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Z -- POSTAL STORE, MAIN POST OFFICE, CROWN POINT, INDIANA SOL 162640-98-A-0057 DUE 070198 POC Frederick W. Gleave, USPS Project Manager, 312/669-5995, Teri Wilcox-DuBois, USPS Contract Specialist, 312/669-5974 The U.S. Postal Service is soliciting proposals for a Postal Store. The work includes, but is not limited to, construction of a new postal store lobby in the existing building. The lobby will include USPS supplied service counters, post office boxes, a postal store with cashier station, self-service area all with standard store finishes and including electrical and HVAC work. Work will be phased to allow for continued operation in the facility. Support areas are to be remodeled. Construction cost range: $700,000 to $950,000. Construction completion time will be Three Hundred Sixty (360) days from the date of receipt of Notice to Proceed. Specifications will be available on or about June 3, 1998, provided for a non-refundable cost of $25.00, (Cashiers check, Money order, Bank Certified check, Company check, or Personal check) made payable to the USPS -- Disbursing Officer for all requests received by June 24, 1998. Solicitation(s) may be obtained by request to Teri Wilcox-DuBois. This is not a publicopening. The number of offers received, the identity of the offerors, the amount of any offer, or relative standing of the offer, will not be disclosed to anyone except those postal personnel whose official duties require such information. Award may be made with or without discussions. (0152)

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