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

C -- INDEFINITE QUANITY CONTRACT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES IN THE STATES OF NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA DUE 011599 POC Gardner Jones, Environmental Specialist, 336/665-2885 E-MAIL: sweber1@email.usps.gov, sweber1@email.usps.gov. One or more Indefinite Quantity Contracts for Environmental Engineering services including, but not limited to, underground storage tank assessments and evaluations, soil and groundwater assessments and remediations, design and implementation of soil and groundwater treatment systems, asbestos and lead paint assessments and abatement monitoring, wetland and floodplain evaluation and permitting, indoor and outdoor air quality assessment and permitting, design and evaluation of various environmental engineering systems at U.S. Postal Service facilities, along with environmental due diligence site evaluations. Firms may also be requested to assist the Postal Service in obtaining County, State and Federal permits associated with environmental site evaluation and development. Qualified firms shall also have the capability and personnel required to perform Construction Administration services of Postal Service environmental construction contractors. 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 environmental services is $500,000. The total amount of work ordered over the five (5) 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 January 15, 1999. Interested firms with more that one office must indicate on their SF 255 the staffing composition of the office in which the work will be performed. Consideration will only be given to firms responding to this advertisement that have main or branch offices located in the states of North Carolina and South Carolina. Engineering firms will be considered as local only if their sole office is in the state of North Carolina or South Carolina or they have a local branch office in the state of North Carolina or South Carolina and all of the civil engineering, coordination, and management of the project will be performed in that office. The geographic location of the consultants is restricted to the states of North Carolina and South Carolina. The minimum acceptable registered engineering complement of the prime firm is 2 civil/environmental engineers, along with 3 registered professional geologists. 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. Posted 12/14/98 (W-SN280046). (0348)

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