US Postal Service, Headquarters Facility Services, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, Room 1P142, Washington, DC 20260-6440

C -- THE POSTAL SERVICE INTENDS TO AWARD MULTIPLE CONTRACTS FOR INDEFINITE QUANTITY ARCHITECT-ENGINEER (A-E) SERVICES SOL 671820-00-A-0001 DUE 102099 POC Jim Allen (202) 268-3932, Mike Szwed (202) 268-3873 The Postal Service entends to award multiple Architect-Engineer Indefinite Quantity contracts to support Headquarters Facility Services. Solicitation 671820-00-A-0001 is due on Oct. 20, 1999 at 11:00 A.M. Task include: Providing design services, construction documents, and construction administration support on individual projects. Project types include repair and alteration, minor improvements, and space planning services for the HQ building in Washington, DC and William F. Bolger Center for Leadership Development in Potomac, MD. The majority of the projects will be mechanical and electrical repair and alteration and space planning and reconfiguration. Two contracts will be awarded: One will be to an architectural firm as the prime contractor with other engineering disciplines in support. The second contract will be awarded to the Mechanical/Elecrical/Plumbing (MEP) engineering firm as the prime contractor with an architectural firm and other engineering disciplines as support entities. Proficiency inAutoCAD is required. Preference will be given to firms in the Washington Metropolitan area. Architectural 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 the work will be performed in that office. The contracts will be for two years with individual work orders being issued. Each work order will be negotiated as an individual project. Work orders for any one project can not exceed $250,000. Minimum work to be ordered under this contract is $5,000. The contract may be renewed for three one-year periods provided the total contract amount does not exceed $2,500,000. Firms that have the qualifications to perform the services described above are invited to submit a completed SF 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for specific Project; a completed SF 254 for each of its proposed consultants to the office shown above, potmarked not later than Oct. 20, 1999. The selection will be conducted by using both the submitted SF 255 and the SF 254s. 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. The contract contains the requirement for firms to provide evidence of current errors and omissions insurance of $200,000 per claim. Participation of minority-owned and women-owned business in U.S. Postal Service architect-engineer selection is encouraged. It is prohibited to pay any fee, 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. Submissions will not be retained or returned. This is not a request for proposal. Posted 09/16/99 (W-SN380936). (0259)

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