Bureau of Reclamation, PO Box 36900, Billings, MT 59107-6900

Y -- MCCLUSKY CANAL CROSS-DRAINAGE STRUCTURE AND OUTLET CHANNEL, MCCLUSKY CANAL, GARRISON DIVERSION UNIT, PICK-SLOAN MISSOURI BASIN PROGRAM, NORTH DAKOTA Sol 1425-5-SI-60-01780, contact Lynnette Knipps, Acquisition Assistant, 406/657-6547 or Chris Woegens, Contracting Officer, 406/657-6553. The work to be performed under this acquisition consists of (a) earthwork for and constructing approximately 367 feet of 24-inch diameter reinforced concrete pressure pipe with inlet and outlet transitions; (b) earthwork for and constructing approximately 0.32 miles of open channel with a bottom width of 8 feet, sideslopes of 3:1 and earth cuts varying from 0 to 12.5 feet; (c) driving approximately 75 feet of 5-foot-long steel sheet piling at the open channel inclined rock drop; (d) furnishing and placing riprap and coarse gravel for slope protection; (e) furnishing and installing filter fabric; (f) furnishing 24-inch-diameter corrugated-metal culvert pipe and installing road crosssing; (g) furnishing and installing miscellaneous metal work; and (h) performing all surveys required to layout the work. The estimated price range of the work is $100,001 to $250,000. The work is situated in Sheridan County, North Dakota, approximately 6.5 miles north and 2 miles east of McClusky, North Dakota. Solicitation packages will be available February 1, 1995. Requests for solicitations should be received on or before January 18, 1995. The bid opening is tentatively scheduled for March 16, 1995, at the office of the Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office, 304 East Broadway, Bismarck, North Dakota. The contract complete time is 60 days after receipt of notice to proceed. There is no charge for the first copy of the solicitation, additional sets will be provided upon receipt of a nonrefundable check or money order of $9.00 each. After issuance, the solicitation may be viewed, without charge, at the following offices of the Bureau of Reclamation: Dakotas Area Office, or Great Plains Regional Office, Federal Building, Room 2005, 316 North 26th Street, Billings, Montana. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the Bureau of Reclamation. For this acquisition, the small business size standard is $17,000,000 and the standard industrial classification code is 1629. (364)

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