DC Metro Facilities Service Office, U. S. Postal Service, 10400 Little Patuxent Pkwy, #400, Columbia, MD 21044-3510

C -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECT/ENGINEER SERVICES IN THE DC METRO AREA DISTRICT SOL Solicitation #232092-98-A-0014 DUE 032798 POC Conni Brisson, Facilities Contract Specialist, (410) 884-1810 WEB: United States Postal Service, http://www.usps.gov. E-MAIL: Conni Brisson may be contacted by e-mail at this address., cbrisson@email.usps.gov. The contract for Architectural Services will be for New Construction and Repair and Alteration projects, with the average new construction project ranging from 10,000 to 30,000 square feet. The term of the contract will be for two years with three, one year periods, with individual work orders being issued. Each work order will be negotiated as an individual project. Work orders for anyone project cannot exceed $250,000.00. The total amount of work ordered over the five-year period may not exceed 2,500,000.00, or be less than $5,000.00. Architectural firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement below are invited to submit: (1) a Standard Form 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire, (2) a Standard Form 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project, and (3) any supplemental data. This package must be received by March 27, 1998 by 2:00 PM. The selection will be conducted with the combined use of SF-254 and SF-255. 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. Consideration will be given to interested firms responding to this advertisement in accordance with the following selection criteria: Architectural firms must be within the Washington DC, Northern Virginia, Suburban MD and Baltimore geographic locations. Architectural firms will be considered as local only if their sole office is in the local geographical 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; Minimum three (3) registered architects; Strong CAD background using AutoCAD; Construction administration experience; Past performance (Postal and non Postal projects); Demonstrated proficiency using electronic media including Microsoft Office products. The contract contains a requirement for firms to provide evidence of current insurance of $200,000.00 of errors and omissions perclaim. Participation of Minority-Owned Businesses is a consideration in U.S. Postal Service architectural selections. 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 solicitation. No other general notification for this project will be made. This is not a request for proposal. The Postal Service reserves the right to reject any or all offers.***** (0055)

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