U.S. Postal Service, Facilities Service Office, P.O. Box 27497, Attn: Pat Kidd, Greensboro, NC 27498-1103

C -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY QUANTITY FOR A/E SERVICES FOR THE GREENSBORO NC DISTRICT DUE 121097 POC Martin Petrey, 910/665-2886 E-MAIL: sweber1@email.usps.gov, sweber1@email.usps.gov. One or more contracts for Indefinite Quantity Contract for Architect/Engineer Services (IQC A/E Services) for the design and preparation of contract documents with options for contract administration and inspection services for repair and/or alteration of postal facilities within the Greensboro NC District Area. New construction designs will not be completed under this contract. Said area includes the counties of Alamance, Alexander, Ashe, Avery, Beaufort, Bertie, Burke, Caldwell, Camden, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsythe, Franklin, Gates, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hyde, Iredell, Johnston, Lee, Martin, McDowell, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, Northampton, Orange, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Person, Pitt, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Tyrrell, Vance, Wake, Warren, Washington, Watauga, Wayne, Wilkes, Wilson, and Yadkin. The base term of the contract will be for one year with four one-year renewal options. Individual work orders will be negotiated for each project. Individual work orders cannot exceed $100,000. The total amount of work that may be issued per 12-month period is $500,000. The total amount of work ordered over the 5-year period cannot exceed $2,500,000. 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," and a completed SF-254, "Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire." Also submit a completed SF-254 for each proposed consultant. All submittals are to be postmarked no later than December 10, 1997. 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 instructions in the following order of preference: (1) firms located within 25 miles of the City of Greensboro; (2) firms located within 50 miles of the City of Greensboro; and (3) firms located within the State of North Carolina. Architectural and engineering firms will be considered as local only if their sole office is located within 25 miles of the City of Greensboro or they have a local branch office and all of the architectural design, coordination, and management of the project will be performed in that office. There is no restriction for the geographical location of consultants. The minimum acceptable architect and engineering complement of the prime firm and consultant is two architects, one electrical engineer, one mechanical engineer, one structural engineer and one civil engineer. The contract contains a requirement for firms to provide evidence of current insurance in the amount of not less than $200,000 of errors and omissions per claim. At the discretion of the USPS Contracting Officer, multiple awards may be awarded. 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 the project. No other notification of this project will be made. Submissions will not be retained or returned. This is not a request for proposals. (0304)

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