Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 36900, Billings, Montana 59107-6900

Y -- RINCON BAYOU NUECES MARSH WETLANDS RESTORATION & ENHANCEMENT PROJECT, TEXAS. SOL 1425-5-SI-60-07630. DUE 082295. Contact Lynnette Knipps, Acquisition Assistant, 406/247-7812 or Chris Woegens, Contracting Officer, 406/247-7817. The work to be performed includes excavating the Nueces River overflow channel, approximately 800 feet in length with bottom width of 40 feet and improving (widening) the existing Rincon Bayou channel at two locations totalling approximately 600 feet in length with channel bottom widening of about 40 feet. The estimated price range of the work is $25,001 to $100,000. The work area is situated near the Gulf Coast approximately 10 miles northwest of Corpus Christi in Patricio County, Texas. Solicitation packages are anticipated to be available July 21, 1995. Requests for solicitations should be received on or before August 08, 1995. The bid opening is tentatively scheduled for August 22, 1995, at the office of the Bureau of Reclamation, Austin Reclamation Field Office, 300 East 8th Street, Room 801, Austin, Texas. The contract completion time is 60 calendar days. There is no charge for the first copy of the solicitation, additional sets will be provided upon receipt of a nonrefundable check or money order of $9.00 each. After issuance, the solicitation may be viewed, without charge, at the following offices of the Bureau of Reclamation: Austin Reclamation Field Office; Oklahoma-Texas Area Office, 420 West Main Street, Suite 630, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; or Great Plains Regional Office, Federal Building, Room 2005, 316 North 26th Street, Billings, Montana. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the Bureau of Reclamation. For this acquisition, the small business size standard is $17,000,000 and the standard industrial classification code is 1629. (178)

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