DC Metro Facilities Service Office, U. S. Postal Service, 10400 Little Patuxent Pkwy, #400, Columbia, MD 21044-3510

R -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT IN THE DC METRO FSO AREA (MARYLAND, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA). SOL Solicitation #232092-97-A-0000 DUE 012497 POC Shelly Richeson, Facilities Contract Specialist, (410) 884-1800 WEB: United States Postal Service, http://www.usps.gov. E-MAIL: Shelly Richeson may be contacted by e-mail at this address., sricheson@email.usps.gov. The contract resulting from this solicitation will be to provide Professional Services. These will include but are not limited to Engineering, Technical, Real Estate, projessional and Administrative Support Personnel for the area covered by the DC Metro FSO. Contractors must have a minimum of two (2) years experience as of the date of issue in Professional Services type contracts. The dollar limitation of the contract will be $5,000,000.00 with a two (2) year base term and three (3) one-year renewal options. Offerors will be required to submit One (1) "Multiplier" to be applied to the straight time of various categories of personnel listed above. The Multiplier must contain the Offeror's overhead such as costs for administration and accounting; fringe benefit costs, i.e., holiday payroll costs for the ten holidays the U.S. Postal Service is closed, vacation, sick leave, and health benefits. Additionally, in the event an employee elects not to participate in the health benefits program, the employee is to receive such costs as a payment in addition to their base hourly rate. (Whether or not the employee opts for health benefits, the mark-up factor described above would be the same.) No allowance for such items will be made after contract award. Offers are due by 3:00 PM on January 24, 1997. Solicitation packages will be available on or about January 6, 1997. Requests should reference Solicitation #232092-97-A-0000. Solicitation packages may be obtained at the DC Metro Facilities Service Office, U S Postal Service, Suite 400, 10400 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia MD 21044-3510. Personal visits and telephone calls for the purpose of discussing this project are discouraged. Contractors may call the solicitation hotline at (410) 884-1800. Then select option number 15. Since this is a negotiated Solicitation, offers will not be publicly opened. The number of offers received, the identity of the offerors, the amount of any one offer, or relative standing of the offer will not be disclosed to anyone except those postal personnel whose official duties require such information until award of contract is made. The Postal Service reserves the right to reject any or all offers. (0366)

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