an owner's representative. 4) Experience by the proposing office and its consultants in the site adaptation of an existing design or standard plan. 5) Previous owners' references. 6) Experience level in the use of AUTOCADD in the preparation of design and construction documents by the A/E firm and all its consultants. 7) Previous Government and/or US Postal Service experience by the proposing office and its consultants. 8) The prime architect/engineer's office has been in existence for a minimum of five years. 9) A/E firm and consultants are to have appropriate registrations for the State of Wyoming within six months of award of a contract. 10) Experience in Design/Build projects as the owner's representative. The selected A/E firm or firms may be awarded subsequent services over a period of five years subject to project needs of the Postal Service and the A/E's availability of staff knowledgeable in Postal work, firm workload, and high quality of A/E's performance on recent Postal projects. There is a $5,000 minimum guaranteed 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 firms responding to this advertisement in accordance with the instructions in the following order of preference: 1) A/E is to be within a 15-mile radius of the Denver Facilities Service Office. 2) State of Colorado. 3) Out of the State of Colorado. A/E firms will be considered local only if their sole office is in the specified geographical area or they have a local branch office in the specified area and all architectural design, coordination and management of projects will be performed in the local branch office. There is no restriction on the geographical location of consultants but it is preferred they be located in the Denver Metro Area. Firms having the qualifications to perform the services described above are invited to submit a completed SF 254 and SF 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire and completed SF 254 and SF 255 for each proposed consultant to the address shown above. Submittals must 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 using the information submitted on SF 255 and SF 254. 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. The contact contains a requirement for firms to provide evidence of current insurance of $200,000 errors and omissions per claim. Participation of minority-owned business is a consideration in the US Postal Service A/E selections. It is prohibited to pay any fee, commission, percentage of 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 255 and SF 254 by USPS mail (Express, Priority, or First Class Mail) is encouraged. Submissions will not be retained or returned. This is not a request for proposal. (0275)

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