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Y -- DESIGN/BUILD OF BUILDING EXPANSION AT SYRACUSE PROCESSING & DISTRIBUTION CENTER, 5640 EAST TAFT ROAD, SYRACUSE, NY 13220-9997 SOL RFP #415046-95-A-0200. DUE 031695. POC Project Manager, Edward Closta (215) 931-5410 and Purchasing Specialist, M. L. Glenn (215) 931-5486. This solicitation will be a fixed price design/build. The contractor will provide the required engineering and design to conform to codes. The proposed scope of work is an approximate 78,000 square foot one-story steel frame addition to the facility. Approximately 15,000 square feet will be covered parking for carrier vehicles and an additional 15,000 square feet will be covered open storage. The remaining 48,000 square feet will be additional mail processing square footage. The expansion will contain a single ply roof membrane. Exterior walls will be combination of brick to match the existing facility and concrete block. Existing site conditions will necessitate imported fill. The slab will be designed as a structural slab-on-grade and piles will be required. The two open areas (parking area and storage area) will be designed to be enclosed at a later date in the life of the facility. Heating and cooling will be accomplished by a combination of new units hung within the expansion space, but power and chilled water will come from the existing processing and distribution facility. Upon completion of the expansion area, the portion of the existing exterior wall of the facility will be removed. Suspended metal halide fixtures will provide the illumination. The existing look-out gallery will be extended to service the expansion space. The new work room space will be largely opened area with the exception of several offices and a mens and womens toilet rooms. An existing water loop will be extended around the expanded facility and the section being abandoned will be removed as part of this contract. The first phase of construction will be to construct a gravel road around the perimeter of the expansion area to maintain USPS truck traffic around the facility during construction. All the work will have to be planned and executed in phases and in close coordination with local postal officials and in a manner which will cause the least disruption to postal operations. A 20% design will be provided with this RFP. The successful firm will be required to develop a phasing schedule for the approval of the Postal Service. Offeror must be experienced in design/build work and primarily engaged in this line and, who, in addition, shall have satisfactorily completed at least three prior projects comparable in size and scope to the work required by this solicitation. A preproposal conference has been scheduled for March 2, 1995 at 9:00 AM at the Syracuse Processing & Distribution Center, 5640 East Taft Road, Syracuse, NY 13220-9997. The construction cost for the project is valued between $3,000,000.00 and $4,000,000.00. Solicitation packages will be available on February 15, 1995 at $75.00 per set, NON-REFUNDABLE, from Edgewater Construction Co., 323 East Willow Street, Suite 201, Syracuse, NY 13203-1980 (Telephone: 315-471-4420), referencing RFP No. 415046-95-A-0200. All checks/money orders must be made payable to Disbursing Officer, U.S. Postal Service. Cash will not be accepted. Offers are due by 4:00 PM on March 16, 1995. (041)

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