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

J -- MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS DREDGE FRY SOL dacw54-00-b-0017 DUE 081000 POC Oweita Freema, CESAW-TS-EE, 910-251-4741; John B. Roberts, CESAW-CT 910-251-4116 WEB: Wilmington District Links; Contracting/Bidding, http://www.saw.usace.army.mil/domino/cesaw.nsf. E-MAIL: john.b.roberts.ii@saw02.usace.army.mil, john.b.roberts.ii@saw02.usace.army.mil. SHIPYARD MAINTANCE AND REPAIR OF THE U.S. ARMY DREDGE VESSEL FRY 1. The Scope of Work includes repair and/or replacement of various operating systems, structural items, and functional items; procurement and installation of new systems and items; cleaning; and painting. This Solicitation will be issued in a "Construction Format" and will be exempt from the requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act, prusant to EP 1180-1-1 paragraph 3-11 "Shipbuilding, Alteration and Repair". The magnitude of this project is between $500,000. and $1,000,000. 2. AVAILABILITY AND CHARGE: THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE ON CD-ROM, WILL BE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE, AND SHOULD NOT BE RETURNED. Plans and Specifications will not be provided in a printed paper hard copy form. Amendments will be made through either a 3.5" Diskette, CD-ROM, or hard copy. The CD-ROM contains simple window viewing application and two (2) commercial software applications. All applications contained on the CD-ROM can be run from theCD-ROM. No installation is required. The recommended minimum hardware requirements are (1) 486/66 personnal computer; (2) 8 or 16 MB RAM; (3) CD-ROM drive; (4) Windows driven printer. The recommended minimum software requirement in Microsoft Windows 3.1, Windows95, or Windows NT. All Bid Forms, Bid Bonds, and other normal documents required for bid submittal shall be in paper medium. Electronic medium for bid submittal SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED. Requests for Solicitation Documents should be addressed to: USACE, Wilimington, P.O. Box 1890, Wilimington, NC 28402-1890, ATTN: Oweita Freeman or Fax Request To: 910-251-4965, Attn: Ms. Oweita Freeman. A Firm's physical address, telephone and facsmile numbers, and POC should be provided to facilitate any overnight mailing. This will be an UNRESTRICTED SOLICITATION, pursuant to the Small Business Competitive Demonstration Program {FAR Subpart 19.10]. SIC CODE: 3731 Posted 06/20/00 (W-SN466584). (0172)

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