C -- DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTOR PREQUALIFICATION FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Notice Date

October 19, 2001

Contracting Office

United States Postal Service, Facilities Purchasing, Pacific Facilities Service Office, 395 Oyster Point Blvd Suite 225, South San Francisco, CA, 94099-0300

ZIP Code

94099-0300

Solicitation Number

052571-02-A-0001

Response Due

November 29, 2001

Point of Contact

Grace Batesting, Staff Secretary, Phone 650-615-7206, Fax 650-615-7243, Email gbatesti@email.usps.gov -- John Fraher, Purchasing Specialist, Phone (650) 615-7214, Fax (650) 615-7243, Email jfraher@email.usps.gpov

Description

The U.S. Postal Service is soliciting Qualification Statements from construction firms desiring to be placed on a prequalified "Design/Build General Contractors" list for construction of new or expanded postal facilities and major repair and alteration projects in Northern California. These projects are from $1.0 Million to $7.5 Million and range in size from approximately 8,000 square feet to 50,000 square feet. Construction contractors for projects with construction cost in excess of $7.5 Million will be separately prequalified or will have open-market solicitations. The facilities are categorized as Carrier Annexes, Postal Retail Stores, Delivery Distribution Centers, Main Post Offices, Stations or Branches and Major Repair and Alteration projects. No Fixed Mechanization is included in these projects. The covered area is from the Northern California Border down to and including the Southern California counties of Monterey, Kings, Tulare and Inyo. Only the most qualified contractors will be prequalified. To be considered for prequalification respondents must demonstrate a minimum of five years of Design/Build experience and have completed a minimum of two comparable projects in the Northern California area over the last five years. Comparable projects are defined for the purpose of this solicitation as "Design/Build new construction or expansion projects of commercial/light industrial type facilities" with a minimum of 15,000 square feet in size and a construction cost of $2.0 million. The contractors? Qualification Statement will be evaluated in accordance with the following criteria listed in order of importance: Experience/References (60%); Organization (25%) and Safety (15%). Other factors based on a (Pass/Fail) will be: Financial Capability, Bonding, Banking, Responsibility and Affirmation. The Postal Service will issue individual project solicitations to prequalified firms only. Each solicitation will request a fixed price proposal. Prequalified contractors will have the option to submit a proposal for one or all projects as they are solicited. Awards of individual construction contracts will be made to the firm offering the best value to the Postal Service within the available funding in accordance with the evaluation criteria stated in individual project solicitations. The Postal Service retains the right to: (1) Delete from the prequalified list any design-build firm that is no longer deemed to be responsible or is otherwise ineligible to receive a contract award pursuant to the Postal Service Purchasing Manual, (2) Prequalify additional design/build firms that will be eligible to receive solicitations for facilities to be constructed and/or expanded. This right will be exercised when the number of existing prequalified firms is not sufficient to ensure adequate competition and (3) Issue open-market solicitations for specific design/build projects when determined by the contracting officer to be in the best interest of the Postal Service. This list will have periodic maintenance for adding/deleting firms as required with a minimum review by the end of November of each year. Qualification Statement packages are available now and may be obtained by sending a written or e-mail request to: Pacific Facilities Service Office, Attention: Grace Batesting, 395 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 225, South San Francisco, CA 94099-0300, gbatesti@email.usps.gov. Please reference the solicitation number and provide your email address. The Request for Qualification package will be emailed to you. Prequalification statements must be received by Close of Business on Thursday, November 29, 2001 at the Pacific Facilities Service Office. The completed Prequalification Statement should be delivered via one of the many services provided by the Postal Service or hand delivered. Qualification statements will not be returned

Web Link

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011023/CSOL002.HTM (D-292 SN511193)