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Z -- STONE REPAIRS TO REVETMENTS AND DIKES IN THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS BETWEEN MOUND CITY, IL (OHIO RIVER MILE 972) AND THE MOUTH OF THE WHITE RIVER, AR (MISSISSIPPI RIVER MILE 599 AHP) SOL DACW66-97-B-0016 DUE 050897 POC Contract Specialist E. ANN TUCKER (901) 544-0770 or Small Business Specialist KAREN J. BRADY (901) 544-4146 (Site Code DACW66) The work consists of stone repairs to revetments and dike fields. The work to revetments may include grading, excavation, crushed stone blanket, riprap paving, stone fill, some stone placement landward of top bank, breaking out pavement, placing and painting range markers and range clearing. The repair work to existing dike fields may include bank grading, dressing, riprap paving and placing of stone fill (250 lb. riprap/Graded Stone A) in specified areas of damage which may include overbank stone structures. The estimated cost of the work is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. The proposed contract listed herein is Small Business Administration (SBA) Requirement Number 7700-97-702448. Competition is limited to eligible 8(a) concerns that have Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 1629 listed among their approved SIC Codes. There is a geographical restriction on this requirement. Competition is limited to 8(a) firms serviced by the following SBA District Offices and all other firms are deemed ineligible to submit offers: Region IV District Offices include Atlanta, Birmingham, Charlotte, Columbia, Jackson, Jacksonville, Louisville, Coral Gables, and Nashville. Region V District Offices include Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, Madison, and Minneapolis. Region VI District Offices include: Albuquerque, Ft. Worth, El Paso, Houston, Little Rock, Harlingen, Lubbock, New Orleans, Oklahoma and San Antonio. Region VII District Offices include Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis, and Wichita. Participation is permitted for 8(a) concerns in both the developmental and transitional stages. Interested 8(a) firms are encouraged to request a copy of the solicitation as expeditiously as possible. The solicitation will be issued without further notice. Special Capabilities Required: In the performance of the contract, eligible 8(a) firms may have to have access to marine construction equipment, highway and some off-highway hauling equipment may be required to perform the work. Examples of such equipment used in the past are as follows: bulldozer, front end loader, highway dump trucks, off-highway dump trucks and a small dragline or hydraulic excavator. An outboard boat and motor equipped with a depth finder capable of obtaining accurate soundings and placement control of subaqueous stone have been used. A barge-mounted Bucyrus-Erie 71-B dragline equipped with a 100 foot boom and a 3 cubic yard rock bucket has been used for grading and stone placement. The machine barge has been equipped with spuds and winches which are used to raise and lower the spuds. A workboat is needed for moving the barge-mounted dragline, loaded rock barge(s) and offices for the contractor and/or government inspector from one location to another. The 8(a) contractor will be responsible for an approved stone source or combination of approved sources that are capable of supplying the quality, quantities, gradations and rates needed to maintain the scheduled progress of the work for both the revetment repairs and dike repairs. The services to be procured in this solicitation are classified in Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 1629. To qualify as a small business concern, the concern must have had average annual receipts for the preceding three fiscal years not exceeding $17.0 million. There is no charge for plans and specs. (0079)

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