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C -- PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA PROCESSING & DISTRIBUTION CENTER -- A/E SERVICES FOR THE DESIGN OF A NEW CONSTRUCTION OWNED US POSTAL SERVICE PROCESSING & DISTRIBUTION CENTER SOL 475450-98-A-0073 DUE 100198 POC Bettye Perkins, Facilities Contract Specialist; 901/747-7628; FAX 901/747-7408 WEB: United States Postal Service, www.usps.gov. E-MAIL: United States Postal Service, bperkins@email.usps.gov. The Postal Service will require Architect/Engineer services for the design of a new Processing & Distribution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The project consists of investigation, design, drawings, specifications and proposal documents for construction of a new facility of approximately 1,000,000 gross square feet, and a 25,000 square foot Vehicle Maintenance Facility. USPS mechanization design will be included as part of the work. The estimated total project construction cost is $100 million to $125 million. The basic contract will be for the completion of the Concept Phase (30%). Additionally, the contract will contain options for design completion and construction administrative services. The qualifications of firms for this project are as follows: (1) Experience in projects of comparable size and scope in the state of Pennsylvania and adjoining states; (2) Architectural firms shall have a minimum of seven licensed architects in the office where the work is performed; (3) In-house engineering and out-of-house consulting engineering firm(s) shall have at least two licensed engineers in each of the following disciplines: Civil, Structural, Mechanical and Electrical in the office where the work will be performed; (4) Prime and civil, structural, mechanical and electrical engineers shall have worked together on at least three projects of similar size and scope; (5) Autocadd Version 13 or later; and (6) Mechanization design coordination experience. Comparable projects will be considered as industrial plants, 750,000 gross square feet or greater, and costing more than $75 million. Firms that have the qualifications to perform the services described above are invited to submit three copies of a completed SF255, Architect/Engineer and Related services Questionnaire for Specific Project, and three copies of a completed SF254, Architect/Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire, for each of its proposed consultants to the office, received no later than October 1, 1998. The selection will be conductedby using both the submitted SF255 and SF254s. Interested firms with more than one office must indicate on their SF255 the staffing composition of the office in which the work will be performed. Consideration will be given to firms, including consultants, responding to the advertisement in accordance with the following order of preference: (1) Local within 50 mile radius of Philadelphia; (2) State of Pennsylvania; and (3) All other. The contract contains a requirement for firms to provide evidence of current insurance of $1,000,000 for errors and omissions per claim. Participation of minority-owned and woman-owned businesses in U.S. Postal Service architect-engineer selections 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 of this project will be made. Submissions will not be retained or returned. This is not a request for proposals. Award of any of the options is contingent on final approval by the USPS Board of Governors. Posted 09/01/98 (W-SN244540). (0244)

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