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

Z -- EQUIPMENT RENTAL WITH OPERATOR SOL FWS1-96104 DUE 091996 POC Contact: Bid package requests, Sandy Stevens, (503) 872-2760 Requirements contract to provide heavy equipment (crawler-dozer, wheel loader, hydraulicexcavator, tractor backhoe loader, and dump truck) with operators, for projects related to themaintenance, restoration, and/or construction of dikes, removal of gravel and rock in the BigQuilcene or Penny Creek, and related work on the Quilcene National Fish Hatchery nearQuilcene, Washington. The contract period shall run from date of contract awardthrough September 30, 1997 with options for two additional years. The scheduled issue date isAugust 19, 1996. The issue date is an estimate only. The actual bid opening date shall be 30 daysafter issuance. The total annual contract amount is estimated not to exceed $100,000.(0218)

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