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C -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, STATE OF INDIANA SOL 162640-97-A-0048 DUE 043097 POC Teri Wilcox-DuBois, 312/669-5974, or Frederick W. Gleave, 312/669-5995 The U.S. Postal Service requires one or more contracts for Environmental Engineering Services in the State of Indiana, Greater Indiana District. Services required may include design and contract administration of asbestos abatement, underground storage tank repair and replacement, environmental studies, issuance of FONSI or EIS. The contract for services will be for two (2) years with individual work orders being issued. Each work order will be negotiated on 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 on environmental projects, 3. Professional qualifications of staff to be assigned to projects, and 4. 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 proposal 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. 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. 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 ommissions 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. (0086)

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