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Y -- CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR PREQUALIFICATION FOR THE STATES OF CALIFORNIA AND HAWAII AND THE U.S. TRUST TERRITORIES SOL 052571-98-A-0009 DUE 050498 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 construction firms desiring to be placed on a prequalfied contractors list for construction of new or expanded postal facilities in the following four geographical areas: 1) San Francisco Bay Area counties of San Francisco, Marin, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and Santa Clara; 2) North California and California Central Valley counties (excluding the above San Francisco Bay Area Counties) which are within the geographical area administered by the U.S.P.S. Districts of Sacramento, Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose which extend from the California/Oregon border to south of Bakersfield, California, 3) Southern and central California counties that are within the geographical area administered by the U.S.P.S. districts of Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Santa Ana and San Diego, and 4) the State of Hawaii and U.S. Trust Territories. These facilities are expected to range in size from approximately 8,000 square feet to 50,000 square feet, and are categorized as carrier annexes, postal retail facilities, main post offices or stations. No fixed mechanization is included in these projects. The estimated construction cost range will not exceed $5,000,000. Construction contractors for projects with construction cost in excess of $5,000,000 will be separately prequalified or will have open-market solicitations. Each project will have a construction duration of approximately 6 to 12 months. Construction 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 construction projects of a similar type and size, 2) References of previous clients on current and past construction projects of similar type and size, 3) Adequacy of financial resources including bonding capacity; 4) Current workload in relation to company resources, and 5) 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 50 pages including photographs of completed projects demonstrating applicable experience, and to provide labeled tabs for attachments. No fewer than three of the most highly qualified construction firms will be placed on the prequalified list for each of the above four geographical areas. The lists will remain effective for one year with four 1-year renewal options. The Postal Service reserves the right to delete from each of the prequalified lists any construction firm that is no longer deemed to be responsible or responsive, or is otherwise ineligible. In the event the number of prequalified construction firms in any of the above four geographical areas is not sufficient to ensure adequate competition, the Postal Service reserves the right to prequalify additional construction firms at any time within the term of this prequalification following submittal of the above mentioned prequalification statement and evaluation by the Contracting Officer's staff. Those additional prequalified firms will then be eligible to receive construction solicitations for the remaining facilities to be constructed or expanded. The Postal Service also reserves the right to issue open-market solicitations for specific construction projects when determined by the contracting officer to be in the best interest of the Postal Service, and to add or delete projects from the list of planned projects. The Postal Service will issue individual project solicitations to prequalified construction firms. Each solicitation will request a fixed price proposal. Prequalified contractors will have the option tosubmit a proposal for one or all projects as they are solicited. Awards of individual construction contracts 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 individual project solicitations. The Postal Service may award each construction contract contingent upon USPS approval of individual project funding. Interested parties will be asked to specify each of the above four geographical areas for which they wish to be prequalified. 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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