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C -- SAN DIEGO & VAN NUYS, CA, PROCESSING & DISTRIBUTION CENTER - RENOVATIONS OF EXISTING FACILITIES SOL 475450-95-A-0571 DUE 090695 POC H.D. Sartain, Purchasing Specialist, 901/747-7618. The project consists of preparation of design documents including investigation, design, drawings and specifications for construction. Major renovation of two existing Processing and Distribution Centers (P&DC), (1) Midway P&DC, San Diego, CA, and (2) Van Nuys P&DC, Van Nuys, CA. The facilities are 457,920 square feet and 199,964 square feet, respectively. The projects do not contain any fixed mechanization. The contract may contain options for construction administration and other services during construction. The qualifications for the firms for these projects are as follows: (1) Autocadd Version 11 or later, (2) Architectural firm shall have a minimum of 4 licensed architects in the office where the work is performed, (3) Consulting engineering firm(s) shall have a minimum of 3 licensed structural, mechanical and electrical engineers in the office where the work is performed, and (4) prime and consultants shall have worked together on a least 3 projects of similar size and scope. Firms that have the qualifications to perform the services described previously are invited to submit a competed SF 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project, and a completed SF 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire, for each of its proposed consultants to the office shown above, received not later than September 6, 1995. If you are submitting to be considered for only one of the projects, you must so indicate. It is the U. S. Postal Service's intention to award contracts to two separate firms. The determination of which firm will receive which project will be made by geographical closeness as judged by the committee. The selection will be conducted by using both the submitted SF255 and 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 work will be performed. Consideration will be given to firms responding to the advertisement in accordance with the following order of preference: (1) Local (75 mile radius of either project, (2) State of California, and (3) out of state. Architectural and engineering firms will be considered as local only if their sole office 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. There is no restriction on the geographical location of consultants. The contract will contain a requirement for firms to provide evidence of current insurance of $1,000,000 of errors and omissions per claim. Participation of Minority-Owned Businesses is a consideration of U. S. 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 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. (0202)

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