USDA Forest Service, Siskiyou National Forest, 200 NE. Greenfield Road, P.O. Box 440, Grants Pass, Oregon 97528-0242

Z -- TAYLOR CREEK CULVERT REPLACEMENT (185) -- EASTSIDE ENGINEERING ZONE SOL R6-11-99-48C POC Contract Specialist Clyde Hooper, (541) 471-6600 E-MAIL: Siskiyou NF Contracting Section, mkoeper/r6pnw_siskiyou@fs.fed.us. Work consists of removal of drainage structures, minor structure excavation, riprap, geotextile, rock embankment, crushed aggregate, concrete, steel structural-plate arch, and seeding without mulch on three sites. A fourth site consists of adding steel fish passage weirs to an existing drainage structure. Estimated price range is between $100,000 and $250,000. Quote opening date has not been established, but is estimated to be in late July 1999. Each bidder must submit a bid guarantee with the bid in the amount of 20 percent of the total price. The successful bidder will be required to furnish performance security in the amount of 100 percent of the total contract price and payment bond in the amount of 50 percent of the total contract price. This procurement is unrestricted (full and open competition) pursuant to P.L. 100-656, Small Business Competitive Demonstration Act, and is funded under the Jobs-in-the-Woods Initiative which limits competition to those firms or individuals who are located within the following counties in Washington, Oregon, and California: Washington counties are Chelan, Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Douglas, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kittitas, Kitsap, Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Okanogan, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Thurston, Wahkaikum, Whatcom, and Yakima; Oregon counties are Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Curry, Deschutes, Douglas, Hood River, Jackson, Jefferson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Wasco, Washington, and Yamhill; California counties are Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity. Requests for this solicitation must include name, address, zip code, telephone number, and the solicitation number referenced above. Posted 06/09/99 (W-SN340936). (0160)

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