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W -- RENTAL OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT WITH OPERATORS ON THE BOISE, PAYETTE, SAWTOOTH & HUMBOLDT-TOIYABE NATIONAL FORESTS SOL RFQ 2QR4-035-98 DUE 040298 POC Stanley R. Bird, Contracting Officer, 208-373-4130; Request for Solicitation, Ethel Hill, 208-373-4128 E-MAIL: To request solicitation, ehill/r4_boise@fs.fed.us. Commercial Item Acquisition for Heavy Equipment Rental with operators, to include but not limited to, dozers, dump trucks, loaders, backhoes, graders, excavators, and water trucks. Est. start work date is 5/98 through 12/98. This will be a multi year contract for three years. See Numbered Note #1. (0030)

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