DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations Company, Management and Operations Contractor for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Program, 850 South Clearview Parkway, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123

Z -- CONSOLIDATED LIFE EXTENSION PROGRAM SOL WHB-97-011 POC Bill Bottomley, Subcontract Manager, (504) 734-4304. Consolidated Life Extension Program in support of the Department of Energy, Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) Program. The effort will involve the use of subcontractor-furnished labor, material, equipment, tools, supervision, and transportation, required to perform construction work associated with the Consolidated Life Extension Program, at the Big Hill SPR Site, in Winnie, Jefferson County, Texas. The work includes (1) installation of welded and flanged process piping, ranging from 1-1/2-inch to 42-inch, (2) plant electrical system revisions up to 35 KV, (3) instrumentation and control system upgrades, including fiber-optic cable installation, (4) setting and alignment of pumps and motors up to 2000 horsepower, (5) handling and setting of large process equipment up to 90 tons, (6) concrete foundation installation for process equipment, (7) excavation and backfill for foundations for process piping tie-ins up to 20 feet deep, and (8) trenching and backfill for process header piping installation. The work to be performed is best classified under Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 1629, (Heavy Construction, Except Dredging, Not Elsewhere Classified). The magnitude of this requirement is anticipated to be more than $15,000,000.00, and will be an unrestricted procurement. A solicitation is expected to be issued around the middle to end of May, 1997. In order to participate in the solicitation process, interested parties must be pre-qualified and determined eligible by DynMcDermott. In order to receive a copy of the pre-qualification document, each interested party must submit a written request to the above address, attention Bill Bottomley, Mail Stop EF-42. The written request may be transmitted by Facsimile to (504) 734-4502. All requests for the pre-qualification document must be received no later than March 14, 1997. Requests received after that date may be rejected, with the companies precluded from participation in the solicitation process. (0052)

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