U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia Wanamaker Building, Room 643, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107

Y -- MAINTENANCE DREDGING, STA. 0+600 TO STA. 22+665, SCHUYLKILL RIVER, MOUTH TO UNIVERSITY AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA!! SOL DACW61-98-B-0011!! DUE 081298 POC Sandi Fletcher, Contract Specialist, (215) 656-6915!! The contract work consists of maintenance dredging from Sta. 0+600 to Sta. 20+487: Dredging of the 33 foot project will be required at a depth of 33' Schuylkill River datum plus 1foot allowable overdepth limited by a vertical plane through the 33' contour, with no side or end slopes delineated and/or paid for along both channel edges (box cut). Maintenane dredging from Sta. 20+487 to Sta. 22+665: Dredging of the 26 foot project will be required to a depth of 26' Schuylkill River datum plus 1 foot allowable overdepth limited by a vertical plane through the 26' contour, with no side or end slopes delineated and/or paid for along both channel edges (box cut). Contract solicitation documents will be provided on CD-ROM only. One CD-ROM will be provided upon written request. Bidders will be responsible for paper copies. Issue date for solicitation documents will be on or about 13 July 1998 with a bid opening date of 12 August 1998 at 11:00 a.m. Additional copies of the CD-ROM will be provided at a charge of $5.00 each. All requests for additional copies of the CD-ROM should be in writing along with a company check which must include your Federal Tax Identification Number, or a Personal Check with Social Security Number or a Driver's License or Money Order, all made payable to "FAO, USAED, NORFOLK". Payment will not be refunded and CD's need not be returned. Please provide a physical street address, telephone number and fax mnumber. Completion time for the project is 120 calendar days. Estimated cost range of the project is $1,000,000.00 to $5,000,000.00. All contractrors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration Database prior to award of the contract. Instructions will be provided in the solicitation. Award of contract will be made as a whole to one bidder. Liquidated damages will be specified. Affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunity is applicable to the resulting contract. This acquisition is unrestricted. The applicable SIC Code for the job is 1629 with a size standard of $13.5 million dollars***** Posted 06/26/98 (0177)

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