US Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia, Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107

Y -- MAINTENANCE DREDGING, WILMINGTON HARBOR, CHRISTINA RIVER, DELAWARE SOL DACW61-96-B-0052. Due 100196. Contact Daniel P McGovern, Contract Specialist, 215-656-6894. Dredging will be required from station 0+000+0 to station 1+975 to a depth of 35' MLW (Christina River datum) plus 1' allowable overdepth with no side slopes delineated and/or paid for along the south channel edge. Dredging will be required to a distance of 25 feet outside the north channel edge when required dredging depths exist inside the channel along the perimeter of the north edge, with no side slopes delineated and/or paid for. Dredging will be required from station 1+975 to station 6+236 to a depth of 38' MLW (Christina River Datum) plus 1' allowable overdepth, with no side slopes delineated and/or paid for along the south channel edge. Dredging will be required to a distance of 25 feet outside the north channel and north turning basin edges from station 1+975 to station 4+050, when required dredging depths exist inside the channel and basin, along the perimeter of the aforementioned north limits, with no slopes delineated and/or paid for. The north dredging limits from station 4+050 to station 6+236 should depict a 1'V on 3'H slope along the channel entrance widening (flare). Specifications and full size drawings will be furnished at $15.00 a set. Issue date for the plans and specifications is on/or about 3 October 1996 with a bid opening date of 5 November 1996 at 11:00 am. All checks are to be drawn to ``FAO, USAED, NORFOLK.'' All requests should be made in writing to the attention of Mr Daniel P McGovern. A social security number or your Federal Tax Identification Number must be written on your check or money order. All requests must include physical address, telephone number, fax number, point of contact and business size. Payment will not be refunded and specifications need not be returned. Completion time for the project is 50 calendar days. Estimated cost range of this project is $500,000.00 to $1,000,000.00. Award of the contract will be made as a whole to one bidder. Liquidated damages will be specified. Affirmative action to insure equal employment opportunity is applicable to the resulting contract. This is an unrestricted acquisition. The SIC Code is 1629 with a size standard of $13.5 million. (257)

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