U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 600 M.L. King, Jr. Pl., Rm 821, Louisville, KY 40202-2230

Y -- LEASE OF DREDGE, OHIO RIVER SOL DACW27-00-B-0013 DUE 032900 POC Technical Point of Contact: Robert VanHoff (502)582-6582, Contract Point of Contact: Elaine McKim (502)582-6295 WEB: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District home, http://www.lrl.usace.army.mil. Furnish, transport, and operate one cutterhead pipeline hydraulic dredge for maintenance of the navigation channel of the Ohio River and its principle tributaries and upper Mississippi river. This is a contract for one base year and four option years. The SIC code is 1629. Estimated value of the project is $1,000,000 -- $5,000,000. THIS IS NOT A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. This job is SAF. Solicitation number DACW27-00-B-0013 approximate issue date is o/a 28 February 2000, and the last day for receipt of bids will be approximately 29 March 2000 at 2:30 p.m. (local time). This project is available by downloading from the Internet only. Project specification files are portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. The reader is contained in the solicitation package. Minimum system requirements are 486 based personal computer, Microsoft Windows 3.1 or greater, 8 MB application RAM. To download files for this project and to register as a plan holder go to Internet site http://www.lrl.usace.army.mil and click on Construction/Environmental Solicitations. Technical questions should be forwarded to the Technical Point of Contact: Mr. Robert VanHoff (502)582-6582, e-mail: Robert.J.VanHoff@lrl02.usace.army.mil. Posted 02/09/00 (W-SN423580). (0040)

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