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Z -- PREQUALIFICATION FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR & ALTERATION PROJECTS FROM $1,000,000 TO $5,000,000 IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SOL 052571-96-A-0044 DUE 060796 POC Grace Batesting, Contracts Secretary, 415/794-6336 or Nancy Young, Contract Specialist, 415/794-6338. The U. S. Postal Service is soliciting prequalification statements from prime contractors interested in being placed on a prequalified contractors list for construction of new facilities and major renovations of existing owned or leased facilities in the following counties in northern California: Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, portion of El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, portion of Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benito, San Joaquin, San Mateo, portion of Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, portion of Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yolo, Yuba. The City & County of San Francisco is not included. No fewer than three of the most highly qualified prime contractors will be placed on the prequalified contractors list. The list will remain effective for one year from notification of placement on the list. There will be two one-year options to extend the expiration date of the list. Selected contractors will be requested to submit cost proposals for projects which will be staggered throughout the year. Contractors will have the option to submit a cost proposal on one or all of the projects, however, firms determined to be nonresponsive at the end of each year (no cost proposals submitted on any project for one year) may be removed from the list. The Postal Services reserves the right to delete from the list any contractor who is no longer deemed to be responsible or is otherwise ineligible to receive a contract award. In the event the number of prequalified contractors is not sufficient to ensure adequate competition, the Postal Service reserves the right to prequalify additional contractors who will be eligible to receive solicitations for the remaining projects. Interested prime contractors may obtain a prequalification package at no cost by submitting a written request to Grace Batesting at the above address, or by faxing a request to Grace Batesting at 415/794-0823 or 415/794-0820. The prequalification package will be sent by mail to firms that request it, it will not be faxed to the firms. The primary evaluation factors that will be considered, and are of equal importance, are: comparable construction experience, references from past clients, financial stability - firms must demonstrate adequate financial resources to accomplish the proposed contracts, capacity, i.e., current workload compared to company resources as indicated by uncommitted bonding capacity, staffing, and other company resources needed to successfully complete the proposed projects, project management and staffing - demonstrated capacity to provide construction of a new postal facility on a USPS-owned or leased site or to provide construction of major renovations of existing USPS-owned or leased facilities, company organization - firm must demonstrate adequate experience, accounting and operation controls, technical skills, and production and property controls to accomplish the proposed projects. The secondary evaluation factors that will be considered, and are of equal importance, are: minority business enterprise (MBE) participation and commitment, judgments, claims, and lawsuits, safety program, quality program. Prequalification statements will not be returned. Interested firms are encouraged to submit their prequalification statements via U.S. Postal Service First Class, Priority or Express Mail. (0138)

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