USDA Forest Service, Siskiyou National Forest, 200 NE. Greenfield Road, P.O. Box 440, Grants Pass, Oregon 97528-0242

Z -- CULVERT REPLACEMENT (204) -- WESTSIDE ENGINEERING ZONE (GOLD BEACH RANGER DISTRICT) SOL 98-58C DUE 082898 POC Contracting Officer, Clyde Hooper, 541/471-6600 Work includes removing and replacing 14 culverts, installing two culverts in new locations, cleaning culverts, and constructing waterbars, drain dips, and ditches. Estimated price range is between S25,000 and S100,000. Estimated issue date of the solicitation is on or about July 31, 1998. Contract time is approximately 90 calendar days and estimated beginning date is September 15, 1998. The successful quoter will be required to furnish payment protection in the amount of 50 percent of the total contract price. This procurement is unrestricted (full and open competition) pursuant to P.L. 100-656, Small Business Competitive Demonstration Act. This solicitation is funded under the Jobs-in-the-Woods Initiative which limits competition to those firms or individuals who are located within the following counties in Washington, Oregon, and California: Washington counties are Chelan, Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Douglas, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kittitas, Kitsap, Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Okanogan, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Thurston, Wahkaikum, Whatcom, and Yakima; Oregon counties are Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Curry, Deschutes, Douglas, Hood River, Jackson, Jefferson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Wasco, Washington, and Yamhill; California counties are Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity. Requests for this solicitation may be sent to the address listed above or may be e-mailed to /s=as/ou1=r06f11a@mhs-fsbo.attmail.com (lower case) and must include name, address, zip code, telephone number, and the solicitation number referenced above. Posted 07/08/98. (0189)

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