US Postal Service, Facilities Headquarters, 4301 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22203-1861

C -- THE POSTAL SERVICE INTENDS TO AWARD MULTIPLE CONTRACTS FOR INDEFINITE QUANTITY ARCHITECT-ENGINEER AND RETAIL DESIGN SERVICES SOL 671820-00-A-0007 DUE 111599 POC Scott Satin (202) 268-2767 E-MAIL: click here to reach the point of contact for this, ssatin@email.usps.gov. The Postal Service intends to award multiple Architect-Engineer Indefinite Quantity contracts to support Retail Design services. Task will include: researching existing postal retail locations and other retail locations, studying planning concepts, fixturing, furnishings, finishes, signage, ect. Developing prototypical design concepts for various types of postal retail outlets. Developing individual site-adaptation designs for unique postal retail outlets. Developing design concepts for casework and other fixtures. Creating standardized construction document packages for various other A/E firms to apply prototypical standards to site adapt projects. Proposed and/or develop overall branding concepts for the postal retail environments. Coordinate aesthetics of industrial design objects (i.e. vending equipment) graphic design elements (i.e. identiity signage) and architectural designed environments (i.e. postal lobbies). Develop and produce training "tools" and guidelines for design standardization. Toolsand guidelines may include drawings, written criteria, computer models, physical models, seminar style presentations, presentation boards, website content, ect. At times, it may be necessary for A-E/Retail Designer to domicile one or more individuals at postal headquarters for up to one month at a time. It is likely that representatives of the A-E/Retail Design firm will be required to travel to various cities and towns in the U.S. to visit postal facilities and confer with postal personnel and postal customers. Contracts will be for two years and individual work orders will be issued. Each work order will be negotiated as an individual project. Work orders for any one project cannot 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 $5,000,000. Firms qualified to perform 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 ofits proposed consultants to the office above, postmarked not later than Nov. 15, to the attention of Jennifer Beriro-Reveille. Selection will be conducted using both the submitted SF 255 and the SF 254(s). Interested firms with more than one office must indicate on their SF 255 the staffing composition of the office in which work will be performed. The contract requires that firms provide evidence of current errors and omissions insurance of $200,00 per claim (exclusive of legal fees). Preference will be given to firms within a day-trip distance of USPS HQ. Proficiency in AutoCAD release 14 and graphics software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel Draw, FormZ, is required. Experience with large scale national and international retail clients with multi-building roll-outs is required. The firm is also required to have been in business for over seven years. 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, 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 for this project will be made. Submissions will not be retained or returned. This is not a request for proposal. Posted 10/22/99 (W-SN394127). (0295)

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