U.S. Postal Service, Kansas City Facilities Service Office, 6800 W. 64th St., Suite 100, Overland Park, KS 66202-4179

Y -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT ROOFING CENTRAL PLAINS DISTRICT, IA/KS/NE ZIPS SOL 193045-00-A-0037 DUE 061900 POC See below Solicitation Number:193045-00-A-0037, Offer Due Date:6/19/00, Time:3:00 p.m.CST, Project:IQC-C Roofing, Area:Central Plains District, IQC-ROOF Information and Evaluation Factors:Roof Repair, Replacement and Alteration (Maintenance) of Postal Facilities. This will be an Indefinite Quantity Construction Contract (IQC-C) for roof repair, replacement and alteration (maintenance) of Postal Facilities in the primary area(s) of IA (zips 515-516), KS (zips 664-666, 668-679), and NE (zips 680-683). If it is in the best interest of the Postal Service and agreeable to the contractor(s), the resulting contract(s) may be extended, by supplemental agreement, to include other areas. The contract will be for a one-year base with four one-year renewal options. The total value of work orders may not exceed $5,000,000.00 over the life of the contract with a minimum of $10,000.00. No single work order may exceed $250,000.00 and a different work order may be issued to specify the kind and quantity of work to be performed for each project. Multiple awards may be made from this solicitation. Submit technical qualification and price proposals as instructed in the solicitation. Both the technical and price proposal envelope MUST have the company name, contact person, full address (including the correct ZIP+4), solicitation number and telephone number of contact person. Your ZIP+4 may be obtained from your local post office. Offerors should not submit more than one proposal. The offeror's price proposal is a multiplier factor that is applied to a unit price schedule supplied in the solicitation. Evaluation factors are listed in descending order of importance 1) Roofing experience (repair, maintenance, and installation of built up 4-ply fiberglass felt with asphalt and gravel surface; built up 4-ply fiberglass with asphalt smooth surface; composite shingle; single ply rubber; single ply modified bitumen, etc. 2) Capability/ staffing/resources 3) Quantity of project work performed with contractor's permanent employees 4) Financial and bonding strength 5) MBE/WOB participation. Offerors must be, or have a working relationship with a sub-contractor who is, asbestos certified. Offerors must be licensed by at least three different roof system manufacturers. Offerors must be a member in good standing with a regional roofing association that abides by the National Roof Contractors Association standards and/or a member in good standing of the National Roofing Contractors Association. Offers failing to have all information required may be rejected. The contracting officer reserves the right to negotiate with any technically acceptable offeror, to reject any and all proposals, and to enter into a contract with negotiations. Therefore, each offeror responding to the Request for Proposal should initially submit its best offer. Any or all awards will be made to the responsible offeror(s) whose technical proposal is within the established technical competitive range and whose price proposal is acceptable to the U S Postal Service. Estimated that $300,000.00 will be charged against this contract. This does not obligate the U S Postal Service, it is only an estimate designed to help contractors in making an offer. Performance and Payment Bonds, Certificate of Insurance of Public and Automobile Liability Insurance, Workers' Compensation, and Employers Liability Insurance are required before award to the successful offeror. Bonding will be changed in increments of $100K with amounts to be determined by the contracting officer at time of award and as additional bonding is required. Successful offeror(s) will be required to submit a sub-contractor minority report each Postal quarter for each work order. Solicitation Package: Solicitation packages will be available on or about 5/17/00. To order a solicitation package, non-refundable fee, write or call Jorji at Kelly Blueprint, 8877 W 75th St, Overland Park KS 66204-2275, telephone 913/341-2333. Plan rooms/builders exchanges, contractors and subcontractors may receive the planholders list by requesting same fromKelly Blueprint. The U S Postal Service does not hold public bid openings nor does it accept individual sureties. Offerors are encouraged to submit their proposal by one of the methods offered by the U.S. Postal Service: First Class, Priority, or Express Mail. Planhouses:The solicitation package will be available for viewing at your nearest Dodge Reports. Posted 05/11/00 (W-SN454050). (0132)

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