USAED, Walla Walla, ATTN: CENPW-CT, 201 North Third Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362-1876

99 -- PLASTIC MESH SCREENS FOR LOWER GRANITE AND LITTLE GOOSE DAMS, WASHINGTON SOL DACW68-99-B-0019 DUE 062999 POC Kari Montgomery, Contract Specialist, telephone 509-527-7211. Technical POC John Boschker, telephone 509-527-7541. Firms may request solicitation package by registering via internet, fax 509-527-7802, or e-mail (web and e-mail addresses shown at end of synopsis). All requests should indicate firm's business size. WEB: Click on above web address to register for solicitation, http://www.nww.usace.army.mil/ebs/asp/advertisedsolicitations.asp. E-MAIL: Solicitation No. DACW68-99-B-0019, Karoleen.A.Montgomery@usace.army.mil. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, has a competitive requirement for all labor, material, equipment, and plant to manufacture and deliver f.o.b. destination,144 plastic mesh screens to Lower Granite and Little Goose Dams, Snake River, Garfield and Columbia Counties, Washington. Each screen is approximately 19 feet long by 9.5 feet wide. Plastic mesh screens are to be polyester mesh woven from 1.00 mm monofilament polyethylene terephthalate (PET), 6x6 mesh size. Each monofilament shall have a minimum tensile strength of 80 pounds and minimum elongation at break of 20 percent. The material shall be suitable for use in cold weather and shall be "heat set" at 360 degrees Fahrenheit to assure it will be dimensionally stable when subjected to temperatures up to 200 degrees Fahrenheit. Each screen shall have 1 -inch wide vinyl edging and support strips covering the mesh panels of sufficient thickness to cover the plastic mesh screen and thereby encapsulate it. Contract completion shall be 90 calendar days after contract award. Procurement 100 percent set-aside for small business concerns. Size standard for small business concerns under Standard Industrial Classification Code 3089 is the average employment, based on the number of persons employed on a full-time-, part-time, temporary, or other basis during each of the pay periods of the preceding 12 months, shall not exceed 500 employees. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which will be considered by this agency. (See Note No. 1) (Response date is tentative and will be established when solicitation is issued.) Posted 05/10/99 (W-SN329705). (0130)

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