U S Postal Service, Facilities Service Office, 8055 E Tufts Avenue, Suite 400, Denver, CO 80237-2881

Y -- NEW CONSTRUCTION OWNED FACILITY, STEAMBOAT BRANCH, RENO NV 89436-9998 SOL 072976-99-A-0141 DUE 052099 POC Diana Esguerra, A&D Draft Aid, 303/573-5757; Contract Administration, Marcia E. Stencel, U.S. Postal Service, 303/220-6514; Technical Infomation, Rick Espinosa, Frank N. Murdock, Jr. and Associates, 801-532-4110 The US Postal Service (USPS) is soliciting proposals for a New Construction Owned project. The successful contractor shall provide all materials, supplies, labor, equipment and service to construct a USPS owned facility of approximately 19,920 square feet on 3.42 acre USPS owned site, Steamboat Station, Reno NV 89436-9998. The contractor shall use only the technical plans and specifications for Solicitation 072976-99-A-0141. Work includes but is not limited to excavating soil as required for new construction and cut and fill as required to allow for drainage and installing site utilities as shown on the drawings; construction of new building, complete with structure, exterior walls, partitions, finishes, roofing, windows, postal equipment, millwork, etc., and electrical and mechanical work, as shown on the drawings and in accordance with the Specifications and installing new asphalt and concrete paving as required and installing new concrete sidewalks as shown on the drawings and in accordance with thespecification. The estimated cost range is $2 million to $2.25 million. The performance period is 280 calendar days from date of issuance of Notice-to-Proceed. ONLY THE FOLLOWING PRE-QUALIFIED FIRMS WILL BE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS: FCI Contructors, Inc., Contact: Ron L. Choate, 4001 North Valley Dr., Longmont CO 81502-1767, 970-535-4725, fax 970-535.4867; Fox Construction, Contact: Nellyn Cox, 2580 South 1100 West, Salt Lake City UT 841190-2426, 801-972-3103, fax 801-972-3173; Jaynes Corporation, Contact: Rick Marquardt, 22906 Broadway NE, Albuquerque, NM 87107-1599, 505-345-8591, fax 505-345-8598; Keller Construction, Contact: S. Daniel Hill, 2412 South 3400 West, Salt Lake City UT 8411-1146; Korte Construction, Contact: Alan Schorfheide, PO Box 146, Highland IL 62249-0146, 618-654-8611, fax 618-654-4999; M.A. Mortenson Company, Contact: Craig Goettsch, 910 Elkton Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80907-3536, 719-531-6804, fax 719-531-7945; Roche Constructors, Contact: Allan Fries, 361 71st Avenue, Greeley, CO 80634-1727, 970-356-3611, fax 970-356-3619; SC Anderson, Contact Leigh Ann Anderson, 2160 Mars Court, Bakersfield, Ca 93308-6830, 805-392-7000, fax 805-391-9999; Wadman Corporation, Contact: David L. Wadman, PO Box 1458, Ogden UT 84402-1458, 801-621-4185, 801-621-7232. Subcontractors may secure a copy of the plans and specifications from the pre-qualified contractors or "A and D Draft Aid". Copies will be provided to local plan rooms upon their request. The solicitation package will be available on or about April 22, 1999, and may be obtained from A and D Draft Aid. When ordering refer to SOLICITATION NUMBER 072976-99-A-0141 and call, mail or fax information to "A and D DRAFT AID". To obtain a solicitation package or for information concerning solicitation packages, correspondence should be directed to : A AND D DRAFT-AID INC, ATTN: DIANA ESGUERRA, P O BOX 40877, DENVER CO 80204-0877, (303) 573-5757, FAX (303) 573-8714. Proposals are due in the Denver Facilities Service Office by 3:00 PM, MDT on May 20, 1999. Since this is a request for proposal, offers will not be publicly opened. The number of offers received, the identity of the offerors, the amount of any one offer, or relative standing of the offeror will not be disclosed to anyone until after the award of contract is made and the request is submitted in writing. Offerors are encouraged to submit their proposal by the US Postal Service (First Class, priority Mail, or Express Mail) Posted 04/21/99 (W-SN322934). (0111)

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