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C -- ROOFING CONSULTING SERVICES INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR MA, CT, RI, ME, NH, VT, & NY (XCEPT METRO NY) SOL 082530-98-A-0124 DUE 063098 POC Jeanne C. Warren, Secretary, A/E Evaluation Board, 860-285-7184 WEB: United States Postal Service, http://www.usps.gov. E-MAIL: United States Postal Service, jwarren3@email.usps.gov. The The United States Postal Service is seeking roofing consulting services for Western New York ( USPS Albany & WNY Districts) and New England States (USPS Boston, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Middlesex-Central, Providence, and Springfield Districts) The Roofing Consultants will be used to assist with roof surveys, small design projects, design reviews of other A/E projects, testing, monitoring and project management of roofing projects. The contract will be subject to negotiation of individual work orders. In each instance, $100,000 has been established as the work order limit per individual project; $500,000 has been established as the total amount of work ordered per 12 month period. The contract will be for two years with three 1-year renewal options which can on of the contract to five years. The total amount of work for the duration (5 years) of the contract may not exceed $2,500,000. There is not a guaranteed minimum. The average work order is estimated between $1000 and $20,000. The USPS reserves the right select more than one firm. Firms must meet the following requirements: 1) To be considered as a roof consultant a firm shall be independent and the primary source of work performed shall be "roof consulting". The consulting firm shall not be a roofing installation contractor, material manufacturer, distributor or shall not have any affiliation with these market segments; 2) The principal shall be a professional member in good standing in at least one major roof consulting organization (Roof Consultants Institute (IRCI), Raleigh, NC or the institute of Roofing & Waterproofing Consultants International, (IRWC), Chicago, IL) as well as a member of the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA); 3) At least one principal shall have achieved the roof consulting industry designation Registered Roofing Consultant (RCI) or Certified Professional Roof Consultant (IRWC); 4)The consulting firm shall carry current workmen's compensation, general liability, and errors and omissions insurance. Firms which posses the qualifications to perform the services described above are invited to submitted a completed SF255, "Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire", and a completed SF254, "Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for a specific Project" to the above office no later than Tuesday, June 30, 1998. In lieu of the standard government forms SF254 and SF255, please provide the following information in proposal form: a. Company name, address, & phone number; b. Name of principals; c. Name of contact person; d. Length of time in consulting business; e. Names and numbers of full time employees, registrations, certificate, training, education, number of years of roofing consulting experience, number of years with this firm; f. List of the last 10 roof consulting projects, the name of the client, type of consulting work, estimated value of roof project, name, title, address, phone number of client; g. Types of insurance's held; h. Which geographical area you would like to be considered for. Consideration will be given to interested firms according to the following order of preference: 1) Local, being within one of the following states: New York (not including metropolitan New York), Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont. 2) All others. Firms will be considered as local only if their sole office is in the geographical area or they have a local branch office and all the design, engineering, coordination, and management of the projects will be accomplished in that office. 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. Offerors are encouraged to submit their response by one of the methods offered by the U.S. Postal Service (First Class, Priority, Express Mail) (0135)

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