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Y -- MAINTENANCE DREDGING, PINOLE SHOAL CHANNEL, SOLANO AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA SOL IFB NO. DACW07-99-B-0004 DUE 031299 POC Ofelia (Offel) R. Rosales, Contract Specialist, (415)977-8499. For Technical Information, contact Christopher (Chris) Shields, Specs. and Cost Engineering Section, (415)977-8570 This Procurement is Unrestricted. The work consists of Maintenance Dredging of approximately 341,000 cubic yards of material to provide a project depth of minus 35 feet MLLW plus 1 foot allowable overdepth and disposing of all dredged material in the Designated Government-Furnished Open Water Disposal Area near San Pablo Bay (SF-10) or an Alternate Contractor-Furnished Land Disposal Area. Request(s) for Plans, Specifications and Drawings, shall be writing along with a Check to be received Not Later Than (NLT) 99 Feb 26. Charge for Solicitation Documents: $8.00/set. Make Check Payable to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and mail to the address shown above. Estimated Cost Range of Project: From: $500,000. to $1,000,000. NOTE: (a) The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code for this acquisition is 1629. The Small Business Size Standard is $13.5M. The number of employees or annual receipts indicates the maximum allowed for a concern, including its affiliates, to be considered small. Dredging: To be considered small for purposes of government procurement, a firm must perform at least 40 percent of the volume dredged with its own equipment or equipment owned by another small dredging concern. (b) Small Business Subcontracting Plan is required if Contractor is a Large Business and the Contract is over $1,000,000.00(c) "ATTENTION -- ALL DOD CONTRACTORS, SEE CLAUSE "252.204-7004 REQUIRED CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (MAR 1998)". You may call 1-888-CCR-2423 to obtain a Registration Packet and then mail or fax the Form directly to the Central Contractor Registration Assistance Center (CCRAC) or the Form is available for registering via the Internet (http://ccr.edi.disa.mil). and (d) YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE. Posted 02/02/99 (W-SN293968). (0033)

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