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C -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT, DESIGN & PREPARA- TION OF CONTRACT DOCUMENTS IN THE STATE OF INDIANA SOL 162640-97-A-0012 DUE 020697 POC Contact Point. Teri Wilcox-DuBois, 312/669-5974 or Frederick W. Gleave, 312/669-5995 The U.S. Postal Service, Chicago Facilities Service Office, requires one or more contracts for Architect- Engineer services consisting of field investigation and reports, preparation of contract documents, and construction observation for multiple repair, alteration, and improvement projects on postal owned and leased facilities. This contract will be for work in the State of Indiana. The contract will be for two (2) years, with individual work orders being issued. Each work order will be negotiated as an individual project. Work orders for any one project cannot exceed $100,000 and the contract cannot exceed $500,000 for each 12-month contract period. The contract may be renewed for three (3) one-year periods providing the total contract amount does not exceed $2,500,000. Groups of projects may be assigned at one time. Significant evaluation factors include; 1. Capacity of firm to accomplish multiple projects, 2. Past experience in repair, alteration and improvement projects, 3. Proficiency in the use of Auto Cad Version 12, 4. Professional qualifications of staff to be assigned to projects, 5. Cost control effectiveness, 6. Present workload Firms that have the qualifications to perform the services described are invited to submit a completed SF 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project, a completed SF 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire, and a completed SF 254 for each of its proposed consultants. The selection will be conducted by using the submitted SF 255 and the SF 254(s). 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. Consideration will be given to firms responding to this advertisement in accordance with the instruction in the following order of preference: 1. State of Indiana, 2. Out of State. Architectural and Engineering firms will be considered as local only if their sole office is in the local geographical area or they have alocal branch office and all the architectural design, coordination, and management of the project will be performed in that office. There is no restriction on the geographical location of consultants. 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 for this project will be made. Submissions will not be retained or returned. This is not a request for proposal. (0002)

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