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 -- REPAIR/REPLACE BUTTERFLY VALVES, WACO LAKE, WACO, TEXAS SOL DACW63-00-B-0004 DUE 012700 POC Ernie L. 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 labor, tools, equipment, and materials required to remove, repair and install new rubber seals, paint and then re-install six (6) 54" butterfly valves and related piping necessary for removal of valves from portal structure at Waco Lake, Waco, Texas, in accordance with the specifications and drawings. 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 shall be made through 3.5" diskette, CD-ROM, and/or the Internet. The Government intends to issue this solicitation through the use of CD-ROM and the Internet. However, the Government reserves the right to use only the Internet as notification of any changes to this solicitation. Contractors may view and/or download this solicitation and all amendments from the Internet at the following Internet address: "http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil". Estimated Cost Range: $100,000.00 to $250,000.00. Solicitation to be issued on or about 28 December 1999 with bid opening on or about 27 January 2000. Duration of the contract is estimated at 60 calendar days. Offers from all small business concerns are solicited. Standard Industrial Classified (SIC) code for this project is 1623 and the size standard is $17 million per year. Posted 12/13/99 (W-SN407930). (0347)

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