U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, Fort Worth District, P.O. Box 17300, 819 Taylor Street, Attn: CESWF-CT, Fort Worth, TX 76102-0300

Y -- AIRCRAFT LOADING APRON, PROJECT NO. 44920, FORT BLISS, TEXAS SOL DACA63-00-B-0024 DUE 081000 POC Lisa Yale, Contract Specialist, 817/978-7469 WEB: Click here for the Fort Worth District Contracting, http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil. E-MAIL: Click here to email the Contract Specialist with any, lisa.k.yale@swf02.usace.army.mil. Construct approximately 135,453 m2 Concrete Apron with taxiway (with underdrains), taxiway edge lighting, high mast area lighting, removal of soil stained with jet fuel, and perimeter fencing. Remove old concrete (40,000 sq meters) and asphalt (21,500 sq meters) aircraft parking apron. Also remove gas lines and water service lines. Add telephones. Relocate a small wood frame building. Construct a fire training facility with lined pit, burn area, control tower, and propane tank. The plans and specifications will be placed on Compact Disk (CD-ROM) and will be provided free of charge. Plans and specifications will not be provided in a paper hard copy format. Notification of amendments shall be made through 3.5" diskette, CD-ROM and/or the Internet. However, the Government reserves the right to use only the Internet as notification of any changes to this solicitation. It is therefore the contractor's responsibility to check the following address daily for any posted changes to this solicitation. Contractors may view and/or download this solicitation and all amendments from the Internet after solicitation issuance at the following Internet address: "http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil". This is an UNRESTRICTED solicitation. Offerors from all qualified business concerns are solicited. Proposals from large business firms must comply with FAR Clause 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for submission of a Subcontracting Plan. The Fort Worth District subcontracting goals are for specified percentages of the contractor's total planned subcontract amount to be placed with the following: Small Business 61.2%; Small Disadvantaged Business 9.1%; Women-Owned Small Business 5.0%; Historically Black Colleges & Universities/Minority Institutions (where applicable) 2.0%; and HUBZone Small Business 0.5%. Estimated Cost Range: $10,000,000.00 to $25,000,000.00. SIC Code is 1611 and the Small Business Size Standard is $17 million. Solicitation to be issued on or about 11 July 2000. Proposals due on or about 10 August 2000. Duration of the project is approximately 360 calendar days. Offers must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR), in order to receive a government contract award. To register, the CCR Internet address is "http://ccr.edi.disa.mil/ccragent/plsql/ccr.welcome". Bidders should register themselves on the Internet to receive a copy of this solicitation (CD-ROM). NO EXPRESS MAIL PROCEDURES WILL BE UTILIZIED ON INITIAL MAILING OF THE CD. Posted 06/16/00 (W-SN465535). (0168)

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