U.S. Army Engineers District, Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers, Attn: Sherrel Sholar-Jackson, P.O. Box 1890, Wilmington, NC 28402-1890

B -- UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGICAL SERVICES SOL DACW54-98-R-0018 DUE 073198 POC D. Abb Stallings 910-251-4785 Indefinite Quantity Contract for Continuing Underwater Archaeological Services at Federally Liscensed and Federally Funded Projects for the Wilmington District NC, VA, SC, and GA. Individual Delivery Orders to be issued by the Contracting Officer (CO) will result from Descriptions of Work issued to the Contractor, which will be the basis of negotiations regarding the scheduling and personnel required to accomplish the proposed work. The proposed services will be obtained by an Indefinite Quantity, Competitively Negotiated, Firm Fixed-Price, Service Contract with the period of services for one (1) year with two (2) Option Years, starting approximately 2 November 1998. Firms responding to this announcement will be sent Request for Proposal (RFP) No. DACW54-98-R-0018 O/A 1 July 1998, with Proposals due O/A 31 July 1998. The factors to be used in evaluating the Proposals and their relative order of importance will be included in the RFP. Requests shall be made in writing or by FAX (910)251-4454 to the attention of D. Abb Stallings. This Solicitation is a 100% Set-Aside for Small Business. The Small Business Size Standard is $5 million. SIC: 8999. (0167)

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