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

Z -- AGNESS ROAD CULVERT REPLACEMENTS (049) SOL R6-11-99-64C POC Contract Specialist Clyde Hooper, (541) 471-6600 E-MAIL: Siskiyou NF Contracting Section, mkoeper/r6pnw_siskiyou@fs.fed.us. Work consists of removing three existing culverts and furnishing and installing four new culverts on Forest Service Road No. 33, to include steel invert reinforcement, a concrete headwall, placed riprap wingwalls, riprap splash aprons, and crushed aggregate surfacing. Estimated price range is between $250,000 and $500,000. Bid opening date has not been established, but is estimated to be in late August 1999. Estimated beginning date is July 15, 2000, and contract completion date is to be October 10, 2000 . 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. Requests for this solicitation must include name, address, zip code, telephone number, and the solicitation number referenced above. Posted 07/14/99 (W-SN353858). (0195)

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