US POSTAL SERVICE, KC Facilities Service Office, 6800 W 64th St Ste 100, Overland Park, KS 66202-4179

Y -- THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE IS SOLICITING PREQUALIFICATION STATEMENTS FROM CONTRACTORS INTERESTED IN BEING PLACED ON PREQUALIFIED CONTRACTORS LISTS FOR MAJOR REPAIR AND ALTERATION PROJECTS SOL 193045-98-A-0526 DUE 032798 POC Joseph L. Harvey, Facilities Contract Specialist, 913/831-1855, Ext.444, Fax: (913) 831- 4202 This is a Notice of Intent to Solicit written expressions of interest from contractors desiring to be placed on prequalified contractor lists for major repair and alteration projects at the Minneapolis, MN and St. Louis, MO General Mail Facilities. Contractors may indicate an interest in being prequalified for one of both projects. The estimated construction cost is $4,000,000 to $6,500,000. The work involves repairs to a multilevel parking deck in Minneapolis MN and a rooftop parking deck in St. Louis MO. Other related work is included. The work will be accomplished in multiple phases over a period of time as required to minimize the effect on mail processing operations. A more detailed description of the work is included in the prequalification package. In order to be prequalified, contractors will be evaluated on the following criteria as listed in the prequalification package with maximum points assigned to each item: (a) Related construction experience (50), (b) financial capabilities including financial report (10), (c) project staffing (5), (d) quality control program (5), (e) safety program (5), (f) capacity (5), (g) references (5), (h) previous postal projects of similar size and scope (5), (i) project management and scheduling system (5), (j) contractor's geographical location relative to the above noted areas (5). Interested firms must complete a "Prequalification Package" which will be available at no charge on or about February 27, 1998. Completed packages must be received in this office by close of business March 27, 1998. Prequalification Packages may be obtained upon written request to: Attn: Joseph L. Harvey, U. S. Postal Service, Kansas City Facilities Service Office, 6800 W. 64th St., Suite 100, Overland Park KS 66202-4171. Submittals must be in the approved USPS Contractor Prequalification Format as contained in the prequalification package. Failure to submit requested information in the required format may be a cause for rejection of entire prequalification request. Total submittal package shall be limited to 50 single sided or 25 double sided pages including brochures and promotional material. Prequalification statements will be evaluated by a committee of Postal Service Architectural, Engineering and procurement professionals. All firms will be provided with written notification of prequalification status within sixty (60) days of receipt of their application. Firms selected as being the most qualified will be placed on the prequalification list for a period of one year. Actual workload will depend on Postal Service requirements. All firms submitting offers will be notified in writing of the results of the evaluations. The prequalification statements will not be returned. This is not a Request for Proposal. (0007)

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