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 BALTIMORE DISTRICT SOL Solicitation #232092-98-A-0005 DUE 110497 POC Mardi Christopher, Facilities Contract Specialist, (410) 884-1800 WEB: United States Postal Service, http://www.usps.gov. E-MAIL: Mardi Christopher may be contacted by e-mail at this address., mchrist4@email.usps.gov. The contract for Architectural Services will be for two years, with individual work orders being issued. Each work order will be negotiated as an individual project. Work orders for any one project cannot exceed $100,000.00, and the total contract cannot exceed $500,000.00 for each 12-month contract period. The contract may be renewed for three, one year periods. 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 November 4, 1997. 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 foregoing instruction in the following order of preference: 1. Firms and consultants with knowledge of and recent (within 12 months) successful experience with "Postal Store" and or related retail design criteria; 2. Firms located within the Greater Baltimore Metropolitan area. 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. Selection criteria will take into account the number of contracts for any individual firm to a maximum of 2 contracts for any combination of contracts at the same time with the Postal Service; computer capabilities and expertise shall be considered; performance histories on Postal Service projects; and previous experience performance references. The contract contains a requirement for firms to provide evidence of current insurance of $200,000.00 of errors and omissions per claim. 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.***** (0280)

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