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 SOLICITING FOR A/E SERVICES FOR INVESTIGATION, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION FOR RENOVATION OF CONCRETE PARKING DECK STRUCTURES AND OTHER RELATED WORK SOL 193045-97-A-0129 DUE 101097 POC James T. Carlet, Architect/Engineer, (913) 831-1855 Ext. 445 The Kansas City Facilities Service Office is soliciting contracts for Engineer services primarily for investigation, design and construction administration for renovation of concrete parking deck structures as well as other facilities related work at various Postal Facilities in the Midwest area. Estimated construction costs of these projects range from $250,000 to $2,500,000. The base contract will be for two years with three additional one-year options exerciseable by USPS, and 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. Individual work orders will be issued for each project initiated. Multiple base contract awards may be made. The base contract may be bilaterally modified to meet changed USPS regulations and requirements. Anticipated Projects will be in the following primary area(s) (1 each):. Minnesota, and Missouri. However, other projects in these areas and projects in other areas of the midwest (UP Michigan, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and southern Illinois) may be issued against this contract. Submitting firms must have AutoCAD Release 12 capability. Firms should have extensive in-house experience in dealing with parking deck and bridge restoration projects. Firms must possess the following minimum staffing within the prime firm: 2 Registered Structural Engineers experienced in bridge and parking deck restoration and 2 CAD/D Technicians. Firms selected for interviews will be expected to discuss techniques and materials used in typical restoration projects. Firms must also possess the following minimum staffing within the prime firm or its subconsultants: 1 each Registered Professionals in the following disciplines: Architecture, Mechanical, Electrical, and Civil Engineering. 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. Preselected firms will be scheduled for an interview at their office. 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 states of the Midwest area noted above (B) Elsewhere. 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 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 10/10/97 @ 3:00 PM, ATTN: Joseph L. Harvey, Kansas City Facilities Service Office 6800 W 64th St Ste 100 Overland Park KS 66202-4179. (0230)

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