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C -- INDEFINTE QUANTY CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR REPAIR AND ALTERATION PROJECTS FOR THE ALBANY DISTRICT (ALBANY AREA) SOL 082530-99-A-0132 DUE 071399 POC Jeanne C. Warren, Secretary A/E Evaluation Board, 860-285-7184 WEB: United States Postal Service, http://www.usps.gov. E-MAIL: United States Postal Service, jwarren3@email.usps.gov. The US Postal Service is seeking services for the performance of general architectural and engineering for repair and alteration projects for the state of Connecticut. The contract will be subject to negotiation of individual work orders. In each instance total fees for services will not exceed $100,00 for each task, nor will the total fees for the 12 month term exceed $500,000. The contract will be for two years with three one-year renewal options which can bring the duration of the contract to five years. The amount of work for the duration of the contract (5 years) shall not exceed $2,500,000. There is no guaranteed minimum. The work order estimates range from $2000 to $10,000. The USPS reserves the right to select more than one firm. Firms which possess the qualifications to perform the services described are invited to submit a completed SF255, Architect-Engineer Questionnaire for a Specific Project, and a SF254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire to the office above no later than July 13, 1999. Selection criteria will be conducted with combined use of SF254 and SF255. Interested firms with more than one office should indicate of their SF254 and SF255 the staffing composition of the office in which the work will be performed. Firms, including consultants, must meet the following requirements: 1) licensed architect registered in the state of Connecticut; 2) licensed mechanical and electrical engineer registered in the state of Connecticut . Consideration will be given to interested firms who respond to this advertisement in accordance with the foregoing instructions in the following order of preference: 1)local, residing in Albany area (counties of Albany, Clinton,Columbia, Deleware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Madison, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, St. Lawrence, Warren, Washington); 2) State of New York; 3) All others. Firms will be considered as local only if their office is in the area listed previously, or they have a local independently operated branch office, and all of the design, coordination, and management of the project will be accomplished in that office. 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. Firms are encouraged to submit their packages by one of the methods offered by the United States Postal Service (First Class; Priority, Express Mail) Posted 06/15/99 (W-SN343130). (0166)

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