USDA, Forest Service, Lolo National Forest, Attn: Contracting, Building 24, Fort Missoula, Missoula MT 59801

F -- FISH LAKE II TRAIL/EQUIPMENT RENTAL Sol R1-16-95-598. Due 050495. Contact Point, Audrey Boller, 406/329-3764, Contracting Officer, Susan Beron, 406/329-3769. The Forest Service requires approximately 400 hours of tracked excavator rental on a fully operated basis for work to include excavation on road cuts and fills, repairing eroded sections, obliterating short sections, removing berms, constructing drainage dips and ditches. The project is located on the Sula Ranger District, Bitterroot National Forest, Ravalli County, MT. Bids are due May 4, 1995. The estimated start work date is July 14, 1995. Contract time will be 75 calendar days. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. The proposed contract is a 100 percent small business, labor surplus area set-aside. (073)

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