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Y -- MAINTENANCE DREDGING, LEASE OF PLANT, NEW JERSEY INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY SOL DACW61-99-B-0005 DUE 021999 POC William A. Bailey, 215-656-6932 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the issuing office by e-mail., William A. Bailey@usace.army.mil. Maintenance dredging of the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway (Barnegat and Cold Spring Inlets and adjacent New Jersey waterways) through Lease of Plant that will include a 12"-14" dredge with operating personnel, a tugboat with operating personnel, a dozer with operator, booster pump, steel drainage pipes, sluices, and plastic sheeting. The solicitation documents will be furnished via CD-ROM and will be issued on, or about, Jan. 19, 1999. The first CD-ROM will be provided free-of-charge. Subsequent copies are $5.00 each. Checks must be payable to "FAO USAED Norfolk" and include the bidders' tax identification number (if requested by an individual, the check must contain the individual's SSN). Bidders are responsible for furnishing hard copy. Bids will be opened on, or about, Feb. 19, 1999. The procurement is 100% set aside for small business and liquidated damages will apply. The SIC code is 1629 and the size standard is $13.5 million. Bidders are notified that in order to be eligible for award, they must be registered in the DoD's Central Contractor Register as required by DFARS 204.7300. Posted 12/28/98 (W-SN283597). (0362)

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