U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, Attention: MP-3810, 2800 Cottage Way, Room E-2711, Sacramento, CA 95825-1898

Y -- FISH SCREEN STRUCTURE EXTENSION, FISH SCREEN STRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, GLENN-COLUSA IRRIGATION DISTRICT, CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT IMPROVEMENT ACT, CALIFORNIA SOL 1425-98-SP-20-20028 DUE 022098 POC Kathy Kurtz (916) 978-5137 (for copies of solicitation), Jim McDonough (916) 978-5139 (Contracting Officer) E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer via e-mail., jmcdonough@mp.usbr.gov. The work is situated approximately 25 miles northeast of Willows, California in Glenn County. The primary features of the work include; driving Government- furnished steel sheet piling for cofferdams; designing, furnishing, installing, and operating dewatering and unwatering systems; removing existing access ramp; furnishing and driving steel HP-piles for bearing capacity under the fish screen structure extension; excavating for structures, a pumping plant forebay extension, and bypass pipe trenches; backfilling about structures and in bypass pipe trenches; furnishing and placing riprap; furnishing and laying 54 inch diameter bypass pipes. The contractor has the option of furnishing and laying high density polyethylene pipe or steel line pipe for the bypass pipes; constructing the fish screen structure extension with 15 new concrete bays. Each bay will be 36 feet long across the face, 33 feet wide, and 29 feet high; constructing other concrete structures including water control structure, bypass outletstructure, and bridge; furnishing and erecting precast prestressed concrete voided slabs on top of the fish screen structure extension bays; furnishing and erecting structural steel for a removable bridge; furnishing and installing miscellaneous metalwork; furnishing and installing the following for the extended structure: motor-operated adjustable weirs, bulkheads and trashracks, steel piping, fish screens, adjustable baffles, barrier panels, dredge bay panels, and fish screen guides; furnishing and installing electrical grounding system, conduit system, insulated conductors, and power receptacles for the extended fish screen structure; furnishing and installing luminaires, lighting standards and bases, and wiring devices for lighting systems for the extended fish screen structure. Award will be made pursuant to the "Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program." Contractors do not have to be a small business to submit an offer under this program. Technical proposals must be submitted and will be evaluated in addition to prices. To request a copy of the solicitation, send a check or money order in the amount of $20, payable to the US Bureau of Reclamation, to the above address, and reference the above solicitation number. Charge includes solicitation, drawings, and US postage, and is not refundable. (0338)

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