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C -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE BOSTON DISTRICT SOL 082530-00-A-0064 DUE 031600 POC Jeanne C. Warren, Secretary, A/E Evaluation Board WEB: United States Postal Service, http://www.usps.gov. E-MAIL: United States Postal Service, jwaren3@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 Boston District's area of responsibility. 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 majority of work order estimates will range from $2000 to $12,000. The estimated construction value of individual projects will probably not exceed $250,000.00. 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 Thursday, March 16, 2000, 4:00pm EST. 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. A SF254 must also be submitted for each consultant used. Firms, including consultants, must meet the following requirements: 1) licensed architect registered in the state of Massachusetts; 2) licensed mechanical and electrical engineer registered in the state of Massachusetts; 3) Staffing complement of 5-25 professionals. The registration requirements may be met though the use of consultants. The prime firm must meet the staffing requirement. 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 the Middlesex and Boston area and whose Postal Codes begin with the numbers 018-024; 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. Interested parties are encouraged to submit their package by one of the methods offered by the U.S. Postal Service. (First Class/Priority/Express Mail) Posted 02/17/00 (W-SN426325). (0048)

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