Department of the Army, St. Paul District, Corps of Engineers, 190 Fifth Street East, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-1638

Z -- MECHANICAL DREDGING, MISSISSIPPI AND MINNESOTA RIVERS, MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN, AND IOWA SOL DACW37-96-B-0007 DUE 031896 POC Bruce Stephenson at (612) 290-5418/Contracting Officer, F.J. Mitchell at (612) 290-5763 Work consists of, but is not limited to, furnishing all plant, labor, material and equipment necessary for dredging with backhoe, dragline, or other mechanical equipment or marine plant for transporting material to disposal site. Completion date for the basic is December 1, 1996. A firm fixed price contract will be issued for the basic and two option periods. The proposed contract will be issued as 100% set-aside for small business concerns. To be considered small, a firm must perform dredging of at least 40 percent of the yardage with its own dredging equipment or equipment owned by another small dredging concern. SIC Code - 1629; Small Business Size Standard is 13.5 million. The estimated magnitude of construction in terms of physical characteristics and estimated price range is between $500,000 and $1,000,000 for the basic and each of the two option periods, and between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 for the total. Plans and specifications are expected to be available approximately February 16, 1996, with bid opening on or about March 18, 1996. Plans and specifications will be furnished upon written request only, with a non-refundable charge of $10.00. Please address your order to the attention of the Contractng Division (address as listed above) and specify Solicitation No. DACW37-96-B-0007 when ordering. No telephone request will be accepted. Plans and specifications are available on a first-come, first-serve basis and may be purchased in person in the Contracting Division Office, on the 8th floor of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Centre, Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (0028)

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