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Z -- ELEVATOR UPGRADE SOL 079953-99-A-0076 DUE 072899 POC Dave Robinson, Group Mackenzie, 503-224-9560, or Brian Cao, USPS, 253-874-7291, or Tamara Teker, USPS, 253-925-9725 PROJECT LOCATION: United States Postal Service Portland Processing & Distribution Center (P&DC), 715 NW Hoyt St., Portland, Oregon PROJECT SCOPE AND REQUIREMENTS 1. The purpose of this project is to upgrade the four geared passenger elevators and the four freight elevators at the Portland P&DC. CONTRACTOR USE OF SITE 1. The USPS will occupy and use the building and site during all Work. a. Conform to USPS required work hours for various areas. b. Construct Work in stages to accommodate USPS's occupancy requirements during the construction period, coordinate construction schedule and operations with USPS and A/E. 2. All Contractor and Subcontractor staff and employees who will be on the site for more than 9 days during the course of the work will complete a background investigation and drug screen. No contractor employee who fails the drug screen test or for whom any of the boxes on the Appendix form are "checked" will be allowed to work on USPS property. 3. Contractors should assume that all painted structural metals on the site contain a significant but unknown percentage of lead-based paint. Contractors will include costs of proper removal and disposal lead-based paint in the immediate work area where cutting, grinding, welding, or similar activities are required in the base bid of the contract. See the specifications. PREPROPOSAL SITE OBSERVATION: 1. The drawings do not show all existing conditions that may impact the scope of work. Examples would include existing operating equipment, plumbing, electrical conduit, etc. It is the responsibility of the General Contractor and the appropriate subcontractors to determine which if any items must be moved or demolished and replaced. 2. It will be possible to view examples of the work involved in all areas of work during the site observation. PROPOSAL EVALUATION CRITERIA: Proposal Evaluation Criteria include but are not limited to: Solicitation Offer: Price 25%, Experience installing non-proprietary equipment 15%, Experience with freight elevator modernization 15%, Experience with passenger elevator modernization 15%, Staffing 7.5%, References 7.5%, Training capability for USPS employees 7.5%, Interim Maintenance 7.5%. TO ORDER A SOLICITATION PACKAGE: When calling or requesting a Solicitation package or a plan holders list, please ask for the "BID DESK" at Group Mackenzie 503-224-9560. Plan sets are $55.00, full sets only distributed. Make checks payable to "Disbursing Officer-USPS" and forward to "Bid Desk" Group Mackenzie, PO Box 69039, Portland OR 97201, include your name, company name, mailing address, phone and fax numbers (in case of amendment). Sets available June 28, 1999. Posted 06/23/99 (W-SN346227). (0174)

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