U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, Fort Worth District, P.O. Box 17300, 819 Taylor Street, Attn: CESWF-CT, Fort Worth, TX 76102-0300

Y -- BORDER PATROL STATION, LAREDO, TEXAS SOL DACW63-98-B-0046 DUE 090998 POC Leslie E. Guy, Contract Specialist, (817/978-5062) WEB: US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil. E-MAIL: Leslie E. Guy, Contract Specialist, (817/978-5062), leslie.e.guy@swf02.usace.army.mil. Construction of a new Border Patrol Station to serve 300 Border Patrol Agents. In addition to the main station building, there will also be kennels and paving. Also included will be furniture and casing, security systems, closed circuit television. Site development will include covered and uncovered parking, a fuel island and fuel tanks, a car wash with canopy, landscaping, emergency generator, conduit and support building for a radio tower, security fence and lights. The solicitation will be provided in an electronic format, free of charge, to all registered plan holders. The media through which the Government chooses to issue this solicitation will be in one of the following: compact disk only, compact disk and Internet, Internet only. This solicitation will not be issued in paper. Notification of amendments shall be made either by one of the following, or by any combination of the following: fax, 3.5" floppy disk, compact disk, or posted to the Internet only. Contractors may view and/or download solicitation information from the Internet at "http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil". Estimated Cost Range: $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. Solicitation to be issued on or about 6 Aug 98. Bid opening on or about 9 Sep 98. Duration of contract 450 days. This is a 100% Small Business Set Aside. See Note 1. SIC Code for this procurement is 1542, Small Business Size Standard is $17 million. Offers from all responsible sources will be considered. Posted 07/23/98 (W-SN227812). (0204)

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