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Y -- MAINTENANCE DREDGING, DELAWARE RIVER, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA TO TRENTON, NEW JERSEY SOL DACW61-97-B-0011 DUE 060497 POC Daniel P. McGovern, 215-656-6894 The work to be performed under this contract will involve maintenance dredging at various location between Stations 102+177 to 122+600 to a required depth of 42 feet and a 1 foot overdepth, limited by a vertical plane through a 42 foot contour. Specifications and full size drawings will be furnished at $15.00 a set. Issue date for the plans and specifications is on/or about 2 May 1997 with a bid opening date on/or about 4 June 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 number 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 180 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 $13.5 million. (0094)

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