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C -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT, DESIGN AND PREPARATION OF CONTRACT DOCUMENTS WITH OPTIONS FOR THE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AREA, ZIP CODES 606-607 SOL 162640-98-A-0106 DUE 090498 POC Conrad O. Saltenberger, 312/669-5966 or Teri L. Wilcox-DuBois, 312/669-5974 The U.S. Postal Service, Chicago Facilities Service Office requires one or more contracts for Architect-Engineer services consisting of field investigation and reports, preparation of contract documents, and construction observation for multiple repair, alteration, and improvement projects on postal owned and leased facilities. This contract will be for work tasks in the Chicago, Illinois Area, Zip Codes 606-607. The contract for Architect-Engineer services, with a $5,000 minimum total amount, will be for two (2) years, with individual work orders being issued. Each work order will be negotiated as an individual project. Work orders for any one project cannot exceed $250,000. The contract may be renewed for three (3) one-year periods providing the total contract amount does not exceed $2,500,000. Groups of projects may be assigned at one time. Significant evaluation factors include; 1. Capacity of firm to accomplish multiple projects, 2. Past postal experience in repair, alteration and improvement projects, 3. Proficiency in the use of Auto Cad, 4. Professional qualifications of staff to be assigned to projects, 5. Cost control effectiveness, and 6. Present workload. Firms that have the qualifications to perform the services described previously are invited to submit a completed SF 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project, a completed SF 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire, and a completed SF 254 for each of its proposed consultants, postmarked not later than 30 calendar days from publication date. The selection will be conducted by using the submitted SF 255 and the SF 254s. 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. Chicag, Illinois Area 2. State of Illinois, 3. Out of State. Architectural and Engineering firms will be considered as local only if their sole office is in the local geographical area or they have a local branch office and all the architectural design, coordination, and management of the project will be performed in that office. There is no restriction on the geographical location of consultants. The contract contains a requirement for firms to provide evidence of current insurance of $200,000 of errors and omissions per claim. Participation of minority-owned and woman-owned businesses in U.S.P.S. A/E selection is encouraged. 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 this project. No other general notification for this project will be made. Submissions will not be retained or returned. This is not a request for proposal. Posted 07/31/98 (W-SN231097). (0212)

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