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Z -- CEDAR CREEK TANK RANGE STREAMBANK RESTORATION PROJECT, FT. KNOX, HARDIN CO. KY SOL NRCS-03-KY-00 DUE 113099 POC Mark P. Christians, contracting officer, 606/224-7375 (voice), 606/224-7393 (facsimile) E-MAIL: Click Here To Contact The Contracting Officer Via, mchristi@kystate.ky.nrcs.usda.gov. Cedar Creek Range Streambank Project, Fort Knox, Hardin County, Kentucky has an estimated price range of between $25,000.00 and $100,000.00, SIC Code 1629 and NAICS Code of 23499. Work consists of approximately 550 linear feet of eroded streambank along Cedar Creek on the Cedar Creek Tank Training Range on Fort Knox. Items of work will include soil bioengineering practices and conventional streambank stabilization materials in order to provide streambanks and promote fish and wildlife habitat. Bioengineering practices include the cutting and planting (staking) of willow cuttings. Conventional stabilization practices shall include bank shaping, placement of rock riprap (approx. 635 tons), construction and installation of wire mesh gabions (approximately 100 cubic yards), geotextile (approximately 1,000 square yards); installation of synthetic erosion control blanket (approximately 550 square yards), seeding and mulching (approximately 1.0 acre); mobilization and demobilization (1 job); channel clearing and shaping (approx. 550 linear feet); pollution control (subsidiary); removal of water (subsidiary); excavation (subsidiary); and earthfill (subsidiary). Performance time will begin on or about January 1, 2000 and Contractor will have 112 calendar days to complete all items of work, including demobilization and clean-up. Performance time includes anticipated weather-related non-work days. Contractor will be permitted to work a maximum of 8-hour days, 5 days per week. Pre-bid conference and site showing will be conducted on Tuesday, November 2, 1999, at 10:00 a.m. Prospective contractors, suppliers, and others may meet at the NRCS office, 589 Westport Road (On the opposite side of the By-pass from the Hardin County Health Department), Elizabethtown, KY. Telephone for directions only: 270/765-2273. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS FOR SOLICITATION PACKETS WILL BE ACCEPTED. REQUESTS MAY BE FAXED TO: 606/224-7393. Questions regarding the solicitation should be directed in writing to: Mark P. Christians, Contract Specialist USDA -- Natural Resources Conservation Service 771 Corporate Drive, Suite 110 Lexington, KY 40503-5479 606/224-7393 (facsimile) 606/224-7375 (voice) Solicitation packets will become available on Thursday October 28, 1999. Bids are due at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 30, 1999 in Lexington, and will then be publicly opened. All Offerors may submit an offer that will be considered. Posted 10/13/99 (W-SN391279). (0286)

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