USDA, Forest Service, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, 420 Barrett Street, Dillon, MT 59725

Z -- MUSKRAT CREEK TRAIL NO. 72 SOL RFQ R1-02-98-118 DUE 071598 POC Sharon Sawyer, Procurement Technician, (406) 683-3921 E-MAIL: Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, ssawyer/r1_b-d@fs.fed.us. Work consists of 3 miles of construction, 1.4 miles of reconstruction, drainage work and 2.1 miles of obliteration. Includes clearing, grubbing, excavation, shallow stream fords, borrow, turnpike, filter fabric, leadoff ditches, switchbacks, PE pipe, rock waterbars, treated timber waterbars, log stringer bridge, puncheon bridge, approach fill, geocell and rock removal. Jefferson RD, Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF, Jefferson County, MT. Est. start work is 7/20/98; contract time is 429 calendar days. Price range is between $25,000 and $100,000. Package will be available on or about 6/15/98. Not Set-Aside for Small Business. (0149)

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