Facilities Service Office, U.S. Postal Service, 395 Oyster Point Blvd., South San Francisco, CA 94099-0300

C -- DESIGN/BUILD PREQUALIFICATION FOR SAN FRANCISCO, STEINER STATION SOL 052571-98-A-0011 DUE 050798 POC John Fraher, Purchasing Specialist, or Grace Batesting, Contract Assistant, (650)615-7206 17. The U.S. Postal Service is soliciting written expressions of interest from design-build firms desiring to be placed on a prequalfied contractors list for the design and construction of the new San Francisco, CA. Steiner Station. This facility is a two-level structure of approximately 24,000 square feet on a site of approximately 22,000 square feet, and is categorized as a combined carrier annex and retail facility, or a "station". No fixed mechanization is included in this project. The estimated design and construction cost range will not exceed $7,500,000. The project will have a design and construction duration of approximately 14 months. Design-build firms interested in being considered for placement on the prequalified list must submit prequalification information, including SF's 254 and 255, following a USPS-furnished prequalification package format. These Prequalification Statement packages can be obtained at no charge at the above address. Requests can also be faxed to Grace Batesting at (650)615-7243. Primary factors that will be evaluated by the contracting officer's staff are: 1) Experience in design-build projects of a similar type and size, 2) References of previous clients on current and past design-build projects of similar type and size, 3) Adequacy of financial resources including bonding capacity; 4) Current workload in relation to company resources, 5) Demonstrated architectural and engineering capability in designing facilities of this type and size, and 6) Project management capabilities including staffing. Secondary factors that will be evaluated include: 1) Safety program, and 2) Company organization. Firms submitting completed prequalification packages are encouraged to limit attachments to no more than 5 sheets addressing each of the above nine primary and secondary evaluation factors (45 pages total for attachments) including photographs of completed projects demonstrating applicable experience, and to provide labeled tabs for attachments. No fewer than three of the most highlyqualified design-build firms will be placed on the prequalified list. The lists will remain effective for one year. The Postal Service reserves the right to delete from the prequalified list any design-build firm that is no longer deemed to be responsible or responsive, or is otherwise ineligible. In the event the number of prequalified design-build firms is not sufficient to ensure adequate competition, the Postal Service reserves the right to prequalify additional design-build firms at any time within the one year term of this prequalification following submittal of the above mentioned prequalification statement and evaluation by the Contracting Officer's staff. The separate design-build solicitation will request a fixed price proposal. Awards of the design-build contract will be made to the firm offering the best value to the Postal Service within the available funding in accordance with the evaluation criteria stated in the design-build solicitation for the project. The successful offeror may be awarded a 30% design contract with USPS options to 1) award the completion of design and 2) award construction of the facility. The Postal Service will exercise these options contingent upon USPS approval of project funding. Prequalification submittals will not be returned. Firms are encouraged to send submittals via U.S. Postal Service First Class, Priority or Express Mail. This is not a request for proposal (0086)

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