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C -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEER SERVICES FOR DESIGN & SITE ADAPTION OF NEW POSTAL FACILITIES IN THE UPSTATE NEW YORK AREA USING USPS MSBD CADD DESIGN SYSTEM SOL 082530-98-A-0038 DUE 021998 POC Jeanne C. Warren, Secretary, A/E Evaluation Board, 860-285-7184 WEB: United States Postal Service, http://www.usps.gov. E-MAIL: United States Postal Service, jwarren3@email.usps.gov. Architect and Engineering services for the USPS Albany and Western New York District's area of responsibility, which consists of site adaptation, verification of design, assembly of drawings, specifications, and proposal documents for CADD based standard plans and working drawings of Post Office facilities. Projects will range between 9,000 to 35,000 square feet. The estimated total project construction cost is undetermined with individual work orders being negotiation and issued for each project. The contract will include development of drawings based on program requirements and CADD CDs provided by the Postal Service. Firms, including consultants, must meet the following requirements: 1) Possess Auto-CADD 13 or compatable system and 2) Have at least one architect and one engineer registered in the state of New York. The USPS may, at its option, include Title II (Construction Administrative Services). The contract will be subject to negotiation of individual work orders for services for each task. Thetotal fees for the term of the contract will not exceed $2,500,000. The term of the contract will consist of a base of two years, and 3 one-year renewal options for a possible total of 5 years. The USPS reserves the right to make multiple awards. Firms which possess the qualifications to perform the services described above are invited to submit a completed SF254, "Architect-Engineer and Related Questionnaire for Specific Project", and SF255, "Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project" to the office shown above no later than Thursday, February 19, 1998. The selection will be conducted with the combined use of the SF254 and SF255. Interested firms with more than one office should indicate on their SF255 the staffing composition of the office in which the work will be performed. Consideration will be given to interested firms who respod to this advertisement in accordance with the foregoing instruction in the following order of preference: 1) Local, residing in the Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo, Rochester NY area; 2) The state of New York; 3) All others. Architectural and Engineering firms will be considered as local only if their sole office is in one of the listed areas, or they have a local branch office, and all the architectural design, coordination, and management of the project will be accomplished in that office. It is prohibited to pay any fee, commission, percentage or brokerage fee to any person or firmcontingent upon, or resulting from award of a contract. Firms are encouraged to submit their packages by one of the methods offered by the U.S. Postal Service (First Class/Priority/Express Mail) (0009)

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