United States Postal Service, Major Facilities Office, 225 N. Humphreys Blvd., Memphis, TN 38166-0300

Y -- CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO EXPAND THE BULK MAIL CENTER, JACKSONVILLE, FL SOL 475450-97-A-0002 DUE 121896 POC Tim Bonsall, Purchasing Specialist, 202/268-6286 This project includes furnishing manpower, materials, equipment, supervision, and incidentals necessary to extend the existing sack and secondary parcel sorters, to fabricate and install new feed conveyors, new transport conveyors, new sack shakeout system, and new container unloaders to extend two conveyor systems and upgrade all controls. Construction activities must be performed in phases to ensure continued uninterrupted mail processing in the existing facility. In addition, work must be closely coordinated with a separate concurrent contract for the expansion of the existing Bulk Mail Center. Any questions during the proposal period including questions involving any actual or apparent conflict in the Solicitation documents, should be facsimiled to the U.S. Postal Service, Major Facilities Purchasing Office, FAX No. 202/268-4313, Attn: Tim Bonsall. Facsimile should be immediately followed by an original copy. This is a prequalified project. Only prequalified contractors will be allowed to submit proposals on this project. A list of the prequalified contractors follows: Davco Corp., PO Box 17221, Memphis TN 38187-0221; Dearborn Mid-West Conveyor Company, 2601 Midwest Dr., PO Box 12950, Kansas City KS 66112-0950; Sandvik Sorting Systems Inc., 29 Commerce Way, Totowa NJ 07512-1154. Subcontractors wishing to obtain a solicitation package may do so by requesting a package in writing from the Major Facilities Office, Attn: H.D. Sartain, 225 N. Humphreys Blvd., Memphis, TN 38166-0300. The cost of the package is $250, and is non-refundable. The Postal Service will only accept checks or money orders, and they must be made payable to the USPS Disbursing Officer. Reference the solicitation number on your request. A Pre-Proposal Conference will be held at the Bulk Mail Center, PEDC Conference Room, at 2:00pm, on November, 19, 1996. The Bulk Mail Center is located at 7415 Commonwealth Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida. (0310)

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