Commander, Pine Bluff Arsenal, 10-020 Kabrich Circle, Attn: SIOPB- PO, Pine Bluff, AR 71602-9500

44 -- DUST COLLECTION AND VACUUM SYSTEM SOL DAAA03-97-B-0001 DUE 112196 POC Virginia House, Contract Specialist, (501) 540-4091. This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice: Furnish all materials, equipment, supplies, labor and transportation required to furnish and install a dust collection/vacuum system for building 33-530 in accordance with Specification SMCPB-ET-1996-TS-8. The magnitude of this project is between $100,000.00 and $250,000.00. Location of work: Pine Bluff Arsenal, Pine Bluff, AR. A site visit is scheduled for November 6, 1996 at 0900 hours at building 17-120. Companies wishing to visit the site should contact Virginia House via fax, 501/540-3730 to notify of their intent to send a respresentative for the site visit. Visitors attending the site visit should report to building 17-130 to obtain visitors badge prior to the 9:00 meeting in bldg. 17-120. Date of issue (estimated) on or about October 21, 1996, opening date (estimated) on or aboaut November 21, 1996. Specification/drawings are available for inspection at the Directorate of Contracting, Plainview Complex, Bldg. 17-120, 10020 Kabrich Circle, Pine Bluff, AR 71602-9500 or interested sources may submit a request for solcitation documents via fax to 501/540-4090, answering machine 501/540-4095 or writeen request to the above address. An invitation for bids will follow. Frims that express an interest in this requirement and decline to submit a bid should advise whether they want to receive future prersolicitaiton notices. The solicitation issued as a result of this presolicitation notice will be 100% SET ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. (0278)

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