U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, Fort Worth District, P.O. Box 17300, 819 Taylor Street, Attn: CESWF-CT, Fort Worth, TX 76102-0300

Z -- MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND ALTERATION OF REAL PROPERTY SOL DACW63-99-B-0027 DUE 120899 POC Ernie Waugh, Contract Specialist, 817-978-4910 WEB: Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, Contracting, http://EBS.swf.usace.army.mil/. E-MAIL: Ernie Waugh, Contract Specialist, Ernie.Waugh@SWF.usace.army.mil. Furnish all equipment, supplies, fuel, maintenance, and supervision to perform various construction tasks at and around the lakes under the Trinity Project, i.e.; Bardwell, Benbrook, Joe Pool, Lavon and Navarro Mills Lakes. Work will consist of but not limited to carpentry, plumbing, electrical, stone and masonry work, painting and roofing. Cost Range: $250,000 to $500,000. No express mail procedures will be utilized on initial mailing of plans and specs. The solicitation is tentatively scheduled to issue on or about 8 November 1999, and the bid opening date will be on or about 8 December 1999. Duration of contract is 1 year with 4 option years. Offers from all qualified small business concerns are solicited. SIC code for this project is 1629 and size standard is $17 million. The plans and specifications will be placed on Compact Disk (CD-ROM) and will be provided free of charge. Plans and specifications will not be provided in a paper hard copy format. Notification of amendments will be made through either 3.5" diskette, CD-ROM, and/or the Internet. The Government reserves the right to use only the Internet as notification of any changes to this solicitation. It is the Contractor's responsibility to check the following address daily for any posted changes to this solicitation. Contractors may view and /or download this solicitation and all amendments on the Internet after solicitation issuance at the following Internet address: http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil Bidders should register themselves on the Internet to receive a copy of this solicitation (CD-ROM). Note: Solicitation (DACW63-99-B-0027) is offered through the Internet, Bidders must "register" to receive plans and specifications -- registration instructions are available on the Internet, however, if solicitation is available on CD and Internet, Bidders can either register themselves or they can complete this notice and return by mail to the issuing office, attention: Mr. Ernie Waugh, to receive a copy of the CD Attention Bidders !! INTERNET ADDRESS TO VIEW SOLICATIONS AND TO "REGISTER" ON THE PLAN HOLDERS LIST TO RECEIVE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS (CD) IS http://ebs.swf.usace.amry.mil The contract will contain the requirement that the Contractor shall perform on site, and with his own organization, work equivalent to at least 25% of the work to be performed under this contract. reference Notes 1 and 26. Posted 10/21/99 (W-SN393558). (0294)

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