U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, Fort Worth District, P.O. Box 17300, 819 Taylor Street, Attn: CESWF-CT, Fort Worth, TX 76102-0300

Z -- IDQ, ROOFING, CORPUS CHRISTI ARMY DEPOT, TEXAS SOL DACA63-98-B-0026 DUE 052798 POC Natalie Allen, 817/978-2132 WEB: U S Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil. E-MAIL: U S Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, natalie.allen@swf01.usace.army.mil. Work consists of Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity Contract for repair/replacement of Built-up, Modified Bitumen, Metal (including copper), composition shingles and aluminum coated roofing. Estimated cost range: $500,000.00 -- $1,000,000.00. Bids from large business firms must comply with FAR clause 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for submission of a subcontracting plan. The Fort Worth District subcontracting goals are for specified percentages of the contractor's total planned subcontract amount to be placed with the following: 61.2% with small business; 9.1% with small disadvantaged business, 4.5% with women-owned small business, and 5.5% with Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions (HBCU/MIs). Duration of Contract is approximately 365 days. SIC Code is 1761. Small Business Size Standard is $17 million. Solicitation to be issued on or about 28 April 1998. Proposals due on or about 27 May 1998. The plans and specifications have been placed on Compact Disk (CD-ROM) and will be provided free or charge. Plans and specifications will not be provided in paper hard copy format. Notification of amendments shall be made through either 3.5" diskette, CD ROM, and/or the INTERNET. The Government intends to issue this solicitation through the use of CD ROM and the INTERNET. However, the Government reserves the right to use only the INTERNET as notification of any changes to this solicitation. It is therefore the Contractors' responsibility to check the following address daily for any posted changes to this solicitation. Contractors may view and/or download this solicitation and all amendments on the Internet after solicitation issuance at the following Internet address: http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil. Bidders should register themselves on the Internet to receive a copy of this solicitation (CD ROM). Bidders are responsible for the accuracy of the information on the Bidders Mailing List (BML). NO EXPRESS PROCEDURES WILL BE UTILIZED ON INITIAL MAILINGS OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. This project will be issued Unrestricted. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the agency. (0104)

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