U. S. Postal Service, Facilities Service Office, 6 Griffin Rd. N., Windsor, CT 06006

Y -- DESIGN/BUILD CONTRACT, USPS CARRIER BUILDING, SACO, MAINE SOL 082530-96-A-0060 DUE 040996 POC Greg Schulz, Architect/Engineer (207) 828-8402. On or about Tuesday, April 2, 1996, the United States Postal Service, Windsor Facilities Service Office, 6 Griffin Road North, Windsor, CT will issue a solicitation for a design/build contract to construct an approximately 25,000 square foot U. S. Postal Service owned Carrier building located in the Saco Industrial Park, Saco, Maine. All interested offerors will be provided with architectural drawings and performance specifications to construct a pre-engineered building on this USPS-owned site. Offerors will be requested to submit a proposal to engineer the structure, foundations, HVAC system, and to construct the building. To be qualified for this project, all offerors must show proof of having successfully completed five (5) pre-engineered building projects of a similar size and complexity during the past five (5) years. The proposed building must be of a quality equal to that of a building manufactured by Butler, Star or Varco-Pruden. Along with a price proposal, each offeror will be requested to complete a technical evaluation package providing the USPS with information concerning the offeror's prior experience with pre-engineered buildings, project management, financial capability, company organization and quality control programs as well as technical data on the proposed pre-engineered building. Each offeror will be judged on the following technical evaluation factors in descending order of importance: prior pre-engineered building experience, project management, quality control programs, financial capability, company organization and value engineering. The price and technical proposals must be submitted in separate envelopes. Offerors who are found not technically best qualified will have their price proposals returned unopened. The USPS requires that the building be completed on or before August 15, 1996. Failure to complete the building will result in a liquidated damages charge of $1,000.00 per day with a $500.00 per day early finish incentive bonus. Due to the short time frame for this project, the USPS is using the following accelerated project schedule: Availability of Preliminary Plans - 3/28/96, Issuance of pre-proposal package - 4/2/96, pre-proposal meeting - 4/2/96, Solicitation closes and offers are due - 4/9/96, USPS completes review of proposals - 4/11/96, USPS notified successful offeror - 4/12/96, Issuance of Notice to Proceed 4/26/96, and project completion no later than 8/15/96. Proposals are to be received at the Windsor Facilities Service Office, 6 Griffin Road North, Windsor, CT, 06006-0300 on or before, as stated above, Tuesday, April 9, 1996 no later than 4:00 p.m. A pre-proposal meeting will be held at the Maine District Office, Room 131, located at 380 Riverside Street, Portland, Maine beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2, 1996. At the pre-proposal meeting, representatives from the Maine District and the Architect's office will be available to answer all questions concerning this solicitation and project. Proposal documents and specifications may be purchased at the April 2 meeting for $50.00 per set or by mail from the Support Service Team, Facilities Service Office, 6 Griffin Road North, Windsor, CT, 06006-0300. Make certified check or money order payable to the Disbursing Officer, U. S. Postal Service. Cash will not be accepted. Copies of design documents will be available by contacting Cinde Sabin at the Project Architect's office at (207) 772-6022. Offerors requesting additional technical information should contact Greg Schulz at the Maine District Office at (207) 828-8402 or the Project Architects, David Lloyd or John Shields at (207) 772-6022. (0087)

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