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F -- HAND TREE PLANTING, LAKE WENATCHEE & LEAVENWORTH RANGER DISTRICT, CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON SOL RFP R6-17-97-02 DUE 011597 POC Ellen Kinamon, 509/662-4234 Hand Tree Planting - Lake Wenatchee and Leavenworth Ranger Districts. This project has been set-aside for a SBA certified 8(a) minority business. Requests for bid packages will be accepted and kept on a list. These bid requests will be filled ONLY IF we are unable to agree on price with the 8(a) firm. A modification will be issued to this CBD if 8(a) set-aside is lifted due to failed negotiations, and open market bids will be accepted. Estimated number of acres to be planted on the Lake Wenatchee District is 400 and Leavenworth District is 500. Bid bond is required. A Washington State Farm/Forest Contractor's License & Migrant Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Act Registration Number is required for this project. Contract time for the Lake Wenatchee District is 25 calendar days and Leavenworth District is 47 calendar days. Item 7-1 on the Leavenworth District is set-aside for Jobs-in-the-Woods. This means that this one item is set-aside to provide increased employment opportunities for workers displaced from their jobs by reduced timber harvesting on Federal Lands in Washington, Oregon and Norhern California. Competition is limited to ''affected areas'' (ie; County) in the above listed states. You may find out the ''affected areas'' by calling the above listed phone number. For the Lake Wenatchee Items - See Note(s): 1. (0332)

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