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C -- BRONX, NEW YORK PROCESSING & DISTRIBUTION CENTER - A/E SERVICES TO RENOVATE EXISTING FACILITY SOL 475450-97-A-0012 DUE 010897 POC H.D. Sartain, Purchasing Specialist, 901/747-7618 The Postal Service will require Architect/Engineer services to renovate an existing facility in Bronx, New York. The project consists of investigation, design, drawings, specifications, and proposal documents for renovation of an existing facility to provide approximately 180,000 gross square feet at an estimated cost of $14 million to $18 million dollars. The basic contract will be for completion of the Concept Phase (30%). Additionally, the contract will contain options for design completion and construction administrative services. The qualifications of firms for this project are as follows: (1) Experience in historic restoration projects of compatible size and scope in the New York City area. Experience shall include (a.) adaptation of historic buildings to handicapped accessibility, (b.) window and masonry restoration/replacement, (c.) hazardous materials abatement (d.) familiarity with city and state historic preservation requirements and review process; (2) architectural firm shall have a minimum of seven (7) licensed architects in the office where the work is performed; (3) Consulting engineering firm (s) shall have at least two (2) licensed engineers in each of the following disciplines: structural, mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, and electrical in the office where work is performed; (4) Prime and structural, mechanical and electrical engineers shall have worked together on at least three (3) projects of similar size and scope, and (5) Autocadd Version 13 or later. Comparable projects will be considered as renovation of facilities, 100,000 gross square feet or greater, on the historic register and costing more than $10 million. Firms that have the qualifications to perform the services described above are invited to submit a completed SF255, Architect/Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project, and a completed SF254, Architect/Engineer and Related Services questionnaire, for each of its proposed consultants to the office shown above, received no later than January 8, 1997. The selection will be conducted by using both the submitted SF255s and SF254s. Interested firms with more than one office must indicate on their SF255 the staffing composition of the office in which the work will be performed. Consideration will be given to firms, including consultants, responding to the advertisement in accordance with the following order of preference: (1) New York City, (2) 25-mile radius of New York City, and (3) states of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut; Architectural and engineering firms will be considered as local only if their sole office is in the local geographical area or they have a local branch office and all the architectural design, coordination, and management of the project will be performed in that office. The contract contains a requirement for firms to provide evidence of current insurance of $200,000 of errors and omissions per claim. 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 for this project. No other general notification or this project will be made. Submissions will not be retained or returned. This is not a request for proposals (0325)

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