Capital Metro Facilities Service Office, U. S. Postal = Service, 10400 Little Patuxent Pkwy, #400, Columbia, MD 21044-3510

R -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES = CONTRACT IN THE CAPITAL METRO FSO AREA (MARYLAND, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA) SOL 232092-99-A-0026 DUE 030499 POC Heather Newman, Purchasing Specialist, (410) 884-1818 WEB: United States Postal Service, http://www.usps.gov. E-MAIL: Heather Newman may be contacted by e-mail at this, hnewman@email.usps.gov. The contract resulting from this solicitation will be to = provide Professional Services. These will include but are not limited to Architectural, Engineering, Technical, Real Estate, professional = and administrative support personnel for area covered by the Capital = Metro FSO. Contractors must have a minimum of three (3) years = experience as of the date of issue in Professional Services type contracts. The dollar limitation of the contract will be $5,000,000.00 with a two = (2) year base term and three (3) one-year renewal options. Offerors = will be required to submit one (1) "multiplier" to be applied to the straight time of various categories of personnel listed above. = The multiplier must contain the offeror's overhead such as costs for administration and accounting; fringe benefit costs, i.e., holiday payroll costs for the ten holidays the U.S. Postal Service is = closed, vacation, sick leave, and health benefits. Additionally, an = employee has an option to receive health premium costs as a payment in = addition to their base hourly rate. (Whether or not the employee opts for health benefits, the mark-up factor described above would be the = same and would be applied to their base salary.) No allowance for such items will be made after contract award. Offers will be evaluated based on a combination of supplier capability, past performance = and price. Offers are due by 2:00 PM on March 4, 1999. Solicitation packages will be available on or about February 10, 1999. = Requests should reference solicitation #232092-99-A-0026. Solicitation packages may be obtained at the Capital Metro Facilities Service Office, U. S. Postal Service, Suite 400, 10400 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia MD 21044-3510. Personal visits and telephone = calls for the purpose of discussing this project are discouraged. = Please submit your questions via email to hnewman@email.usps.gov Offers will not be publicly opened. The number of offers received, the identity of the offerors, the amount of any one offer, or relative standing of the offer will not be disclosed to anyone except those postal personnel whose official duties require such information = until award of contract is made. The Postal Service reserves the right = to reject any or all offers.!! Posted 02/04/99 (D-SN295134). (0035)

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