Seattle Facilities Field Office USPS, 34301-9th Ave. S., 3rd Floor, Federal Way, WA 98063-6721

Y -- NEW CONSTRUCTION OWNED, WENATCHEE WA MAIL PROCESSING CENTER SOL 072976-00-A-0053 DUE 030800 POC Ken Wong, Proj Mgr, 253/925-9715; fax 253/925-9705. The U. S. Postal Service intends to award a contract for construction of the new, USPS-owned Wenatchee, Washington Mail Processing Center. The facility to be constructed is 63,000 sq. ft. on an approximately 250,000 sq. ft. site. The estimated construction cost range of this project is $5,000,000 -- $6,000,000. The completion time for this project is 200 calendar days from Notice to Proceed. Solicitation period is 2/16/00-3/8/00. Only previously prequalified contractors will be allowed to submit an offer. These contractors are: Strand Hunt Construction, 12015 115th Ave NE, Suite 220, Kirkland WA 98034, phone 425/823-1954; V. K. Powell Construction, P O Box 10295, Yakima WA 98909, phone 509/248-8148; Austin Company, 18000 International Blvd., Ste 300, Seattle WA 98188-4204, phone 206/674-8300; Cree Construction Co., 5529 -- 186th Pl SW, Lynnwood WA 98037, phone 425/775-0454; G. G. Richardson, Inc., P O Box 422, Wenatchee WA 98807, phone 509/662-4541; Lydig Construction, P O Box 11035, Spokane WA99211-1035, phone 509/534-0451; McKinley Contracting, 6911 E Rutter Avenue, Spokane WA 99212, phone 509/922-1023; Wade Perrow Construction, P O Box 1728, Gig Harbor WA 98335-1728, phone 253/851-6475. The above-listed contractors have been furnished copies of the solicitation. Other interested parties may purchase solicitation documents from Ford Graphics, Tacoma WA, Attn Simon Lucas, phone 1-800-337-8103. Cost of plan sets is non-refundable. Requests for plan holder list should be faxed to Ford Graphics, 253/274-8775. This is a negotiated procurement. Offers will not be publicly opened. The name of the successful offeror and the amount of the contract will be released as public information. The number of offerors, their names, and the amount of their offers WILL NOT BE RELEASED AS PUBLIC INFORMATION. This information is exempt from disclosure under Freedom of Information Act Exemption #4. Posted 02/23/00 (W-SN427828). (0054)

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