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C -- A/E SERVICES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE SERVICES AT VARIOUS OWNED OR LEASED POSTAL FACILITIES.E SOL 332495-98-A-0152 DUE 091498 POC Charlotte Parrish -- 201-714-5487 Contracts resulting from this solicitation will provide for environmental compliance services at various owned or leased postal facilities in the following area: CENTRAL NEW JERSEY DISTRICT: Counties of Warren, Ocean, Monmouth, Mercer, Burlington, Middlesex, Hunterdon, Morris, Union, Somerset, Sussex; NORTHERN NEW JERSEY DISTRICT: Counties of Bergen, Essex, Morris, Passaic, Middlesex, Union, Sussex, Hudson, Warren; NEW YORK DISTRICT: Counties of New York and Bronx; LONG ISLAND DISTRICT: Counties of Nassau and Suffolk; TRIBORO DISTRICT: Counties of Queens, Richmond, Kings and Nassau; WESTCHESTER DISTRICT: Counties of Albany, Greene, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester; and CARIBBEAN DISTRICT: Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. At the discretion of the Contracting Officer, multiple contracts may be awarded for environmental support services in the specific districts listed above. Firms are to indicate on Page 1-A of solicitation which District they are responding to. The selection will be based on the submitted SF-255 and SF-254, an interview, and the following order of preference: (1) local; within the District to which they are responding to; (2) all others. Firms will be considered local only if their sole office or a local branch office is within the local geographic area as defined above, and all environmental compliance services and management of the project will be performed in that office. There is no restriction on the geographic location of consultants. The contract contains a requirement for evidence of current errors and omissions insurance. The contract will be for two years, with options for three one-year renewals. Each work order will be negotiated as an individual project and cannot exceed $100,000.00. There is no guaranteed minimum. The total contract cannot exceed $500,000 for each twelve-month contract period. The contract may be renewed for three one-year periods provided that the total contract amount does not exceed $2,500,000.00. Firms that have the qualifications listed are invited to submit a completed SF 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire, and SF 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project, and completed SF 254 for each of its proposed consultants to the office shown above within twenty (20) calendar days of this notice. Following an initial evaluation of submitted documents, several firms in each geographic area will be selected for interviews. 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. Contractors must have a minimum of three years experience in the field of environmental consulting and must possess the capability of working at least three to four jobs at the same time. All offerors must have a sufficiently staffed office within the above-specified area. Any offeror outside of the specified area will be disqualified from further consideration. Contractors must possess all proper certifications as required by federal, state and local (including New York City) laws. In addition to these main requirements, consideration will be given to firms responding to this advertisement in accordance with instructions in the following order of preference (with 1 being the most important): 1. Surveys, monitoring, mitigation plans and remediation oversight for materials including asbestos-containing building materials, lead-containing building materials, specifically lead-based paint (with XRF capability), radon surveys and mitigation oversight, and lead in drinking water and indoor air quality reporting; 2. Health and safety matters including: OSHA compliance as it relates to environmental issues, specifically human health protection and communication regarding asbestos-containing building materials, lead-containing materials, specifically lead-based paint and underground storage tank projects; preparation of Health and Safety Plans; health and safety-related training; and risk assessment and employee communication; 3. Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank management and oversight services including closure plans, design packages and tightness testing; 4. Energy Conservation Plans including conservation and protection of water and air resources; 5. Site evaluations for property transactions including Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, Phase II Site Investigations, Environmental Assessments and Programmatic Environmental Assessments as per NEPA; 6. Environmental Compliance Reviews (aka Quality Assurance Reviews') and related reporting requirements (eg. -- Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans; Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures; Recycling, Waste Management and Pollution Prevention Plans); 7. Permitting matters as required by various regulatory programs including but not limited to air quality (stationary and mobile source), water quality, stormwater management and wetlands; and 8. Emergency response. MBE/WBE participation is encouraged. Personal visits and phone calls for the purpose of discussing this project are not permitted. Copies of the required forms, SF-255 AND SF-254, may be obtained through the Government Printing Office or online at http://www.gsa.gov/pbs/pc/hw_files/254-255.htm. No other notification of this project will be made. Submissions will not be returned or retained. Posted 08/14/98 (W-SN237353). (0226)

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