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Y -- ROAD CONSTRUCTION SOL SB-95-0018 due 042095. Contact Rebecca Smith, Contract Specialist, (602) 379-6760, or Carolyn Richards, Contracting Officer, (602) 379-6760. Project FAIR Emergency Relief for Federal Owned Roads (ERFO), for the repair and replacement of eight (8) sites damaged by flooding on Routes 1, 29, 35, 48, 55, 60 and 70 on the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation, Navajo, Gila and Apache Counties, Arizona. Estimated price range: $250,000.00 to $500,000.00. Issue date o/a 20 MAR 95. Opening date o/a 20 APR 95. THIS PROCUREMENT IS SET-ASIDE FOR INDIAN-OWNED AND CONTROLLED FIRMS UNDER THE ``BUY INDIAN ACT,'' 25 U.S.C. 47. Indian firms desiring consideration must self-certify they are ``Buy Indian'' eligible. Section 7(b) of P.L. 93-638 (25 U.S.C. 450e) requires that preference opportunities in employment and training be given to Indian/Alaska Native individuals and that preference in award of subcontracts be given to Indian/Alaska Native economic enterprises. Failure by the contractor to submit a plan for doing so prior to award and implement same after award shall be sufficient reasons for non-award to termination of contract for default. (053)

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