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C -- BOISE, IDAHO DESIGN/BUILD PROCESSING & DISTRIBUTION CENTER SOL 475450-97-A-0033 DUE 102197 POC Herb Sartain, Procurement Specialist, 901-747-7618 WEB: U. S. POSTAL SERVICE, www.usps.gov. E-MAIL: U. S. POSTAL SERVICE, jraley2001@aol.com. The United States Postal Service intends to award a cost reimbursable design/build contract to design and construct a new 262,000 (approximate) gross square foot Processing and Distribution Center on a site located at Cole Road and Lemhi Street, Boise, Idaho. The work will include administrative office area, support area, enclosed platform, parking and manuevering area, and a 8,100 square foot storage building. The estimated cost range is between $16,000,000 and $21,000,000. Completion time for the entire project is within 365 calendar days from date of receipt of Notice to Proceed. Following are the prequalified firms that will be submitting proposals on the solicitation: McClier Corporation, Attn: Grant G. McCullagh, 401 E. Illinois Street, Suite 625, Chicago, IL 60611-4366; Korte Construction Co., Attn: Alan Schorfheide, 1244` U. S. Highway 40, Highland, IL 62249-0146; Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Attn: Wayne Lindholm, Southern California District Office, 2415 Campus Drive, Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92612-1596; The Austin Co., Attn: William L. Schlatterbeck, 800 SW 16th Street, Renton, VA 93055-2612; James N. Gray Construction Co., Inc., Attn: Ralph Coldiron, 10 Quality Street, Lexington, KY 40507-1450; Turner Construction Co., Attn: Mike Iker, 3612 West 2100 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84120-1202; and The Haskell Co., Attn: David L. Engdahl, 111 Riverside Ave., Jacksonville, FL 32202-4950. Proposals will only be accepted from firms listed on the prequalified list. The prequalified contractors have been furnished copies of the solicitation. Interested parties may purchase solicitation documents at a cost of $200.00 per set (non-refundable). To order a solicitation package, please send a writtten request referencing the solicitation number and project description, and a check or money order for the cost of the RFP to: Rapid Reproductions, AttN: USPS, 5300 Pleasant View Rd., Memphis, TN 38134-6414. Please make your check out to Rapid Reproductions. All requests will be shipped by Express Mail. A Pre-ProposalConference will be conducted on September 23, 1997, 10 AM, at the Doubletree Hotel Riverside, 2900 Chinden Blvd., Boise, ID. This is a negotiated procurement, therefore, offers will not be publicly opened. (0247)

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