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Z -- US POSTAL SERVICE IS ISSUING RFP'S TO PREQUALIFIED CONTRACTORS FOR DESIGN/BUILD CHILLER/COOLING TOWER REPLACEMENT, GREENVILLE, SC P&DC SOL 415046-95-A-0651 due 091195. POC Project Manager, Edward Lenart, 215/931-5417, Purchasing Specialist, Diane Cavuto, 215/931-5488. The Postal Service is issuing Request for Proposals for design/build of the chiller/cooling tower replacement at the Processing and Distribution Center, 600 W. Washington St, Greenville, SC 29602-9998. It is intended to award a fixed-price design/build contract for the replacement of the existing 225 ton chiller and roof mounted cooling tower using modular chillers. The chilled water and condensate water pumps will also be replaced. A new separation wall will be erected in the mechanical room to isolate the boilers from the chillers. Ventilation and refrigerant monitors, plus compliance with national, state and local codes are required. Electrical power is available from existing switchgear. Project completion is within 150 calendar days from Notice to Proceed after award. The construction cost is valued between $225,000.00 and $275,000.00. The three prequalified firms are: The Austin Co., 5109 Leesburg Pike #201, Falls Church, VA 22041-3208; Coakley & Williams Construction Co. Inc., Maryland Trade Center, Ste 510, 7500 Greenway Center Drive, Greenbelt, MD 20770 and Turner Construction Company, 4601 N. Fairfax Ave., Ste 900, Arlington, VA 22203-1500. Plans and specifications will be provided to the prequalified firms only. Subcontractors must contact the firms listed. Offers will not be publicly opened. The Postal Service reserves the right to reject any or all offers. Until award of the contract, the number of proposals received, the identity of the offerors, the amount of any offer or the relative standing of offers will not be disclosed. Date for return of all proposals is September 11, 1995 at 4:00 PM. (228)

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