U.S. Army Engineers District, Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers, Attn: Sherrel Sholar-Jackson, P.O. Box 1890, Wilmington, NC 28402-1890

B -- POTENTIAL IMPACT EVALUATION OF THE WILMINGTON HARBOR PROJECT SOL DACW54-00-R-0007 DUE 070500 POC Contract Specialist D. Abb Stallings (910) 251-4785 This is Notice of Intent to award a Sole Source, Follow-on contract to the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNC-W) to evaluate potential impacts of the Wilmington Harbor Deepening and Widening Project along a thirty-six (36) mile stretch of both rivers and estuary on the lower Cape Fear estuary including the Cape Fear and Northeast Cape Fear Rivers. This study will be a follow-on to existing work being conducted by the University in the estuary. See Note 22. All requests must be in writing and may be submitted by facsimile to (910) 251-4454. However, for Note 22: "ALL PROPOSALS RECEIVED WITHIN 15 DAYS (IN LIEU OF 45 DAYS) AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT." SIC Code is 8733 and the size standard is $5.0 million. "SEE Note 22." Posted 05/17/00 (W-SN456000). (0138)

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