Y -- Trenton P&DC FSS Expansion, Hamilton, NJ

The United States Postal Service intends to award a Firm Fixed Price (Construction) type contract to construct an expansion to the existing Trenton Processing and Distribution Center to accommodate the installation of FSS equipment. The work consists of a new single-story building of approximately 103,000 square-feet is to be built on an owned 31-acre site to meet the current and future requirements for FSS. The expansion will be constructed as a pre-engineered structure to be fabricated off-site and assembled on-site to decrease cost and reduce construction time. The project will be constructed in phases to minimize impact to operations. Site work will be completed first to accommodate truck and employee parking and maneuvering. The construction of the foundation and assembly of the pre-engineered structure will occur last. All work is denoted on plans and specifications to be issued with the Postal Service request for proposal. The total time of performance is 317 calendar days from notice to proceed. Subcontracting goals for this project are: Small Business 40%, Minority Business 8%, and Women Owned Business 6.9%. Only the following requalified Firms are invited to submit proposals for this solicitation: James N. Gray Company, 10 Quality Street, Lexington, KY 40507-1450, Forrest Miller, Program Manager, Telephone 859-281-5000, Fax 859-252-5300, Email fmiller@jngray.com; The Walsh Group, 929 West Adams Street, Chicago, IL 60607, Mr. Vince Piscopo, Telephone 312-563-5478, Fax 312 563 5478, Email vpiscopo@walshgroup.com; The Whiting Turner Contracting Company, 300 East Joppa Road, Baltimore, MD 21286, Mr. Kevin Seicke, VP, Telephone 410-821-1100, Fax 410-337-5770, Email Kevin.seicke@whiting-turner.com; Turner Construction Company (HNTB), 3865 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22203, Christian Jahrling, VP, Telephone 703-841-5200, Fax 703-841-5228, Email cjahrling@tcco.com; Walbridge Aldinger Company, 613 Abbott Street, Detroit, MI 48226, Mr. Ron Hausmann, President HCS Group, Telephone 313-442-1350, Fax 313-234-0550, Email rhausmann@walbridge.com, Walton Construction Company LLC, 16024 Manchester Road, Suite 111, Ellisville, MO 63011, Mr. Ryan Molen Manager of Business Development, Telephone 636-594-2220, Fax 636-594-2240, Email ryanmolen@waltonbuilt.com. The above listed Construction Contractors have been furnished copies of the Solicitation. NOTE Interested subcontractors and suppliers may obtain a copy of the solicitation documents either through one of the Prequalified Contractors or by purchasing them from LDI Reproprinting Center. Orders can be emailed to usps@ldireproprinting.com, by phone (toll free) at 1-877-913-5277 or by fax at 770-491-7375. NOTE this is not a public procurement and proposals will not be publicly opened. All questions concerning this solicitation shall only be directed in writing in WORD format to Mike Miller at mike.r.miller@usps.gov or Jim Fisher at james.a.fisher@usps.gov. Questions during the proposal process will only be received from the Prequalified Construction Contractors, not subcontractors, suppliers, or other interested parties. Questions shall be clear, concise, numbered and dated. Do not attempt to contact anyone else during this process as only answers issued from Mr. Miller or Mr. Fisher will be included in any Amendment(s) issued. Proposals are due by 3:00 PM Eastern, December 05, 2007 and should be hand delivered or mailed, (using one of the many fine services offered by the Postal Service) to the attention of Mike Miller, Suite 300, 4301 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22203-1840.