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Z -- MAINTENANCE DREDGING, LEASE OF PLANT, NEW JERSEY INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY, BARNEGAT INLET, NEW JERSEY, COLD SPRING INLET, NEW JERSEY, AND ADJACENT NEW JERSEY WATERWAYS SOL DACW61-00-B-0007 DUE 022900 POC Contact, Mr. Joseph T. Bujnowski, Contract Specialist, 215-656-6761 Maintenance Dredging, New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway. The plant and equipment to be furnished under this contract includes the lease of a 12-14 inch hydraulic pipline dredge with operating personnel and attendant plant, tugboat with operating personnel, booster pump, d-4 dozer or equivalent, crawler mounted dragline with operator, barge, steel drainage pipe sluices and plastic sheeting. Dredging may also be required in waterways adjacent to the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway. One copy of the plans and specifications will be furnished on CD-ROM to each bidder at no charge. Additional CD's will be furnished at a cost of $5.00 each. Bidders will be responsible for paper copies. All requests for solicitation packages should be in writing and sent to the attention of Joseph Bujnowski. Requests may be faxed to 215-656-6780 or 215-656-6798. Please provide a physical street address, telephone and fax number, Federal Tax Identification Number and business size. Firms desiring additional copies should forward a check payable to "USACE Finance Center, Millington, to the above address. Contractors may view and/or download this solicitation and all amendment from the internet at the following address http://nap03/ebs/asp/AdvertisedSolicitations.asp on or after date of the solicitation; however the official media of solicitation is the CD-ROM. Your firm's Federal Tax Identification Number must be written on the check, personal checks must be annotated with the individual's Social Security number. Payment will not be refunded and specifications need not be returned. Contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database prior to award of the contract. Instructions will be included in the Solicitation. Issue date for solicitation documents will be on or about January 28, 2000 with a bid opening date of February 29, 2000 at 11:00 a.m. Completion time for this project is 180 calendar days. Estimated cost range of the project is $1,000,000.00 to $5,000,000.00. Award of the contract will be made as a whole to one bidder. Liquidated damages will be specified and bonding is required. Affirmative action to insure equal employment opportunity is applicable to the resulting contract. This acquisition is set-aside for small businesses. The SIC Code is 1629 and the size standard is $13.5 million. Posted 01/06/00 (W-SN413828). (0006)

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