U.S. Army Engineer District, San Francisco, COE ATTN: CESPN-CT, 333 Market Street, Room 704, San Francisco, CA 94105-2197

Y -- Y -- MAINTENANCE DREDGING, PETALUMA RIVER CHANNEL, ACROSS THE FLATS, MARIN AND SONOMA COUNTIES, CA SOL DACW07-98-B-0011 DUE 080798 POC Contract Specialist, Karen Aldridge (415) 977-8498 PROJECT TITLE: Maintenance Dredging, Petaluma River Channel, Across the Flats, Marin and Sonoma Counties, California. This project is "unrestricted". PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Work consist of Maintenance dredging of approximately 211,800,000 cubic yards of material to provide a project depth of minus 8 feet MLLW, plus 1 foot allowable overdepth, and disposing of all dredged material in the designated Government-furnished open water disposal area (SF-10) or an alternate Contractor-furnished land disposal area. The SIC Code is 1629, FSC code Y216, and business size standard $17.0 million. The estimated cost range is $1,000,000.00 to $5,000,000.00. The period of performance is 30 calendar days. Requests for copies of the solicitation (plans and & specifications) are to be in writing not later than July 24,1998 after such time, copies will be made available while supplies last. Cost per set is $9.00, this includes specifications and drawings. Subcontracting Plan is required if contractor is large business and contract is over( $1 million for construction) contractor is required to submit a subcontracting plan prior to award. Because a limited number of of bid sets will be reproduced, copies are limited to one set per firm. Payment by company check, certified check or money order, payable to: F&AO, USAED, SACTO. Requests must be submitted along with payment by mail, or in person to USAED, San Francisco, ATTN: CESPN-CT, 333 Market Street, 708-G, San Francisco, CA 94105-2197. Do not address to the contract specialist for this will delay your order. Firms are requested to provide: (1) company name; (2) physical address; mailing address; E-mail address; (5) telephone number; facsimile number; and (7) solicitation number of the project. Please note that all contractors and potential contractors must register with the Central Contractor Registration database. See DFAR clause "252-204-7004" in bid set. You may call 1-888-CCR-2423 to obtain a registration packet, and then mail or fax the form directly to the centralcontractor registration assistance center or the the form is for registering via the internet at: HTTP: www.acq.osd.mil/ec. POC for technical information, Chris Shields, (415) 977-8570 or Marc McGovern, (415) 977-8467. (0170)

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