U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Contracting and General Services, 300 Westgate Center Drive, Hadley, MA 01035-9589

Y -- ATLANTIC SALMON RESTORATION FACILITY SOL 501818B004 DUE 061298 POC Ann Marie Beauregard, Contracting Officer (413)-253-8243 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service invites bids for construction of the Atlantic Salmon Restoration Facility in East Orland, Hancock County, Maine which includes new building construction and modifications to the existing hatchery building. The new facility is approximately 36,000 square feet in area which is dedicated to fish rearing and production. The upper floor level will provide an additional 13,000 square feet of space to meet staff, operational and maintenance, and visitor outreach requirements. The project includes the construction of river specific, segregated, incubation, fry rearing and broodstock holding areas, general staff/facility support areas and a visitors outreach area, all sitework including earthwork, site grading, surface restoration, paving and landscaping, site electrical and lighting, process and drainage piping, and sanitary wastewater disposal system. The project includes an 1,800 sq.ft. building addition and modifications to the existing water treatment facility including piping modifications and instrumentation improvements. Also included in the project is construction of the Craig Pond pipeline, approximately 3,300 linear feet of 18-inch diameter polyethylene transmission pipe and shallow (800 linear ft.) and deep (1,800 linear ft.) water intakes from the pond to the existing water treatment facility; improvements to the existing domestic water system; demolition of the existing Visitors Center; construction of a new forcemain (1,000 linear ft.) from the existing pumpstation to the water treatment facility; and demolition of the existing raceways. Requests for bid package must be submitted in writing to the address above to the attention of Ann Marie Beauregard, Contracting Officer. Requests must be accompanied by a check/money order made out to "U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service" in the amount of $125 which is non-refundable. Requests for the bid package must include the name of company, address, telephone and FAX numbers, and a point of contact, and should reference the solicitation number listed above. This is an unrestricted procurement and shall be open to any responsible and responsive bidder. For certification purposes, SIC code is 1542; business size is $17.0 million. Construction estimate is $5-10 million. (0107)

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