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

X -- NEW CONSTRUCTION LEASED -- MANHATTAN MT 59741-9998 -- MAIN OFFICE SOL 072976-00-A-0018 DUE 062600 POC Greg Eymann, Real Estate Specialist (303) 220-6571 or Tom Stephen, Design & Construction Project Manager (303) 220-6534 The United States Postal Service is completing final site and building design plans for a new leased building of 5,554 gross SF on a controlled site containing 39,415 gross SF, with an Assignable Option to Purchase price of $216,000.00 in Manhattan MT, for lease back to the Postal Service for a basic lease term of twenty (20) years plus two (2) five-year renewal options. Offerors will be required to purchase the site, execute a lease with construction rider, construct the specified building and lease it back to the Postal Service. Any award made under this solicitation will be made to the responsible offeror who provides the best overall value to the Postal Service. This is NOT a sealed bid advertisement, and proposals will NOT be publicly opened. Solicitation packages will be available on or about May 23, 2000. Please identify your request with the solicitation number. Submit request with a NON-REFUNDABLE check or money order for $100.00 per set made payable to A & D Draft Aid, PO Box 40877, Denver CO 80204-0877. Visa and Mastercard also accepted. Information concerning solicitation packages should be directed to Diana Esquerra, A & D Draft Aid at (303) 573-5757, Fax (303) 573-8714. For specific project details, call or write Jean Scholl Berg, Real Estate Specialist, U S Postal Service, 8055 East Tufts Avenue, Suite 400, Denver CO 80237-2881; telephone (303) 220-6591. Offerors are encouraged to submit their proposals to the Real Estate Specialist by one of the methods offered by the U S Postal Service (First Class, Priority Mail, or Express Mail). Submissions will not be returned. Posted 05/22/00 (W-SN457161). (0143)

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