Indefinite Quantity Contracts - Architectural & Engineering Services for Postal Projects in the State of Illinois

The US Postal Service is seeking services for the performance of general architectural and engineering services for repair and alteration projects, site adaptation of standard CAD designs, preparation of plans and specifications, including general A/E project investigation, design, observation and construction administration on postal owned and/or leased facilities of various sizes, locations and functions. The scope of work may also include site adaptation of custom designed facilities and other Postal Standard Plans. The general A/E scope of work will consist of investigation, design, preparation of proposal documents, construction budget and cost estimating, project and contract administrative duties, and observation of project construction for noted project types. Significant evaluation factors include: 1. Capacity of firm to accomplish multiple projects, 2. Past postal experience in projects of similar scope and magnitude, 3. Proficiency in the use of Auto CAD or equivalent, 4. Professional qualifications of staff to be assigned to projects, 5. Cost control effectiveness, 6. Construction observation and administration experience, and 7. Workload. The contract will cover postal facilities in the State of Illinois as well as states bordering Illinois. The successful firms' compliance with licensure requirements in bordering states will be checked prior to issuance of work orders for those areas. The contract will be subject to negotiation of individual work orders. In each instance total fees for services will not exceed $250,000.00 for each task. The yearly maximum shall not exceed the total contract maximum. The contract will be for one base year with four one-year renewal options, which can bring the duration of the contract to five years. The amount of work for the duration of the contract (5 years) shall not exceed $5,000,000.00. There is no guaranteed minimum. The USPS reserves the right to select more than one firm. Firms possessing the qualifications to perform the services described, are invited to submit a completed Standard Form 330, Architect-Engineer Qualifications no later than: Thursday, May 7, 2015, 3:00 PM EST to: Eileen Walker A/E Evaluation Board - Illinois Northern Facilities Construction Management Team 6 Griffin Road North 1st Floor Right Windsor , CT. 06006-7003 Selection criteria will be conducted with combined use of Standard Form 330 (see attached), Architect-Engineer Qualifications, Part I: Qualifications for a specific contract and Part II: General qualifications of a firm or a specific branch office of a firm. A separate Part II for each branch office that has a key role on the team, and a separate Part II for each consultant must be provided. Contrary to the general instructions, this office does not maintain a file of Part II due to space limitations. In Part I, you must limit the number of projects listed to ten (10) projects only. Please provide two (2) hard copies of your qualifications and one (1) electronic copy. The hard copies should be bound via GBC, Spiral or Stapled. Please do not send them in hard cover notebooks. The electronic copy can be a CD or a file may be uploaded to the RFx page on the USPS eSourcing tool, Emptoris. Information on how to register on Emptoris is attached to this notice. Please do not email the electronic copy. STANDARD FORM 330 REPLACES FORMS SF254 & SF255. Additional forms and pages can be found at www.gsa.gov; search - SF330. Firms, including consultants, must meet the following requirements: 1) Licensed architect registered in area(s) applying for; 2) Licensed mechanical and electrical engineer registered in the State of Illinois; 3) Staffing compliment of 5-25 professionals. The registration requirements may be met through the use of consultants. The prime firm must meet the staffing requirement. Consideration will be given to interested firms who respond to this advertisement in accordance with the foregoing instructions in the following order of preference: 1) Local, (residing in the State of Illinois); 2) All others, Firms will be considered as local only if their office is in the area listed previously, or they have a local independently operated branch office, and all of the design, coordination, and management of projects will be accomplished in that office. It is prohibited to pay any fee, commission, and percentage or brokerage fee to any person or firm contingent upon, or resulting from award of a contract. Interested parties are encouraged to submit their packages buy one of the methods offered by the U.S. Postal Service. (FIRST CLASS MAIL / PRIORITY MAIL / EXPRESS MAIL)