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Y -- BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY, PROCESSING & DISTRIBUTION FACILITY -- DESIGN/BUILD EXPANSION SOL 475450-97-A-0206 DUE 052997 POC Rita Williams-Humphrey, Purchasing Specialist, FAX 901-747-7408 WEB: U. S. Postal Service, www.usps.gov. E-MAIL: U. S. Postal Service, jraley2001@aol.com. Project description is reprinted in its entirety as follows: The project consists of furnishing manpower, materials, equipment, and supervision necessary to performed the Design/Build Expansion at the Processing and Distribution Facility, 5300 Scottsville Road, Bowling Green, Kentucky 42104-9998 in accordance with plans and specifications. A fixed price contract will be awarded for the design and construction of an expansion of approximately 42,100 square feet to the existing 68,000 square feet Processing and Distribution Facility on existing property. The existing building, so shall the expansion, consist of a single story, slab on grade, concrete masonry with face brick, steel beam and column construction. The existing roof consists of single ply membrane roofing and areas of standing seam copper roof, and so shall the expansion. The work includes limited excavation, grading and backfiling, including extension of underground utilities, specifically storm and sanitary sewerage. The design and construction of the expansion shall match the existing facility in both aesthetics and use. The expansion will be space conditioned using packaged rooftop air conditioning units. The existing facilities' operations shall be maintained throughout construction of the expansion. The contractor will provide temporary walls and dust protection as required to maintain the operation of the existing facility. Time of Completion: All work shall be completed within 275 calendar days after receipt of notice to proceed (NTP). Offerors will be required to submit both technical and price proposals. Technical submittals will require evidence of: (1) Experience; (2) Management Plan; (3) Financial Capability; and (4) Organization. This scope of work is further defined in the drawings and specifications. The estimated cost range is be between $3,000,000 to $3,700,000. A Pre-Proposal Conference is scheduled for May 15, 1997, at 1:00 PM at the facility, and a walk-through will be conducted immediately thereafter. To view the site, contractors/suppliers are invited to contact Mr. Randy Thompson, Maintenance Manager, 502/843-5766. The cost of the conceptual plans and specifications for the project is $125. per set. This charge is non-refundable. If you desire plans and specifications for this project, please send your request, along with your fee remittance amount of $125 per set, made payable to Rapid Reproductions, addressed as follows: Rapid Reproductions, Attn: USPS, 5300 Pleasant View Rd., Memphis, TN 38134-6414, FAX Number 901/385-2679. Please reference the subject solicitation number on your request. To expedite receipt of your solicitation package, FAX a copy of check or money order before mailing it. If FAX is received before 1 p.m. on a given day, the plans and specs. will be mailed that day via two-day/three day priority mail. If you desire to have them sent via Express Mail send additional $50 for each set. All offerors are encouraged to submit their proposal by one of the methods offered by the U. S. Postal Service (First Class, Priority Mail, or Express Mail). Plans will also be available for your inspection at the following locations: (1). Randy Thompson, Manager, Maintenance, Processing & Distribution Facility, Bowling Green, KY 42104-9998, (2) Local Plan Rooms; and (3) F.W. Dodge, Inc. This is a negotiated procurement; therefore, offers will not be publicly opened. The number of offers received, the identify of the offerors, the amount of any one offer or the relative standing of the offerors will not be disclosed until after contract award. Contract. (0111)

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