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C -- A&E TO PILOT TEST WATER TREATMENT PLANT ON THE BLACKFEET INDIAN RESERVATION. SOL WATER TREATMENT 98 DUE 040698 POC Ms. Carole Boerner, Senior Field Engineer, Blackfeet Community Hospital, P.O. Box 670, Browning, Montana 59417 or call (406) 338-6157. A&E Services are required to perform preliminary engineering services and pilot testing for a proposed water treatment plant to be located on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, East Glacier Park, Montana. The preliminary engineering shall include evaluation of surface water alternatives, selection of an alternative, environmental assessment, site selection and cost estimate. Pilot testing will also be required during the peak run-off season (typically from May 15 through July 1) to assure the proposed water treatment plant will handle water approaching 400 NTU turbidity. The plant will be scheduled for construction in the 1999 construction season. The firm selected will be required to meet periodically with the liaison team which consists of members from the Blackfeet Tribe, the East Glacier Water and Sewer District, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Indian Health Service. Upon completion of the preliminary engineering, the firm may also be retained to perofrm construction inspection services. Firms are invited to submit (1) a letter of interest; (2) a SF 255, A/E and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Projects to the Blackfeet Tribe, Mr. Mike Tatsey, Director, Blackfeet Water Resources Department, P.O. Box 850, Browning, Montana 59417 by the close of business April 6, 1998. The estimated price range for this acquisition is between $25,000 and $100,000. The completion time for this firm fixed price acquisition is ninety (90) calendar days. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. (0058)

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