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

Z -- CLEANING & REPAINTING OF TAINTER GATES, LAVON LAKE, WYLIE, TEXAS SOL DACW63-99-B-0006 DUE 122298 POC May Lauber, Contract Specialist, 817/978-7443 WEB: Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, Contracting, http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil/. E-MAIL: May Lauber, Contract Specialist, may.c.lauber@swf02.usace.army.mil. Work will consist of cleaning and repainting 12 existing tainter gates at Lavon Lake, Wylie, Texas. Gates shall be cleaned and painted on site, in place. Work includes incidentals such as lubrication, providing new gaskets and the complete containment of paint debris. Gate numbers 1 through 4 will be bid as a base bid item with gates 5 through 12 bidding as separate option items. Estimated cost range: $1,000,000.00 to $5,000,000.00. Solicitation to be issued on or about 20 November 1998. Bid opening on or about 22 December 1998. Duration of the contract is approximately 200 days for the base bid and 45 additional days to paint each additional gate when an option is exercised. Offers from all qualified business concerns are solicited. If a large business concern is selected for this announcement, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 clause regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on the work that it intends to subcontract. The Fort Worth District goals are as follows (expressed as a percentage of the contractor's total planned subcontract amount): Small Business 61.2%; Small Disadvantaged Business 9.1%; Woman-Owned Business 4.5%; Historically Black Colleges & Universities/Minority Institutions (where applicable) 9.4%. SIC code for this project is 1799 and the size standard is $7 million. NO EXPRESS MAIL PROCEDURES WILL BE UTILIZED ON INITIAL MAILINGS OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. All responsible sources may submit a bid, which will be considered by the agency. Posted 10/26/98 (W-SN265414). (0299)

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