Z -- Indefinite Quantity Contract for General Construction Puerto Rico Area

This is a notice of the New York Facilities Service Office of the U. S. Postal Service intent to pre-qualify General Contractors for repair and alteration projects for postal facilities in the New York Facilities Service Office Puerto Rico. You must meet three minimum requirements to apply: (1) Your company must have an active office located within Puerto Rico. (2) Your company must have been in business, under the firm's present name, for a minimum of five consecutive years. (3) You must provide proof of bonding with a minimum aggregate dollar amount of $2,500,000. Pre-qualification statements will be evaluated by the Contracting Officer's evaluation team. Primary factors to be considered are firm's background, indefinite quantity contract/JOC experience, financial stability, capacity to perform, timely completion history, references, previous clients, bonding capacity, and safety. All General Contractors will be advised within sixty (60) days of receipt of their application as to pre-qualification status. General Contractors selected as being the qualified will be placed on the pre-qualification list. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: Work that may be involved within the scope of this Indefinite Quantity Construction Contract includes minor alterations, repairs, improvements, and maintenance in U. S. Postal Service owned and/or leased facilities. Examples of interior work: painting; installing stud/gypsum board walls, installing lockboxes, relocating HVAC ducts or electrical outlets, plaster repairs, wood refinishing, floor replacement. Examples of exterior work: asphalt/concrete paving, installing sidewalk, curbs or gutters, excavation, waterproofing, roofing, decking, exterior painting, security fencing, landscaping. Small, minority-owned, and women-owned subcontracting participation is encouraged. Contractors must be state licensed. This indefinite quantity contract is a unit price standard type arrangement for a one (1) year period with four (4) one (1) year possible renewal options. The MINIMUM contract value is ten thousand dollars ($10,000). The initial contract value will be five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), increased by modifications in increments of two-hundred and fifty thousand ($250,000) or more, up to an amount not to exceed nine million five hundred thousand ($9,500,000). Performance and payment bonds will be required from the successful offeror. PRE-PROPOSAL RECEIPT LOCATIONS: New York Facilities Service Office 2 Hudson Place, 5th Floor Hoboken, NJ 07030-5502. Interested General Contractors, meeting the minimum criteria stated above, may obtain a Contractor Prequalification Statement (Solicitation 332495-06-A-0021) on this website by contacting Hope Fellows, Facilities Contract Technician, in writing at the above-stated address or by email TO THIS SPECIFIC EMAIL ADDRESS ONLY: hope.fellows@usps.gov or lori.savage@usps.gov. Telephone requests will NOT be honored. Contractor Prequalification Statements will not be returned. There will be no charge for this package. Completed packages are due at the New York Facilities Services Office no later then Friday, December 2, 2005 at 4:00 p.m. You are encouraged to return your qualification statement using one of the U.S. Postal Services many services available. (First Class Mail, Priority Mail or Express Mail). THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL.