U.S. Postal Service, Kansas City Facilities Service Office, 6800 W. 64th St., Suite 100, Overland Park, KS 66202-4179

C -- CONSULTING SERVICES FOR ROOFING AND PAVING IN THE NORTHLAND DISTRICT SOL 193045-99-A-0167 DUE 051899 POC Submittal questions: Jeff Meyer 913/831-1855 Ext 455 Other: Linda Hoefer 913/831-1855 Ext 704 ADVANCE NOTICE OF SOLICITATION Proposals Due: 5/18/99 Time: 3:00 PM Submittals: Original and 1 copies Solicitation: 193045-99-A-0167 The U. S. Postal Service, Kansas City Facilities Service Office, will be conducting advertising for architectural and engineering services per below. This information is sent to you in advance for your consideration. Should you be interested in this project, please follow the instructions. Do not call the Kansas City FSO for forms. Forms may be purchased at some local book stores or by calling the Government Printing Office at 202/512-1800. Send submittals to the attention of Linda Hoefer, Facilities Service Office, 6800 West 64th Street Ste 100, Overland Park KS 66202-4179. Submittal questions regarding this solicitation may be directed to Jeff Meyer at (913) 831-1855 Extension 455. Other questions may be directed to Linda Hoefer at 913/831-1855 Ext 704 (E-Mail: lhoefer@email.usps.com) or Vickie Form at 913/831-1855 Ext 437 (E-Mail: vford002@email.usps.gov). INFORMATION AND EVALUATION FACTORS: The Kansas City Facilities Service Office is soliciting a contract for Architect-Engineer Services for Roofing AND/OR Paving Consulting Services. Professional services may include any or all of the following: 1) Investigation, testing, cost analysis, evaluation of, recommendation for repair or replacement of existing roofing systems and/or paving, 2) Design and preparation of contract documents for construction of new or repair of existing roofing systems and/or paving 3) solicitation assistance 4) Construction contract administration 4) Construction field inspection. The Contract will have a minimum aggregate work order value of $5,000.00 and a Not-To-Exceed contract amount (A/E fees) of $2,500,000.00. The resulting contract will be for two years with three additional one-year options, if exercised. Multiple awards may be made for the Kansas City Facilities Service Office for projects in the Northland District (Minnesota ZIPS 550-551, 553-564, 566 and Wisconsin ZIPS 540, 546-548). However, projects in other areas may be issued against this contract. Any resulting contract may be bilaterally modified to meet changing Postal regulations. Specific selection criteria in relative order of importance will include, but not be limited to: *Firm must have a minimum of five (5) years experience in the design of roofing system and paving *Must have five (5) years experience in surveillance of roof and paving construction *Firms must have field test capability for diagnosing roofing and paving problems *Ability to obtain moisture surveys in roofing systems *Workload and staffing such that they can respond to USPS requests in a timely manner *Must have capability in construction cost estimating and energy conservation for roofing and paving *Errors and Omissions Insurance *Public and Automobile Insurance, Workers Compensation insurance and Employers Liability Insurance *MBE/WOB Consulting Plan. Consideration will be given to firms responding to this announcement in accordance with the forgoing instructions in the following geographical area(s) and order of preference: 1) States of Minnesota and Wisconsin 2) Elsewhere. Architect and engineering 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 of the architectural design, coordination, and management of the project will be accomplished in that office. There is no restriction on the geographic location of consultants. It is prohibited to pay any fee, brokerage fee, commission or percentage on any basis to any firm or person contingent upon the award of this contract. Submitting firms must have AutoCAD Release 12 capability. Firms should be multi-disciplined or have a continuing service arrangement with pre-identified consultants. The prime architectural or engineering firm must posses the following minimum staffing within the prime firm: 2 Registered Architects registered within the state(s) this solicitation encompasses, and 2 CAD/D Technicians. The consultant Engineering firms, if any, must have 2 each registered Engineers in the following disciplines: Mechanical, Electrical, Structural and Civil. Firms which possess the qualifications to perform the services described above are invited to submit a completed, current SF Form 255, "Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project," a completed current SF Form 254, "Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire," and a completed SF Form 254 for each of its proposed consultants to the office shown above. Submittals must indicate which of the areas you wish to be considered for. A pre-selection to identify the most highly qualified firms will be conducted with the combined use of the submitted SF 255 and SF 254. 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. Indicate solicitation number in block 2b, of SF-255. The completed SF 255 should indicate the specific personnel from the responding firm andall consultants expected to do the work on this contract, with resumes for each, professional registrations by state, and experience in this type of work over the past five (5) years. This announcement precludes multiple contracts within the Mid-West Area which includes the states of Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Submittals will not be retained or returned. Firms wishing the submittal returned must supply a self-addressed, postage paid envelope. This is not a request for proposal. This office does not supply SF254 or SF255 forms. Offerors are encouraged to submit their proposal(s) by one of the methods offered by the U.S. Postal Service: First Class, Priority or Express Mail. Check us out on the internet at: http://purchasing.gov Posted 04/20/99 (W-SN322117). (0110)

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