US POSTAL SERVICE, KC Facilities Service Office, 6800 W 64th St Ste 100, Overland Park, KS 66202-4179

C -- THE KC FACILITIES SERVICE OFFICE IS SOLICITATING FOR A/E SERVICES FOR INVESTIGATION, DESIGN, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, SITE ADAPTATION AND DESIGN DEVELOPMENT OF CAD/D PLANS AND SPECS SOL 193045-97-A-0048 DUE 091297 POC Gary L. Duncan, Manager, Design and Construction, (913) 831-1855 Ext.450 The Kansas City Facilities Service Office is soliciting contracts for Architect-Engineer services for general A/E project investigation, design, design development and construction administration for postal facilities, including site adaptation of existing building designs, design development of USPS prepared CAD/D 'Standard Building Designs' drawings and preparation and adaptation of specifications. 'Standard Building Designs' include 'Small Standard' designs (SSBD) from 1,000 SF to 6,500 SF; 'Medium Standard' designs (MSBD) from 8,500 SF to 50,000 SF and Retail Store Designs based upon USPS prototypes. The work may also include site adaptation of custom designed facilities and other postal standard designs. Projects may include repair and alteration or maintenance projects. The base contract will have a minimum aggregate work order value (A/E fees) of $5,000.00 and a Not-To-Exceed contract amount (A/E fees) of $2,500,000.00. Individually negotiated work orders will be issued for each project. Work orders for general A/E project investigation, design, design development, and construction administration can be issued up to $100,000.00; work orders for site adaptation and design development of CAD/D plans known as 'Standard Building Design' have no maximum dollar threshold limit for individual work orders. The base contract will be for two years with three additional one-year options exerciseable by USPS. Multiple base contract awards may be made. The base contract may be bilaterally modified to meet changed USPS regulations. Projects will be in the following primary area(s): Minnesota and the Western half of Wisconsin zip code areas 540 & 546-548 (USPS Northland District). However, projects in other areas may be issued against this contract. Submitting firms must have AutoCAD Release 12 capability. Firms should be multi-disciplined or have a continuing service arrangement with pre-identified consultants. Firms must possess the following minimum staffing within the prime firm: 2 Registered Architects registered within the states this solicitation encompasses, and 2 CAD/D Technicians. Firms must also possess the following minimum staffing within the prime firm or its consultants: 2 each Registered Engineers in the following disciplines: Mechanical, Electrical, Structural and Civil. Firms must be able to demonstrate a working knowledge and experience with the Architectural Barriers Compliance program (Postal Service Handbook RE-4, Standards For Facility Accessibility By The Physically Handicapped) or the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Firms which possess the qualifications to perform the services described above are invited to submit a completed, current SF Form 255, "Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project," a completed current SF Form 254, "Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire," and a completed SF Form 254 for each of its proposed consultants to the office shown above. A pre-selection to identify the most highly qualified firms will be conducted with the combined use of the submitted SF 255 and 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. Indicate solicitation number in block 2b, of SF-255. The completed SF 255 should indicate the specific personnel from the responding firm and all consultants expected to do the work on this contract, with resumes for each, professional registrations by state, and experience in this type of work over the past five (5) years. Consideration will be given to firms responding to this advertisement in accordance with their locations in the following geographic area(s) and order of preference: (A) 'Local': within the state of Minnesota (B) 'adjacent': within 50 miles of the borders of the state of Minnesota (C) Elsewhere. Architectural and engineering firms will be considered 'local' only if their sole office is in the 'local' geographic area or they have a branch office within the 'local' area, and all of the architectural design, coordination, and management of the project will be accomplished in that office. There is no restriction on the geographic location of consultants. Proof of errors and omissions insurance, or of the ability to obtain such must be included with the submittal. Participation of bona-fide minority business firms is a consideration in Postal Service selections. It is prohibited to pay any fee, brokerage fee, commission or percentage on any basis to any firm or person contingent upon the award of this contract. Submittals will not be retained or returned. Firms wishing the submittal returned must supply a self-addressed, postage paid envelope. This is not a request for proposal. This office does not supply SF254 or SF255 forms. Offerors are encouraged to submit their proposal(s) by one of the methods offered by the U.S. Postal Service: First Class, Priority or Express Mail. Submittals must be received in this office on 09/12/97 @ 3:00 PM, ATTN: Joseph L. Harvey, Kansas City Facilities Service Office 6800 W 64th St Ste 100 Overland Park KS 66202-4179. (0212)

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