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C -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR REPAIR AND ALTERATION CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR THE MAINE DISTRICT'S AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY SOL 082530-97-A-0009 DUE 112096 POC Jeanne C. Warren, Secretary, A/E Evaluation Board, 860-285-7184. The US Postal Service is seeking general architectural and engineering services for the preparation of drawings, specifications, cost estimates, and construction administration required for small repair and alteration projects for the Maine District's area of responsibility. The contract will be subject to negotiation of individual work orders. In each instance, $100,000 has been established as the work order limit per individual project; $500,000 has been establised as the total amount of work ordered per 12 month period. The contract will be for two years with three 1-year renewal options which can bring the duration of the contract to five years. The total amount of work for the duration (5 years) of the contract may not exceed $2,500,000. There is no guaranteed minimum. The average work order is estimated between $1500 and $10,000. The USPS reserves the right to select more than one firm. Firms which possess the qualifications to perform the serices described above are invited to submit a completed SF255, ''Architect-Engineer and Rleated Services Questionnaire'', and a completed SF254, ''Archiect-Enginer and Related Services Questionnaire for a Specific Project'' to the above office no later than Wednesday, November 20, 1996. Selection criteria will be conducted with the combined use of SF254 and SF255. Interested fims with more than one office should indicate on their SF254 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, who must be registered in the state of Maine: Architect, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer. Considerations will be given to interested firms in the following order: 1) Local, being within the state of Maine; 2) All others. Architectural/engineering firms firms will be considered as local only if their sole office is in the geographical area or they have a local brnach office and all the architectural design, coordination and managemnt 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 response by one of the methods offered by the US Postal Service (First Class, Priority, or Express Mail) (0292)

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