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Y -- MAINTENANCE DREDGING, DELAWARE RIVER, PHILADELPHIA TO THE SEA SOL DACW61-98-B-0010 DUE 052898 POC Michelle Bertoline, Contract Specialist, 215-656-6914 Contract consists of maintenance dredging of the following ranges of the Delaware River channel from stations 117+000 to 237+000: Marcus Hook, Cherry Island, Deepwater Point, and New Castle. Dredging will be performed to a depth of 35' to 45' plus 1' allowable overdepth limited by a vertical plane through the required depth contour. Dredging will be required to a distance of 25' outside the channel limits. The following disposal areas will be available for this work: Pedricktown North, Pedricktown South, Oldmans, Killcohook, Artificial Island, National Park, and Penns Neck. Contract Solicitation documents will be provided on CD-ROM. One CD-ROM will be provided free of charge upon receipt of a written request. Please provide a physical street address, telephone and fax number, Federal Tax Identification Number and business size. Bidders will be responsible for hard copies. Issue date for solicitation documents will be on or about 28 April 1998 with a bid opening date on or about 28 May 1998 at 11:00 a.m. Completion time for this project is 180 calendar days. Estimated cost range of the project is $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. Award of the contract will be made as a whole to one bidder. Liquidated damages will be specified. Affirmative action to insure equal employment opportunity is applicable to the resulting contract. This is an unrestricted acquisition. The SIC code is 1629 and the size standard is $13.5 million***** (0100)

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