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C -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE SPRINGFIELD DISTRICT'S AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY SOL 082530-99-A-0136 DUE 072399 POC Jeanne C. Warren, Secretary, A/E Evaluation Board 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 services for repair and alteration projects for the Springfield District's area of responsibility which covers Western Massachusetts and The state of Vermont. The contract will be subject to negotiation of individual work orders. In each instance total fees for services will not exceed $100,000 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. Firms (with the use of their consultants) must have on their staffing the following registered disciplines, who must be registered in the states of Massachusetts and Vermont: Architect, Mechanical and Electrical Engineer. 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 Western Massachusetts and/or Vermont; 2) 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. 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 address listed previously.Proposals are due on Friday, July 23, 1999 at 3:00 PM EST. Interested parties are encouraged to submit their packages by one of the methods offered by the U.S. Postal Service. (First Class, Priority, Express Mail) Posted 06/22/99 (W-SN345830). (0173)

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