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C -- IQC FOR ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR PROVIDENCE DISTRICT SOL 082530-97-A-0039 DUE 030597 POC Jeanne C. Warren, Secretary, A/E Evaluation Board, 860-285-7184 WEB: United States Postal Service, http:www.usps.gov. E-MAIL: United States Postal Service, jwarren3@email.usps.gov. The U.S. 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 Providence District area of responsibility which includes: the state of Rhode Island and Massachussetts counties of Norfolk, Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable Dukes, and Nantucket. 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 established 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 toselect more than one firm. Firms which possess the qualifications to perform the services described above are invited to submit a completedd SF255, "Architect-Enginer and Related Services Questionnaire", and a completed SF254, "Architect-Engineer and Related Services Wednesday, March 5, 1997, 4:00pm Eastern Standard Time. Selection criteria will be conducted with the combined use of SF254 and SF255. Interested firms 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 stasffing the following registered disciplines, who must be registeredin the state of Rhode Island and Massachussetts: Architect, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer. Considerations will be given to interested firms according to the following order of preference: 1) Local, being within the aforementioned areas 2) All others. Architectural/Engineering firms will be considered as local only iftheir sole office is in the geographical area or they have a local branch office and all the architectural design, coordination and management 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) (0030)

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