USDA Forest Service, Ketchikan Area, Tongass Nf, Federal Building, Ketchikan, AK 99901

Y -- BALLS LAKE TRAIL CONSTRUCTION, KETCHIKAN AREA, TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST SOL IFB R10-05-97-05 POC Contact Person, Robin Airozo (907) 228-6244, Contracting Officer, Steve Patton (907) 228-6240 E-MAIL: USDA Forest Service, Ketchikan Area, Contracting, webuy@ktn.net. We regret to inform you that Invitation for Bid No. R10-05-97-05 for Balls Lake Trail Construction project is cancelled. It was necessary to cancel this solicitation due to discovery of a number of significant techncial changes that had to be made to the project as well as budget constraints. We intend to readvertise this project in fiscal year 1998 pending fund availability. Any bids received will be returned unopened to the bidder in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 14.209(b). We appreciate the effort and time you took to review the solicitation and are sorry for the inconvenience this has caused you. (0258)

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