US Postal Service, Facilities Service Office, PO Box 701, Columbia, MD 21045-0701

C -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY ARCHITECT-ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE LANCASTER PA DISTRICT AREA SOL 232098-99-A-0028 DUE 042399 POC D. W. Tokasz, Purchasing Specialist, 410-997-6214 E-MAIL: click here for contact person via e-mail, dtokasz@email.usps.gov. The contract for architect-engineer services will be for two years, with individual work orders being issued. Each work order will be negotiated as an individual project. Projects will either consist of architectural and engineering services for repair and alteration work in existing post office locations, or new construction under the Family of Automated Designs (FAD). Work orders for any one project cannot exceed $500,000. The contract may be renewed for three, one-year periods. The total amount of work ordered over the five year period may not exceed $2,500,000. A minimum contract value is $5,000. Firms which meet the requirements of this announcement are invited to submit: (1) a completed Standard Form (SF) 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire, (2) a completed Standard Form (SF) 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project, and (3) any supplemental data. Forms submitted must be received by April 23, 1999 addressed to D. W. Tokasz, Purchasing Specialist, U. S. Postal Service, Facilities Service office, PO Box 701, Columbia, Maryland 21045-0701 (physical address is: 10500 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 200, Columbia, MD 21044-3805). Please reference Solicitation # 232098-99-A-0028. The selection will be conducted by using the submitted SF 254s and SF255s. 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 interested firms responding to this advertisement according to the foregoing instruction in the following order of preference: 1. Firms located within the Lancaster District of the Allegheny Area; 2. Firms or Joint-ventures with representation of all A/E disciplines in house; 3. Firms with knowledge of and recent successful experience with retail design and CAD facility automated design; 4. Firms whose consultants are within fifty (50) miles of the principal A/E firm. Firms will be considered 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. Selection criteria will take into account the number of present postal contracts. Any individual firm can have up to a maximum of two (2) contracts at the same time with the Postal Service. AutoCad Release 12 and above computer capabilities and expertise is a must criteria. Performance histories on previous Postal Service projects will be considered. The contract contains a requirement for firms to provide evidence of current insurance of $200,000 per claim of Errors and Omissions Insurance. Participation of Women and Minority-Owned Businesses is a consideration in U. S. Postal Service architectural selections. 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. This is not a request for a proposal. Posted 03/25/99 (W-SN312581). (0084)

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