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Y -- HIGHWAY/ROADS CONSTRUCTION SOL SB-96-0014 DUE 071796 POC Carolyn Richards, Contracting Officer, 602-379-6760. Project UOIR Consolidated No. 15, to place aggregate base course, prime coat and chip seal on 6.727 km of roadway on Route 171; crack cleaning and sealing and chip seal on 21.852 km of roadway, Routes 7 and 17; total project length 28.579 km, on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation, Duchesne and Uintah Counties, Utah. Estimated price range: $500,000.00 to $1,000,000.00. Issue date o/a 17 JUN 96. Opening date o/a 17 JUL 96. Procurement 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.'' Written requests only. (0145)

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