U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers -- Mobile, Contracting Division, CESAM-CT (109 St. Joseph Street 36602) PO Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36628-0001

Y -- UPGRADE NATIONAL POLICE FACILITY, PHASE II, BAEZA, ECUADOR SOL DACA01-99-R-0069 DUE 090199 POC Contact Karen Johnson, (334) 690-2535; Contracting Officer, Sue Speights WEB: http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/sam/ct/cgi-win/projlist.exe, http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/sam/ct. E-MAIL: cesam.plansroom@sam.usace.army.mil, cesam.plansroom@sam.usace.army.mil. Renovate administration building, renovate dining hall, and construct new dormitory. Site work includes sanitary, waterlines and electrical. Bid documents are available on or about 2 August 1999. Estimated cost of work is between $250,000 and $500,000. Requests for plans and specifications shall indicate in writing whether firm will bid as a prime contractor or a subcontractor. Unrestricted. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which shall be considered. Prospective bidders and Plans/Dodge Rooms interested in receiving one free paper copy of this solicitation must fax a request to 334-694-4343, Attn: Plans Room, CESAM, or mail the request to Corps of Engineers, P O Box 2288, Room 6018, Mobile, AL 36628. Bidders must provide complete physical mailing address for overnight delivery, telephone and fax numbers and point of contact. Telephonic requests will not be accepted. A limited number of plans and specifications will be printed and will be available on a first come-first serve basis, until supplies are exhausted. Reprints will not be made. Specifications and drawings will not be available after the bid opening date. All bid forms, bid bonds, and other normal documents required for the bid submittal, including amendments to the bid submittal, shall be in paper medium. Electronic medium for the bid submittal documents will not be allowed. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: Presolicitation Notices will no longer be issued by the Mobile District for Projects in the Continental United States and Puerto Rico. Advertisement of Mobile District projects will be through the Commerce Business Daily and/or the Mobile District Contracting Homepage. Detailed information on this and other Mobile District Projects (Ordering Solicitations, Points of Contact, Synopsis of Work, Plan Holders, Bid Results, etc.) are available on the Internet at: http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/sam/ct. In Ecuador, plans and specifications must be picked up at the US Embassy Courtyard in Quito, Ecuador, on August 2 and August 3, 1999 only. Site inspections by the Contractor can be arranged by contacting Mr. Kevin Szydel at the US Embassy Courtyard on the day plans and specifications are picked up. Site inspection will be conducted on August 5, 1999 only. "Prime contractors proposing under this solicitation must be U.S. Firms, Ecuador firms, or Joint Ventures between U.S. Firms and Ecuador Firms". Critical path method (Network Analysis System) is required. For this job, a small business is defined as having average annual receipts of less than $17,000,000 for the past three years. This solicitation includes bid options, which may not be awarded. Specific questions related to this project may be answered by Ms. Karen Williams at (334) 690-2713, fax (334) 690-2902. Refer questions on distribution of plans/specifications to Plans Room (Karen Johnson) at phone (334) 690-2535/6, fax (334) 694-4343. Effective 1 July 1998, firms interested in construction contracts with the Mobile District, Corps of Engineers, must have "Internet Access". Don't be left out, get it soon. For detailed information on this and other Mobile District Projects, (Bidding instructions, technical inquiries, points of contact, synopsis of work, plan holders, bid results, etc.,) please visit our Internet home page at http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/sam/ct. Posted 07/16/99 (W-SN355541). (0197)

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