USDA-Forest Service, Monongahela National Forest, 200 Sycamore Street, Elkins, West Virginia 26241-3962

Z -- EQUIPMENT RENTAL WITH OPERATOR SOL R9-21-99-54 DUE 090799 POC Mary E. Saint Louis, Contracting Officer; 304/636-1800, extension 265 The Monongahela National Forest anticipates contracting for an Equipment Rental with Operator to complete work on the Blackwater Canyon Trail 115 on the Cheat/Potomac Ranger District in Tucker County, West Virginia. The work includes clearing brush and timber, excavation, placing culverts, including placing and compacting backfill, and spreading gravel. The following equipment will be utilized: rubber-tire brush cutter, trailer-mount brush chipper, rubber-tire 4WD backhoe, crawler tractor, 2 trucks-rear dump, rubber-tire front wheel loader, crawler excavator, 2 chainsaws and 2 compactors. The contract time is estimated at approximately 45 calendar days from Notice to Proceed. This project is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. All interested parties should submit a written request to the address above or FAX a request to 304/636-1875. All responsible sources may submit a quotation. Posted 07/11/99 (W-SN352701). (0192)

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