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Y -- BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AT THE CRAB ORCHARD NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE NEAR MARION, ILLINOIS. SOL 1448-30181-98-B-009 DUE 042198 POC Richard L. Schreifels, Contracting Officer (612) 713-5277 WEB: 1448-30181-98-B-009, http://CBDNET.ACCESS.GPO.GOV. E-MAIL: </richard, Richard_Schreifels@MAIL.FWS.GOV. The project is for Replacement of the Little Wolf Creek Bridge at the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge near Marion, Illinois. This bridge construction shall include the installation of one 82' long x 22' wide laminated timber bridge with steel shell cast-in-place piling including tree removal, excavation, dewatering, concrete abutments and piers, deck construction, guardrails, miscellaneous metal work, shaping and grading of embankment, placement of plastic filter fabric and riprap, gravel, bituminous paving, backfilling, object markers, delineators, road reconstruction, and existing bridge removal. The estimated magnitude of construction is between $250,000 and $500,000. This project is part of the Small Business Competitive Demonstration Program and is not set aside exclusively for small business firms. SIC Code 1611. Solicitations may be ordered by fax (612) 725-1717 or by writing to the abobe address. Telephone requests will not be accepted. (0063)

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