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W -- RENTAL OF EQUIPMENT WITH OPERATOR SOL FWS1-96012(DB) DUE 021496. Contact: Sandy Stevens, Procurement Technician, (503) 872-2760 or Dot Baker, Contracting Officer, (503) 231-6188. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service invites proposals to provide earth-moving equipment (elevating scrapers, crawler-dozer, and articulated tractor) with operators for projects related to the maintenance, restoration, and/or construction of wetlands, water delivery systems, dikes and related work on the San Luis NWRC (Grasslands, WMA, Kesterson NWR, Merced NWR, San Luis NWR, and Sunrise NWRC), and related easement lands near Los Banos, CA. The contract period will be from date of issue to September 30, 1996, with two one-year options. Total annual work under the contract will not exceed $98,000. Proposals will be evaluated by a selection committee of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel based upon the following criteria in order of importance; (1) Adequacy of the equipment to perform the work, (2) Hourly rental rate, (3) Mobilization/demobilization, and (4) Time required to mobilize. (360)

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