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 FWS1-97004(DB) DUE 100196 POC Contact: Sandy Stevens, Procurement Technician, (503) 872-2760 or Dot Baker, Contracting Officer, (503) 231-6188 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) invites proposals to provide heavy equipment (crawler loader, wheel loader, hydraulic excavator, tractor backhoe loader, and dump truck) with operators, for projects related to the maintenance, restoration, and/or construction of wetlands, water delivery systems,dikes and related work on the Kakahaia National Wildlife Refuge, located on the island of Molokai, Hawaii. The contract period will be from date of issue to September 30, 1997, 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/demobilization, and (4) Time requiredto mobilize. (0229)

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