Flathead National Forest, Attn: Contracting, 1935 Third Avenue East, Kalispell, MT 59901

Z -- SOUTH FORK FLOOD REPAIRS SOL IFB R1-10-97-31 DUE 071697 POC Barb Venturini/Nola Rice, 406-758-5318/406-758-5310. The Flathead National Forest will be advertising an Invitation for Bids for South Fork Flood Repairs, Hungry Horse and Spotted Bear Ranger Districts, Flathead County, Montana. The project is located in the South Fork Flathead River drainage and consists of repairing numerous roadway sites damaged during the unusually wet winter of 1995 and 1996. Most of the damage involves slumps on the cut or fill slopes of existing main roads. Work includes excavation and disposal of slide material; pit, quarry, and borrow site development; manufacturing, hauling, and placing rock embankment, backfill, riprap, and gabion rock; hauling and placing aggregate surfacing; furnishing and placing geotextile fabric; constructing rock buttresses and gabions; and seeding and fertilizing the sites. Issue date, June 16, 1997. The Notice to Proceed will be issued approximately August 18, 1997, with an estimated completion date of October 24, 1997. The Government price estimate range is between $100,000 and $250,000. (0150)

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