C -- A/E INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION FOR THE WESTCHESTER DISTRICT AREA OF RESPONSIBILITIES (COUNTIES OF COLUMBIA, DUTCHESS, GREENE, ORANGE, PUTNAM, ROCKLAND, SULLIVAN, ULSTER AND WESTCHESTER, NY

Notice Date

February 26, 2001

Contracting Office

NY Facilities Service Office, 2 Hudson Place, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5502

ZIP Code

07030-5502

Solicitation Number

332495-01-A-0023

Response Due

April 9, 2001

Point of Contact

Lori E. Savage, Contract Tech (201) 714-5444/Robert Manka, Chairman, A/E Evaluation Board

Description

This contract is for one or multiple awards for Architect/Engineer (A/E) Services for the U.S. Postal Service in the Westchester District (Counties of Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester). The contract for A/E Services will be for the base period of twelve (12) months with an annual contract limit amount not to exceed $500,000.00, with individual work orders being issued. Each work order will be negotiated as an individual project. Work orders will normally range under $15,000.00 for any one project, but cannot exceed a maximum work order limit of $100,000.00. The contract may be renewed for four (4) one-year renewal options periods providing the total contract amount does not exceed $2,500,000.00. The A/E firm shall be architecturally-oriented, fully CAD/D capable of using Postal Service Building Design Standards on CD on Auto/Cad files, with in-house mechanical/electrical/structural capabilities or have consultants with those disciplines. Firms that have the qualifications to perform the services described previously are invited to submit a completed SF 255 (Architect/Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project) and a completed SF 254 (Architect/Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire) for each of its proposed consultants to the office shown above, postmarked no later than April 9, 2001(for overnight mail we recommend using Express Mail). (Forms may be obtained through http://www.gsa.gov/pbs/pc/hw_files/254-255.htm) Consideration will be given to firms responding to this advertisement in accordance with the instruction in the following order of preference: 1) local (within the Westchester District Area (noted above); 2) State of New York; and 3) all other firms. Architectural/Engineering Firms will be considered as local only if their sole office is in the local geographic area or they have a local branch office and all the architectural design, coordination and management of the project will be performed in that office. The Architect/Engineering firm must have a minimum of five years experience as a registered architectural firm and the consultants must be in the preferred areas. To the fullest extent, the U.S. Postal Service welcomes the participation of woman and/or minority-owned/operated A/E firms. The minimum acceptable Architectural/Engineering compliment for the prime firm, or office, and its consultant is: 2 Architects in the prime firm, and for the Consultants is 1 Civil Engineer, 1 Electrical Engineer, 1 Environmental Engineer, 1 Mechanical Engineer and 1 Structural Engineer. The contract contains a requirement for firms to provide evidence of current insurance of $200,000.00 of errors and omissions per claim. 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. PERSONAL VISITS AND PHONE CALLS for the purpose of discussing this project ARE NOT PERMITTED. No other general notification of this project will be made. Submissions will not be retained or returned. This is not a request for proposals.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010228/CSOL009.HTM (W-057 SN50E623)