US Postal Service, Greensboro Facilities Service Office, PO Box 27497, Greensboro, NC 27498-1103

C -- DESIGN OF FIVE (5) REPAIR AND ALTERATIONS PROJECTS AT VARIOUS POSTAL FACILITIES IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA Due 032895. Contact Arthur Perrone, Project Manager, (910) 665-2820. The US Postal Service requires Architect/Engineer services to design and support the construction of five (5) repair and alterations projects in the Northern Virginia area. The projcts are located at: Annandale VA, Vienna VA, Sterling VA, West McLean VA and West Springfield VA. The scopes of work will primarily include building expansion and lobby alterations. Additional work items will vary by facility and may include parking lot alterations, miscellaneous interior alterations, miscellaneous mechanical and electrical alterations and painting. The project consists of design, preparation of plans, specifications and contract documents. The estimated individual project cost will vary from $350,000 to $800,000. The facilities are owned by the US Postal Service. The following additional servies will be included in the proposed contract as optional services: Proposal Administration, Construction Surveillance, Submittal Review, Materials Testing, preparation of As-built drawings and other related services during design and/or construction. Experience in similar projects is highly desirable as is recent project experience with the National Capital Planning Commission and within Fairfax and Loudoun Counties. At the discretion of the Contracting Officer, one or more contracts may be awarded. Firms that have the qualifications to perform the services described 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.'' They must also submit a completed SF 254 for each of its proposed consultants. The submittal must be forwarded to the office shown above and received by March 28, 1995. The selection will be based on information contained within both the submited SF 255 and the submitted SF 254's. Interested firms with more than one office must indicate on their SF 255 the staffing composition of the office in which the majority of the work will be performed. The staffing information must be stated in a clear and unambiguous manner. Consideration will be given to firms responding to this advertisement in accordance with the instruction in the following order of preference: 1) Within the counties of FAIRFAX, LOUDOUN and PRINCE WILLIAM VA; 2) Within Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC but not more than 40 miles from VIENNA VA; 3) All other firms within Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC. Architectural and engineering firms will be considerd as local only if their sole office is in the local geographical area or they have a local branch office and all of the architectural design, coordination, and management of the project will be performed in that office. There is no restriction of the geogrphical location of consultants. The minimum acceptable professional complement of the prime firm is 2 architects. The contract contains a requirement for firms to provide evidence of current insurance in the amount of not less than $200,000 of errors and omissions per claim. Participation of Minority-Owned Businesses is a consideration in US Postal Service architect-engineer 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 contractor for this project. No other notification for this project will be made. Submissions will not be retained or returned. This is not a request for proposals. (026)

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