Department of Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/CGS/DB, 911 N.E. 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232-4181

W -- RENTAL OF EQUIPMENT WITH OPERATOR Sol. FWS1-96025(DB). Due 040296. Contact: Sandy Stevens, Procurement Technician, (503) 872-2760 or Dot Baker, Contracting Officer, (503) 231-6188. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service invites proposals to provide earth-moving equipment (elevating scrapers, crawler-dozer, motor grader, and track excavator) with operations for projects related to the maintenance, rehabilitation, and/or construction of wetlands, water delivery systems, dikes, and related work on the Kem and Pixley National Wildlife Refuges in Kern and Tular Counties, California. The contract period will be from date of award to September 30, 1996, with two one-year options. Total annual work under the contract will not exceed $100,000. Proposals will be evaluated by a selection committee of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel based upon the following criteria in order of importance; (1) Adequacy of the equipment to perform the work, (2) Hourly rental rate, (3) Mobilization/demonstration, and (4) Time required to mobilize. (039)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0176 19960214\W-0002.SOL)