US Army, Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, PO Box 3755, Seattle, WA 98124-3755

Z -- GOLDSBOROUGH CREEK RESTORATION, MASON COUNTY, WA SOL DACW67-00-B-0023 DUE 072800 POC Rose N.S. Porcincula, 206-764-3563 WEB: http://www.nws.usace.army.mil/ct/, http://www.nws.usace.army.mil/ct/. E-MAIL: Rose N.S. Porcincula, Contract Specialist, rose.n.porcincula@usace.army.mil. Services shall consist of labor and materials to replace hull bottom of debris vessel Puget from engine room to the stern, leaving the tunnels and rudders in tact. All steel replacement will be from 12 inches forward of watertight bulkhead #7 to the stern lazarett. Removal of approximately 1,160 square feet of one-quarter-inch steel plate with keel coolers and sags. Renewed with all three-eighths-inch American Beauro of Ship's Standard (ABS) steel as required by the Coast Guard. Work should be scheduled to start no later than 14 August 2000. The Puget will be delivered to the contractor's shipyard within the Puget Sound Area from Blain to Olympia, Washington. Solicitation will be issued on 26 May 2000, with proposals due on 27 June 2000. This solicitation will be issued as an Electronic Bid Set (EBS) on CD-ROM format only. EBS CD-ROM disks with plans and specs available on or about 25 May 2000 at no charge per set. EBS CD-ROM disks will be issued on a first come, first served basis until supply is exhausted. No phone requests accepted. Firms desiring consideration must request a copy of RFP DACW67-00-R-0032 in writing ten days after date of this publication and must respond by RFP's closing date with information required therein. Requests must be sent via email to plans.room.cenps-ct@nws.usace.army.mil or requests may be made by completing the web request form for the solicitation listed at http://www.nws.usace.army.mil/cntrct Be sure to include your company name, full mailing address, voice and FAX numbers. Confirmation copy need not be mailed. Proposed procurement will result in a firm fixed-price contract. This procurement is 100% set aside for small business concerns. SIC code is 3731. A business is considered small if number of employees does not exceed 1000 employees. Posted 05/10/00 (W-SN453388). (0131)

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