U.S. Postal Service, Kansas City Facilities Service Office, 6800 W. 64th St., Suite 100, Overland Park, KS 66202-4179

Z -- IQC-A/E FOR THE CENTRAL PLAINS DISTRICT FOR GENERAL R&A AND SBD. SOL 193045-98-A-0542 DUE 043098 POC Doreen Xiong, 913/831-1855 X431 The Kansas City Facilities Service Office is soliciting contracts for Architect-Engineer services for site adaptation and design development of CAD/D plans and specifications, known as Standard Building Designs and also for general A/E project investigation, design and surveillance. The Contract will have a minimum aggregate work order value 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. The resulting contract will be for two years with three additional one-year options, if exercised. Multiple awards may be made. Any resulting contract may be bilaterally modified to meet changing Postal regulations. The Standard Building Designs include Small Standard Building Designs (SSBD) from 1,000 SF to 6,500 SF; Medium Standard Building Designs (MSBD) from 8,500 SF to 50,000 SF and Retail Store Designs (Store CAD/D) 40' x 60' and 50' x 80' prototypes. The scope of work may also include site adaptation of custom designed facilities and other Postal Standard Plans. The general A/E project will consist of investigation, design, and surveillance of repair and alteration or maintenance projects. The work will involve A/E investigation; design; preparation of proposal documents; project and contract administrative duties and observation of project construction. Projects will be in the following area(s): Iowa zip code areas 515-516, Kansas, and Nebraska. 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 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) and how its requirements are to be met, and/or demonstrate a working knowledge and experience with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and how its requirements are to be followed. 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 the foregoing instructions in the following geographic area(s) and order of preference: (A) Local: within the above referenced areas (B) Elsewhere. Architectural and engineering firms will be considered local only if their sole office is in the local geographic area or they have a local branch office 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 postmarked no later than 04-30-98 at 3:00 PM and mailed to ATTN: Doreen Xiong, Kansas City Facilities Service Office 6800 W 64th St Ste 100 Overland Park KS 66202-4179. (0085)

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