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Y -- DESIGN/BUILD - LIMA PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER, NORTHWEST CORNER BIBLE AND STEWART ROADS, LIMA OH Sol RFP #415046-95-A-0503 Due 081495 POC Project Manager, Scott Weikert (215) 931-5447 and Purchasing Specialist, M. L. Glenn (215) 931-5486 This solicitation will be a fixed price design/build with partial design submission due at time of offers. The contractor will provide the required engineering, design and construction services in conformance with federal, state and local codes. The proposed scope of this project consists of the design and construction of a new 70,000 square foot mail processing and distribution center containing administrative offices, general workroom space, mail platform, and support areas. The facility will be constructed on approximately 10 acres. Site improvement consist of employee parking, truck maneuvering area at the mail platform, trailer and truck parking, storm water controls, and other miscellaneous improvements. This will be a one story, steel frame structure. Exterior facade and landscaping must conform to the functional design specifications and local development regulation. Building systems will include: heating and cooling units, underslab plumbing, fire protection systems, electrical feeder, transformer, lighting and power distribution and compressed air. Submission of 20% design is required at time of offer. Technical evaluation of the design and the design/build team will be conducted in accordance with the design and evaluation criteria listed in the specification. Technically qualified offerors will then be evaluated on price and price related factors as listed in the specifications. A pre-proposal conference will be conducted on July 27, 1995 at 12:30 PM at USPS Processing and Distribution Center, 1111 E. Fifth Street, Dayton OH. The construction cost for the project is valued between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000. Solicitation packages will be available on or about July 10, 1995 at $100.00 per set, non-refundable, from the firm of DRS Hundley King Gmitter Architects, One Gateway Center, 17th Floor, Pittsburgh PA 15222-1416, Telephone: (412) 391-4850. All checks/money orders must be payable to Disbursing Officer, U.S. Postal Service. Cash will not be accepted. Offers are due by 4:00 PM on August 14, 1995. (193)

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