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Y -- CONSTRUCTION MODIFICATIONS TO GRAMA AND COMANCHE DAMS, COMANCHE COUNTY, OKLAMOMA, GRAMA-COMANCHE SOL 1448RP98690-99-C002 DUE 050399 POC Jack Hagen-Contract Specialist, 303 987-6613 WEB: Contracting Services, http://www.nps.gov.dsc/dsccon. The National Park Service, Department of Interior, on behalf of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is soliciting proposals from construction firms having the capability to perform the work described below. Contract work will be performed at the Grama Dam and Comanche Dam, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Comanche County, Oklahoma. A negotiated firm-fixed price contract will be awarded, requiring submission of both a technical and a price proposal. The Government will consider an offeror's capability in comparison to its price. The work of this contract consists of constructing a new low-flow spillway channel in the existing spillway at Grama Dam; furnishing and installing a new trash rack on the upstream end of the existing low-level outlet works at Grama Dam; modifying the low-level outlet works wet well at Grama Dam; clearing and grubbing trees and shrubs at Grama Dam; constructing a new intake tower at Comanche Dam; cleaning out accumulated silt and sediment from the existing low-level outlet at Comanche Dam; clearing tree and brush growth at Comanche Dam; removing and repairing deteriorated, delaminated, and/or unsound concrete on the crest and downstream face of the center spillway section of Comanche Dam; and completing other items incidental to the main work, including, but not limited to, reservoir control and dewatering, erosion control, excavation, and miscellaneous demolition. All work will be performed under a single contract. The estimated range of cost for construction is $250,000 to $500,000. A Request for Proposals (RFP) will be issued approximately 21 days from the publication of this requirement, on or about 4/1/99. A pre-proposal site meeting will be held on or about 5/10/99. This solicitation is open to small and large businesses. Requests for the RFP must be in writing. Project documents may also be viewed at various plan rooms. Individuals wishing to receive a list of plan rooms should contact the issuing office. Requests for the RFP should be mailed to Mary Sampson, National Park Service, Denver Service Center, 12795 West Alameda Parkway, Denver, Colorado 80225, or FAXed to Ms. Sampson at 303 969-2040. Posted 03/09/99 (D-SN306497). (0068)

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