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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 27,1998 PSA#2145United States Postal Service, Major Facilities Office, 225 North
Humphreys Blvd, Memphis, TN 38166-0300 C -- RICHMOND, VIRGINIA PROCESSING & DISTRIBUTION CENTER ANNEX -- A/E
SERVICES TO EXPAND AND RENOVATE AN EXISTING POSTAL FACILITY SOL
475450-98-A-0060 DUE 090898 POC Bettye Perkins, Facilities Contract
Specialist; 901/747-7628 (FAX 901/747-7408) WEB: United States Postal
Service, www.usps.gov. E-MAIL: United States Postal Service,
bperkins@email.usps.gov. The following seven changes have been made to
the original CBD announcement posted July 9, 1998. 1. The requirement
for two licensed "Plumbing" engineers is deleted; 2. In consideration
part, rearrange order of preference to read: (1) State of Virginia;
and (2) All other (no Richmond or 25-mile radius requirement); 3.
Delete the following sentence: "Architectural and engineering 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"; 4. Under qualifications: change "and
nearby areas" to "State of Virginia and adjoining states"; 5. In
qualifications, add item (6) Mechanization design coordination
experience; 6. Add this sentence at the end of the solicitation: "Award
of any of the options is contingent on final approval by the USPS Board
of Governors"; and 7. The new due date is September 8, 1998. The
following is the entire revised text: The Postal Service will require
Architect/Engineer services to expand and renovate an existing facility
in Richmond, Virginia. The project consists of investigation, design,
drawings, specifications and proposal documents for renovation of an
existing facility to provide approximately 260,000 gross square feet;
an expansion of approximately 251,000 gross square feet; and a 3-story
1,040-car parking garage. Demolition and soil remediation is also part
of the scope of work. USPS mechanization design will be included as
part of the work. Also included is the integration of a new Postal
Retail Store into the facility. Construction staging and phasing
coordination plans in an operating facility will be critical. Entire
facility will be made code compliant. Estimated construction cost is
$40 million to $50 million. The basic contract will be for completion
of the Concept Phase (30%). Additionally, the contract will contain
options for design completion and construction administrative services.
The qualifications of firms for this project are as follows: (1)
Experience in projects of compatible size and scope in the state of
Virginia and adjoining states. Experience shall include: (a) Adaptation
of buildings to handicapped accessibility; (b) Work designed in harmony
with an occupied facility; (c) Hazardous material and soil remediation
abatement experience; and (d) Familiarity with 1998 USPS design
criteria; (2) Architectural firm shall have a minimum of seven licensed
architects in the office where the work is performed; (3) Consulting
engineering firm(s) shall have at least two licensed engineers in each
of the following disciplines: Structural, Mechanical, Fire Protection,
and Electrical in the office where work is performed; (4) Prime and
structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers shall have worked
together on at least three projects of similar size and scope; (5)
Autocadd Version 13 or later; and (6) Mechanization design coordination
experience. Comparable projects will be considered as renovation and
expansion of operating industrial plants, 200,000 gross square feet or
greater, and costing more than $30 million. Firms that have the
qualifications to perform the services described above are invited to
submit a completed SF255, Architect/Engineer and Related Services
Questionnaire for Specific Project, and a completed SF254,
Architect/Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire, for each of its
proposed consultants to the office shown above, received no later than
September 8, 1998. The selection will be conducted by using both the
submitted SF255 and SF254s. Interested firms with more than one office
must indicate on their SF255 the staffing composition of the office in
which the work will be performed. Consideration will be given to firms,
including consultants, responding to the advertisement in accordance
with the following order of preference: (1) State of Virginia; and (2)
All other. The contract contains a requirement for firms to provide
evidence of current insurance of $200,000 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. No other general notification of
this project will be made. Submissions will not be retained or
returned. This is not a request for proposals. Award of any of the
options is contingent on final approval by the USPS Board of Governors.
Posted 07/23/98 (W-SN227717). (0204) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0024 19980727\C-0005.SOL)
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