USDA-Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Okanogan National Forest, 1240 S. Second Ave., Okanogan, WA. 98840

Y -- REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF CULVERTS ON THE TWISP RANGER DISTRICT, LOCATED ON THE OKANOGAN NATIONAL FOREST SOL R6-8-97-Q11 POC Contact Point. Rita Robson 509/826-3392, Procurement Assistant The work consists of removal and disposal of 2 culverts. The road will be reconstructed as a rolling drain dip that will serve as a ford during high stream flows. The roadbed will be excavated below the designed grade in the area of the ford and backfilled with riprap and topped with crushed aggregate for a running surface. A row of gabions will be placed along the lower side of the ford. The fill slope will be ripraped where the stream flows. Construction staking will be performed by the contractor. The excess excavation will be hauled to the dumped on a nearby abandoned roadbed. Intermintent traffic with delays will be allowed though the project site during construction. All riprap and crushed aggregate needed for the project is "Government Furnished Material". This is an unrestricted solicitation. Estimated price range is between S25,000 -- S100,000. Estimated start work date is September 1997 (0119)

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