United States Postal Service, Major Facilities Office, 225 North Humphreys Blvd, Memphis, TN 38166-0300

C -- NORTHEAST METRO, SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI -- P&DC...DESIGN/BUILD SOL 475450-98-A-0006 DUE 121797 POC Mr. Herb Sartain, Purchasing Specialist, Fax 901-747-7408 WEB: U. S. Postal Service Home Page, www.usps.gov. E-MAIL: Contact Point, hsartain@email.usps.gov. The United States Postal Service intends to award a cost reimbursable design/build contract to design and construct a new 715,000 (approximate) gross square foot Processing and Distribution Center (Northeast Metro), Shelby Township, Michigan. The work will include processing and distribution space, administrative office area, and parking and maneuvering area. The estimated cost range is between $64,000,000 and $71,000,000. Completion time for the entire project is within 546 calendar days from date of receipt of Notice to Proceed. Following are the prequalified firms that will be submitting proposals on the solicitation: Rudolph/Libbe, Inc. Attn: James L. McCall, 6494 Latcha Road, Walbridge, OH 43465-9738; The Austin Company, Attn: Philip J. Todd, 3700 Mayfield Road, Cleveland, OH 44121; The Haskell Company, Attn: Timothy R. Curington, Haskell Building, P. O. Box 44100, Jacksonville, FL 32231-4100; Baker Mellon Stuart Construction, Inc., Attn: William Joyce, Airport Office Park, Building 1, 410 Rouser Road, Coraopolis, PA 15108; James N. Gray Company, Attn: Ralph Coldiron, 10 Quality Street, Lexington, KY 40507-1450 and Kajima Construction Services, Attn: Randall J. Tharp, 1901 N. Roselle Road, Suite 110, Schaumburg, IL 60195. Proposals will only be accepted from prequalified firms. 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 written 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. Requests may be FAXED to Rapid Reproductions at 901/385-2679, with the original request and check mailed the same day. All requests will be shipped by Express Mail. A Pre-Proposal Conference will be conducted on November 18, 1997, 10 AM, at the Best Western Sterling Inn, 34911 Van Dyke Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. This is a negotiated procurement, therefore, offers will not be publicly opened. (0304)

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