US Postal Service Facilities Service Office, PO Box 40591, Philadelphia, PA 19197-0591

Z -- PREQUALIFICATION OF CONTRACTORS FOR DESIGN/CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN PHILADELPHIA PA SOL #415046-96-A-0004 DUE 011996. POC Project Manager, Scott Weikert (215) 931-5447 and Purchasing Specialist M L Glenn (215) 931-5486. Scope of Work: The U.S. Postal Service intends to prequalify Design/Build entities to design and construct a new Processing and Distribution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania under a negotiated guarantee maximum price (GMP) design/build contract. The new Processing and Distribution Center will consist of approximately 785,886 gross square feet (g.s.f.) and will be located on approximately 69 acres of USPS owned property. The design and construction cost is valued between $50,000,000 and $70,000,000. The Postal Service intends to prequalify a minimum of three (3) design/build entities. The following evaluation factors to be considered are listed below in priority order: (1) COMPARABLE DESIGN/BUILD PROJECTS. All design/build projects completed within the past five (5) years or ongoing that meet the following criteria; (a) greater than 400,000 gross square feet in size, (b) design and construction cost greater than $30 million, (c) requiring the coordination of mechanized conveyor system design, fabrication and installation, (d) classified as Building Officials Code Administrator's, Inc. (BOCA) industrial projects. (2) OTHER DESIGN/BUILD EXPERIENCE. All other design/build projects completed within the past five (5) years on ongoing. (3) FINANCIAL STABILITY AND CAPACITY. Financial stability bank references, current bonding and insurance capacity, and financial data for the past two (2) years. (4) MANAGEMENT APPROACH. Composition and experience of the design/build entity with emphasis on technical and management capabilities, amount of work performed by inhouse personnel and percentage of work subcontracted to Small Business Enterprises (SBE), Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) and Women Owned Business Enterprises (WBE) on all projects within the past three (3) years. (5) POSTAL EXPERIENCE. All Postal Service Contracts for either design or construction completed within the past five (5) years or currently in progress in which the design/build entity has collective experience (individually or together). The type of contracts shall include new construction, repair and alterations, expansions, and indefinite quantity. References are required for all projects submitted in support of past experience and will be used as deemed necessary by the Contracting Officer to verify qualifications and past performance in determining the most highly qualified design/build entities. It is required that the qualification data be presented on the forms and in the format provided in Part b, Qualifications, of the DESIGN/BUILD QUALIFICATIONS STATEMENT PACKAGE. Entities not selected for placement on the Prequalified List as a result of this effort will be notified within sixty (60) calendar days of the response date for this statement. The Postal Service will not keep nor return the Qualification Statement Package of entities not prequalified for the solicitation. Entities placed on the Prequalified List will be notified and shall receive a Request for Proposal for the design and construction of the new Processing and Distribution Center on or about March 15, 1996. This prequalification effort is not a request for proposals. The prequalification package is available. Requests for the prequalification package should be submitted in writing to the following address: United States Postal Service, Facilities Service Office, Attn: M. L. Glenn, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1400, P.O. Box 40591, Philadelphia, PA 19197-0591. Please reference the solicitation number on all written requests. No telephone requests will be accepted. Completed prequalification statements must be received by close of business, January 19, 1996. NOTE: Final execution of the design/build contract will be subject to project approval by the USPS Board of Governors. (360)

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