U.S. Postal Service, Facilities Service Office, Attn: Robert Manka, Project Coordinator, 2 Hudson Place, 5th floor, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5502

C -- FIXED PRICE A/E SERVICES CONTRACT FOR THE DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION OF THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE HVAC SYSTEM AT THE NEW YORK, NY -- MURRAY HILL ANNEX FACILITY SOL 332495-96-A-0120 DUE 011597 POC Robert Manka, Project Coordinator, (201) 714-5443. This will be a Fixed Price Contract to perform A/E Services for the Design & Construction Administration associated with the complete revamp of the existing HVAC System for the 100,000 S.F. USPS Murray Hill Annex facility in New York, NY. 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 a specific project, and a completed SF-254 for each of its proposed consultants to the office shown above, postmarked not later than January 15, 1997. The selection will be conducted by using the submitted SF-255 and the SF-254s. 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 firms responding to this advertisement in accordance with the instruction in the following order of preference: (1) within 5 miles of New York City, NY; (2) within 25 miles of New York City, NY; (3) All other firms. Architectural/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-engineering 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 professional engineering firm and be in the preferred area. The minimum acceptable engineering compliment for the prime firm, or office, and it's consultants is: 1 Electrical Engineers, 1 Environmental Engineer, 2 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. No other general notification for this project will be made. Submissions will not be retained or returned. This is not a request for proposals. (0351)

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