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W -- EQUIPMENT LEASE WITH OPERATOR -- IDIQ SOL FWS1-00P061(VR) DUE 051900 POC Vickie Ruggles 503-231-2391. For bid packages fax a request to Sandy Stevens at 503-231-6259 or e-mail the Contracting Officer below. E-MAIL: click here to request a bid package., vickie_ruggles@r1.fws.gov. Work consists of Rental of Earth Moving Equipment with Operator at the following refuges on an as-needed IDIQ basis: Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Ridgefield, WA, Conboy NWR, Glenwood, WA, Steigerwald NWR, Washougal, WA, Franz Lake NWR, Skamania, WA, Pierce NWR, North Bonneville, WA, Willapa NWR, Ilwaco, WA, Julia Butler Hansen NWR, Cathlamet, WA, Easement lands or private land projects managed by RNWRC or WNWRC. Equipment to be provided will be three laser-equipment elevating scraper, one laser-equipped elevating scraper, two hydraulic excavator, one sheepsfoot roller, two LGP crawler-dozer, one 4-wheel drive rubber-wheeled backhoe, one articulating rear-dump truck, and one rubber-wheeled four wheel drive articulating road grader. Issue date is approximately 05/05/00. This solicitation is an electronic commerce and will appear on the USGS E-Commerce web page located at www.ideasec.usgs.gov for electronic offers. Offers may be made hardcopy as well. The issue date is an approximate. The offers will be due 10 calendar days after actual issue date. Posted 04/25/00 (W-SN448463). (0116)

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