Gifford Pinchot National Forest, 10600 NE 51st Circle, Vancouver, WA 98682

Y -- REQUIREMENT TYPE/MULTIPLE AWARD ROAD CONSTRUCTION/RECONSTRUCTION/DECOMMISSIONING SOL R6-3-98-007 AND R6-3-98-008 DUE 042598 POC Kathy Haluschak (360) 891-5080 R6-3-98-007 ($25,000 TO $90,000) AND R6-3-98-008 ($90,000 TO $1,000,000) ROAD CONSTRUCTION/RECONSTRUCTION/DECOMMISSIONING, REQUIREMENT TYPE CONTRACTS FOR A 5-YEAR PERIOD. ANTICIPATE MULTIPLE AWARD CONTRACTS, TASK ORDERS WILL BE ISSUED FOR INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS. WORK INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO: STAKING AND ASSOCIATED SURVEYING, CLEARING AND GRUBBING, EXCAVATION, EMBANKMENT, INSTALLING NEW CULVERTS AND PULLING OUT OLD CULVERTS, RIPRAP HEADWALLS AND OUTLET APRONS, CONSTRUCTION OF A REINFORCED SOIL EMBANKMENT UTILIZING GEOGRID MATERIAL AND SELECT BACKFILL, DRILLING AND SHOOTING, FURNISH AND PLACE CRUSHED AGGREGATE AND HOT BITUMINOUS PLANT MIX, SEEDING AND FERTILIZING. CONTRACTORS WILL BE ASKED TO GIVE PRICES ON A "SAMPLE PROJECT". WE INTEND TO HAVE TWO GROUPS OF AWARDEES, $90,000 AND OVER (FULLY BONDED) ON R6-3-98-008 AND $25,000 TO $90,000 (PAYMENT PROTECTION REQUIRED) R6-3-98-007. A PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 AT 9:00 AT THE GIFFORD-PINCHOT FOREST HEADQUARTERS OFFICE MAIN CONFERENCE ROOM. COPIES OF THESE SOLICITATIONS MAYBE ORDERED THROUGH OUR WEB SITE AT www.fs.fed.us/gpnf. (0074)

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