U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, Fort Worth District, P.O. Box 17300, 819 Taylor Street, Attn: CESWF-CT, Fort Worth, TX 76102-0300

Z -- REQUIREMENTS CONTRACT FOR REPAIR AND INSTALLATION OF WATER DISTRIBUTION LINES, FORT POLK, LA SOL DACA63-99-B-0046 DUE 071599 POC Contract Specialist, Charlotte Cramer (817) 978-2986 WEB: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil. E-MAIL: U S Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, charlotte.cramer@swf02.usace.army.mil. THIS PROCUREMENT IS 100% SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESS. Work will include, but not be limited to abandonment of water lines; replacement of water lines and appurtenances; and installation of new water lines and/or appurtenances; demolition and reconstruction of structures and pavement as necessary to gain access to water lines; requisite clearing, excavation and backfilling; and sodding to restore ground cover. Bidders will be required to pre-price work items that are associated with the excavation of existing lines, repair of such lines, installation of new lines, installation of requisite valves, sleeves, hydrants, meters, etcl, and restoration of the work site to its original condition (backfill, turfing and sodding). Task orders will be placed against the contract based on the work items involved and their associated unit price. The contract period will be: Base Contract is one (1) year, commencing from date of award, with two (2) option years. The base year contract amount shall be an estimated $1,000,000. The total contract amount will not exceed $3,000,000. The minimum task order amount issued shall be $1,000. Each task order amount for new construction shall not exceed $300,000. Each task order amount for repair shall not exceed $1,000,000. SIC Code is 1623; Small Business Size Standard is $17 Million. Any bids received from Large Businesses will be rejected without consideration. Solicitation is to be issued on or about 15 June 1999. Bids will be due 30 days from date of issue. The Government intends to issue this solicitation through the use of CD ROM and the Internet. However, the Government reserves the right to use only the Internet as notification of any changes to this solicitation. Contractors may view/download this solicitation and all amendments on the Internet after solicitation issuance at the following Internet address: http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil. Offerors should register themselves on the Internet to receive a copy of this solicitation (CDROM). NO EXPRESS MAIL PROCEDURES WILL BE UTILIZED ON INITIAL MAILINGS OF CD ROM. OFFERORS MUST BE REGISTERED WITH THE CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (CCR), IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A GOVERNMENT CONTRACT AWARD. TO REGISTER, THE CCR INTERNET ADDRESS IS: http://ccr.edi.disa.mil/ccragent/plsql/ccr.welcome Posted 05/28/99 (W-SN337193). (0148)

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