DOI, Fish and Wildlife Service, CGS-Mail Stop 60181, P.O Box 25486, DFC, Denver, CO 80225

Z -- REPAIR REFUGE TOUR ROAD SOL 60181-9-B034 POC Germaine Sylliaasen, (303) 236-5412, x238 Z -- Furnish all labor, material and equipment required to rehabilate 9.6 miles of existing roadway. The work includes all site work, remove and stockpile the topsoil layer, shape, grade, condition and compact the native sand to form a roadway subgrade. Furnish, place and compact four inches of crushed rock material over the compacted subgrade. Furnish, place and compact an additional two inches of crushed rock surfacing material. Furnish and stockpile additional gravel surfacing material at designated locations within the project site for future maintenance of the roadway by Government personnel. In isolated, unstable areas roadway rehabilitation will incorporate a geotextile fabric placed between the roadway crushed rock and the sand subgrade. The project will also include furnishing and placing wire basket and mattress rock gabion lake shore erosion protection at designated locations. The location of the work is within the sandhills region of Northern Nebraska, at the Valentine National Wildlife Refuge, Valentine, Nebraska. The estimate value of the project is between $500,000.00 and $1,000,000.00. The contract period of performance will be 90 calendar days from the contractor's receipt of the notice to proceed. The issuance of a solicitation may include a Winter Shutdown Clause. This solicitation will be open to both small and large businesses. The solicitation may be requested via faxogram at (303) 236-4791. Please include your name, address, telephone number, and the solicitation number on your request. Posted 10/19/98 (W-SN263169). (0292)

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