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

C -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA DUE 120597 POC Frank Macis, Architect Engineer, 910/665-2848 E-MAIL: pkidd@usps.gov, pkidd@usps.gov. One or more Indefinite Quantity Contracts for Civil Engineering and Site Planning services including, but not limited to, boundary & topographic surveys, site utilization plans, site grading plans, utility planning, site demolition, site details, erosion control plans, foundation design and plans, slab design and plans, pavement section design and planning, landscape planning (light), and traffic analysis required for the construction of U. S. Postal Service leased and owned facilities. Firms may also be asked to assist the Postal Service in obtaining State permits for road access, etc. Qualified firms shall also have the capability and personnel required to perform Construction Administration services for buildings less than 10,000 s. f. in size in the state of South Carolina. The base term of the contract will be for one year with four one-year renewal options for a total of five years. Individual work orders will be negotiated for each project. Generally work orders will not exceed $25,000 each.The contract maximum for individual work orders is $100,000. The total amount of work that may be issued per 12-month period for A/E services for repairs/alterations projects is $500,000. The total amount of work ordered over the five year period cannot exceed $2,500,000. Firms that have the qualifications to perform the services described are invited to submit 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 5, 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 instruction in the following order of preference: 1.) Firms located within the state of South Carolina. 2.) Firms located outside the state of South Carolina. Engineering firms will be considered as local only if their sole office is in state of South Carolina or they have a local branch office and all of the civil engineering, coordination, and management of the project will be performed in that office. There is no restriction of the geographical location of consultants. The minimum acceptable registered civil engineering complement of the prime firm is 2 civil engineers. 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 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 for this project will be made. Submissions will not be retained or returned. This is not a request for proposals.***** (0304)

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