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Y -- HIGHWAY/ROAD CONSTRUCTION SOL SB-96-0010 DUE 070396 POC Carolyn Richards, Contracting Officer, 602-379-6760. Project No. YSIR Consolidated No. 1, to grade, drain, place aggregate base and applying of a dust palliative on 7.665 miles of roadway on Routes 1, 2, 5 and 213, on the Yomba Shoshone Indian Reservation, Nye County, Nevada. Estimated price range: $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. Issue date o/a 03 JUN 96. Opening date o/a 03 JUL 96. Procurements will be set aside for Indian-owned firms under the ''Buy Indian Act,'' 25 U.S.C. 47. 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. Indian firms bidding under this Act must self-certify they are eligible under the ''Buy Indian Act.'' (0130)

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