Facilities Service Office, U.S. Postal Service, 7800 N Stemmons Frwy, Suite 400, Dallas, TX 75247-4217

Y -- EL PASO, TX 79936-9998 -- SANDY CREEK STATION, NEW CONSTRUCTION OWNED SOL 482980-98-A-0529 DUE 042098 POC William Burkhardt, O'Connell Robertson & Associates, 512/478-7286; or Tony Regojo, Project Manager, 214/819-7216 The project consists of construction of a USPS owned facility of approximately 29,108 net interior square feet. The project has asphalt and concrete pavement areas, landscaping, fence, exterior/interior electrical work, NVAC, structural steel, a Postal store and Postal specialties, a CCTV camera system and other work required for a Postal facility, in accordance plans and specifications. The site is located at 2100 George Dieter Street in El Paso, Texas. Estimated cost range $2,300,000 -- $2,450,000 and construction time is 300 calendar days. Successful offeror must submit their Subcontracting Plan for Small and Minority-Owned, and Woman-Owned Business initially and thereafter with their progress payment requests. The contractor must subcontract with minority business firms in an amount aggregating not less than 10% of the total value of its subcontracts. A 20% proposal bond is required on all proposals. The successful contractor will be required to provide 100% Performance and 50% Payment Bonds within forty-eight (48) hours after notification of award. Offers will be received in this office, prior to, but not later than 3:30 p.m. on April 20, 1998. Proposal documents, plans and specifications will be available on March 20, 1998 at a cost of $125.00 per set (NON-REFUNDABLE) payable by check or money order only. Requests for packages shall be forwarded to O'Connell Robertson & Associates, Attn: William Burkhardt, 811 Barton Springs Road, Suite 900, Austin, TX 78704-1045, Telephone: 512/478-7286. Checks or money orders must be made payable to O'CONNELL ROBERTSON & ASSOCIATES. Since this is a request for proposals, offers will not be publicly opened. The number of offers received, the identity of the offerors, the amount of any one offer, or relative standing of offeror will not be disclosed to anyone until after award of a contract is made and the request is submitted in writing. Plans may be inspected at the issuing office and any questions and/or information regarding this solicitation may be obtained by calling Tony Regojo, Project Manager at 214/819-7216. Offerors are encouraged to submit their proposal by one of the methods offered by the U.S. Postal Service (First Class, Priority Mail, or Express Mail). (0076)

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