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Y -- MANSFIELD, TX 76063-9998 - MAIN POST OFFICE, NEW CONSTRUCTION OWNED SOL 482980-96-A-0328. Due 041196. Contact Mike Cunningham, Architect/Engineer, 817/336-5804; or D'Wayne Bradford, Project Manager, 214/819-7294. The new Mansfield Main Post Office is a 15,842 square foot postal facility. It consists of painted concrete tilt-up walls, steel framing, bar joists, metal deck, and a two-ply modified bitumen roof. The north and west walls space have a split face CMU wainscot and synthetic ``granite'' coating veneer. The front entry, carrier platform and truck dock canopies are prefinished standing seam metal roofs. The paving is concrete. Interior finishes are painted drywall, VCT, carpet, acoustical lay-in ceilings, fluroescent light fixtures, wood doors, and vinyl wall coverings. The site is located on the northwest corner of State Highway 287 and Pleasant Ridge Road in the City of Mansfield, Estimated cost range $1,200,000-$1,700,000 and construction time is 240 calendar days. Successful offeror must submit their Subcontracting Plan for Small and Minority-Owned, and Woman-Owned Business initially and thereafter with their progress payment requests. The contractor must subcontract with minority business firms in an amount aggregating not less than 10% of the total value of its subcontracts. A 20% proposal bond is required on all proposals. The successful contractor will be required to provide 100% performance and 50% payment bonds. Offers will be received in this office, prior to, but not later than 3:30 pm on April 11, 1996. Proposal documents, plans and specifications will be available on March 11, 1996 at a cost of $165.00 per set (non-refundable) payable by check or money order only. Requests for packages shall be forwarded to Burns Stuckey Architects, Inc, Attn: Robert Stuckey or Mike Cunningham, 1015 W Broadway, Suite B, Fort Worth TX 76104-1119, telephone: 817/336-5804. Checks or money orders must be made payable to BURNS STUCKEY ARCHITECTS, INC. Since this is a request for proposals, offers will not be publicly opened. The number of offers received, the identity of the offerors, the amount of any one offer, or relative standing of offeror will not be disclosed to anyone until after award of a contract is made and the request is submitted in writing. Plans may be inspected at the issuing office and any questions and/or information regarding this solicitation may be obtained by calling Mary-Ellen Bothwell at 214/819-7217. Offerors MUST submit their proposal by one of the methods offered by the US Postal Service (First Class, Priority Mail or Express Mail) or it will be returned. (071)

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