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Z -- BEACHFILL, GREAT EGG HARBOR INLET AND PECK BEACH, OCEAN CITY, NEW JERSEY SOL DACW61-97-B-0021 DUE 052097 POC Daniel P. McGovern, 215-656-6894 The work to be performed under this contract will involve the placement of approximately 1,100,000 cubic yards of sand between Seaview Road Groin (north of 1st Street) and 36th Street, obtained from a borrow area located approximately one (1) mile offshore near Great Egg Harbor Inlet. The contract may include three (3) options for additional beachfill. Specifications and full size drawings will be furnished at a price of $20.00 a set. Issue date for the plans and specifications is on/or about 18 April 1997 with a bid opening date of on/or about 20 May 1997 at 11:00am. All requests should be made in writing to the attention of Mr. Daniel P. McGovern. Checks and money orders are to be made payable to "FAO, USAED, NORFOLK." Company checks must include a social security number or your Federal Tax Identification Number. Personal checks must include a social security or a driver's license number. All requests must include a physical street 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 150 calendar days. Estimated cost range of the project is $1,000,000.00 to $5,000,000.00. 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 $17.0 million. (0070)

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