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F -- HAND SITE PREPARATION AND HAND TREE PLANTING SOL FS-WOC-98-448 DUE 072398 POC Julia B. Cain, Contracting Officer, telephone 601/965-4391, Ext. 127 WEB: cbd_submit@gpo.gov, http://www.fs.gov. Furnish all labor, materials, equipment, tools, transportation, supervision, supplies, and perform all work required to hand site prepare with chemicals216 acres, hand plant 125 acres of Longleaf pine tublings, hand plant 120 acres of Shash & Loblolly pine seedlings, perform foliar spray release of 151 acres, and perform 179 acres of habitat improvement, De Soto Ranger District, De Soto National Forest, Perry, Forrest, Jackson, Stone, Pearl River, and Harrison counties, Mississippi. Contract time is approximately August, 1998, through March, 1999. Successful contractor must possess a current Mississippi Pesticide Applicator's license. The base contract period will be one (1) year with four (4) one year option periods. The proposed procurement listed herein is totally set aside for Small Business concerns. (0162)

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