D.O.I., U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Branch of Construction Contracting, P.O. Box 25207-DFC, Denver, CO 80225-0207

Z -- REPAIR APPROXIMATELY 4,900 FEET OF EXISTING DIKES, RIDGEFIELD NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE COMPLEX, RIDGEFIELD, CLARK COUNTY, WASHINGTON SOL IFB 1448-98695-97-B505 DUE 093097 POC Point of Contact -- Albert S. Lubran, Contracting Officer (303) 987-6811 E-MAIL: D.O.I., U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Denver, CO, 62772536@eln.attmail.com. The contractor shall furnish all necessary materials, permits, labor and equipment to construct dike repairs along approximately 4,900 feet of existing dikes. Work includes selective cutting of existing trees; regrading and excavating steepened existing eroded slope, including underwater excavation of a new trench, installing geotextile on regraded slopes and in the key trench; placing riprap, riprap bedding, and quarry spalls on the geotextile, and replacing and anchoring salvaged trees and root wads underwater along the toe of the newly constructed riprap slopes. Performance time for this contract shall be 110 calendar days after receiving notice to proceed. The estimated cost of this project if between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. This acquisition is unrestricted. The estimated date of issuance of the IFB is August 20, 1997. All requests for the IFB must be in writing, by mail or facsimile. Send fax requests to (303) 987-6819, Attn: Albert S. Lubran. (AC0724045-11) (0205)

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