U. S. Postal Service, Facilities Service Office, 6 Griffin Road North, Windsor, CT 06006-0300

Z -- CHILLER REPLACEMENT -- BUFFALO, NY PROCESSING & DISTRIBUTION CENTER SOL 082530-00-A-0106 DUE 071800 POC Catherine C. Delasco, (860) 285-7191 The U. S. Postal Service is soliciting proposals to replace the chillers at the Buffalo, NY Processing & Distribution Center at 1200 William. Work includes, but is not limited to, demolition of 3 existing centrifugal chillers; providing 2 500-ton R0123 centrifugal chillers; demolition of 3 existing condenser water pumps; providing 2 2600-gpm condenser water pumps; providing a refrigerant monitoring system; providing a building control system to include controls of new equipment; and all associated work. The estimated cost of the work is between $750,000.00 and $1,000,000.00, with completion within one hundred eighty (180) calendar days after receipt of notice to proceed. Sealed offers will be received in this office prior to, but no later than, 4:00 p.m. on July 18, 2000. Offers will not be publicly opened. The number of offers received, the identity of the offerors, the amount of any offer, or relative standing of the offerors WILL NOT BE DISCLOSED TO ANYONE until award of contract is made. Proposal documents, plans and specifications will be available o/a June 15, 2000 at a cost of $40.00 per set (non-refundable) from the Facilities Service Office, U. S. Postal Service, 6 Griffin Road North, Windsor, CT 06006-0300. Only certified checks or money orders will be accepted, made payable to the Disbursing Officer, U. S. Postal Service (Reference Solicitation No. 082530-00-A-0106). Plans may be inspected at the issuing office and information regarding their availability may be obtained by contacting Catherine Delasco at (860) 285-7191. Questions concerning the technical aspects of the proposal should be directed to Ken Kedzierski, USPS Project Manager, at (716) 846-2514 or James Scanlon of Beardsley Design Associates at (315) 253-7301. There will be a preproposal conference for this project at 10:00 a.m. in Room B-15 of the Buffalo GMF. Date to be determined. Prospective offerors wishing to visit the site at a time other than the walk-through may contact Mr. James Rusiniak, Mgr., Maint. Ops., at (315) 253-7301. Proposals will be evaluated on 1) price; 2) technical data; and 3) company environmental health and safety plan, which must be submitted with the proposal. A project-specific safety plan must be submitted by the successful offeror before award. Guidelines for other project requirements are outlined in the specifications. The successful offeror will be required to submit a 100% performance bond and 50% payment bond before award of contract is made. This is not a formal invitation for bid; therefore, no bid bond or proposal guarantee is required. Posted 06/13/00 (W-SN464077). (0165)

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