U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers -- Mobile, Contracting Division, CESAM-CT (109 St. Joseph Street 36602) PO Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36628-0001

Y -- RNTL OF CUTTERHEAD PIPELINE DRDG W/ATTENDANT PLANT & OPERATORS FOR MAINT DRDG OF THE AL RIVER SYS, AL, W/POSSIBLE ASSIGNMENT TO THE BW&T RIVER SYS, AL, OR TO THE TTWW IN AL OR MS SOL DACW01-99-B-0024 DUE 031699 POC Contact Karen Johnson, (334) 690-2535; Contracting Officer, Sue L. Speights WEB: http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/sam/ct/cgi-win/projlist.exe, http://www/sam/usace.army.mil/sam/ct. E-MAIL: cesam.plansroom@sam.usace.army.mil, cesam.plansroom@sam.usace.army.mil. Contract is for the rental of a cutterhead pipeline dredge, attendant plant, and crew for maintenance dredging of the Alabama River System with possible assignment to the Upper and Lower Black Warrior and Tombigbee River System (BWT) or the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway (TTW). Work will require dredging to depths of 13 feet or greater over channel widths of up to 200 feet with greater width at certain locations, and pumping of material to disposal area over distances as great as 8500 feet and lifts up to 70 feet. The character of the material may range from fine silts to heavy sands and clays. The contract will be restricted to 20, 22, and 24 inch discharge diameter dredges with minimum horsepower of 2100, and 2400, respectively. This solicitation contains optional items which may or may not be awarded. Critical Path Method (Network Analysis System) is not required. Bid documents will be available on or about 9 February 1999. Estimated cost of work is between $1,000,000.00 to $5,000,000.00. For this job, a small business is defined as having average annual receipts of less than $13,500,000.00 for the past three years(SIC 1629). All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered. Specific technical questions with regard to this project may be addressed to Mr. Roger Gerth at telephone number (334)694-3708. Questions on purchase of plans/specifications should be referred to the Plans Room at (334)690-2535. Prospective Bidders and Plans/Dodge Rooms interested in receiving one (1) free paper copy of this solicitation must fax a request to (334)694-4343. All requests should include the firm's physical address, telephone and facsimile numbers and name of point of contact (to facilitate any overnight mailing required) and be addressed to: Commander, U.S. Army Engineer District, Mobile, ATTN: Plans Room, 6th Floor, Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36628-0001 to be placed on the plan holders list. No telephone requests. Only written or faxed requests (334)694-4343 received directly from the requestor are acceptable. Refer to document number in request. There is no cost. This procurement is unrestricted. Reproduction of plans and specifications is based on the number of requests received prior to the issue date. Additional copies will not be run. Posted 01/20/99 (W-SN289773). (0020)

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