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C -- BRONX, NEW YORK, PROCESSING & DISTRIBUTION CENTER -- A/E SERVICES FOR THE DESIGN OF A NEW CONSTRUCTION OWNED US POSTAL SERVICE PROCESSING & DISTRIBUTION CENTER SOL 475450-99-A-0059 DUE 082499 POC Rita W. Humphrey, Purchasing Specialist, FAX No. (901) 747-7408 WEB: U. S. Postal Service, www.usps.gov. E-MAIL: U. S. Postal Service, rwilli10@email.usps.gov. The Postal Service will require Architect/Engineer services for the design of a new Processing & Distribution Center in Bronx, New York. The project consists of investigation, design, drawings, specifications and proposal documents for construction of a new facility of approximately 301,000 gross square feet, and an employee parking structure at the same site to accommodate 405 cars Demolition and asbestos/lead abatement is required on the existing building. Suppliers are invited to visit the site located at 815 Hutchinson River Parkway, Bronx, New York 10465-9731. Suppliers must make an appointment to visit the site by contacting Mr. Lou DeNapoles, at (718) 321-5869. Separate demolition/abatement documents (drawings and specifications) for construction will be required. The estimated total project construction cost is $50 million to $65 million. The basic contract will be for the completion of the Concept Phase (30%). Additionally, the contract will contain options for design completion and construction administrative services. The qualifications of firms for this project are as follows: (1) Experience in projects of comparable size and scope in the city of New York and adjoining states; (2) Architectural firms shall have a minimum of seven licensed architects in the office where the work is performed; (3) In-house engineering and out-of-house consulting engineering firm(s) shall have at least two licensed engineers in each of the following disciplines: Civil, Structural, Mechanical and Electrical in the office where the work will be performed; (4) Prime and civil, structural, mechanical and electrical engineers shall have worked together on at least three projects of similar size and scope; (5) Autocadd Version 14 or later. Comparable projects will be considered as industrial plants, 150,000 gross square feet or greater, and costing more than $30 million, Firms that have the qualifications to perform the services described above are invited to submit three copies of a completed SF255, Architect/Engineer and Related services Questionnaire for Specific Project, and three copies of a completed SF254, Architect/Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire, for each of its proposed consultants to the office, received no later than August 31, 1999. The selection will be conducted by using both the submitted SF255 and SF254s. Interested firms with more than one office must indicate on their SF255 the staffing composition of the office in which the work will be performed. Consideration will be given to firms, including consultants, responding to the advertisement in accordance with the following order of preference: (1) Local area ( within in the city of New York), (2) Within 50 mile radius of New York City; (3) State of New York; and (4) All other. The contract contains a requirement for firms to provide evidence of current insurance of $1,000,000 for errors and omissions per claim. Participation of minority-owned and woman-owned businesses in U.S. Postal Service architect engineer selections is encouraged. 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 of this project will be made. Submissions will not be retained or returned. This is not a request for proposals. Award of any of the options is contingent on final approval by the USPS Board of Governors. Posted 07/20/99 (W-SN356369). (0201)

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