Department of Army, New England District, Corps of Engineers, 696 Virginia Road, Concord, Massachusetts 01742-2751

95 -- MODULAR EXPANSION JOINT SYSTEM DUE 081398 POC Julie Mackley (978) 318-8413 The New England District, Corps of Engineers, intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Watson Bowman Acme Corporation, 95 Pinehurst Drive, Amherst, New York 14228-2166, for the purchase of a Modular Expansion Joint System, Bourne Bridge, Cape Cod Canal, Bourne, Massachusetts. The Modular Expansion Joint will be procured and then provided as Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) under a construction contract to replace the Pier No. 4 expansion joint on the Bourne Bridge, Bourne, MA. The joint system shall be a complete system manufactured by one company, designed for HS-20 truck loading and able to permit the bridge deck to expand/contract a minimum of 18" while maintaining a smooth, watertight riding surface. The components of the system shall include: steel separation beams: preformed elastomeric box seals; support bars with low-friction polyurethane bearings and springs and steel support boxes. The required joint system must match the joint systems previously installed on the Bourne and Sagamore Bridges which were manufactured by Watson Bowman Acme Corporation. Interested parties having the capability to furnish the above described product should submit their product and price information which shall be considered by the agency. All responses must contain sufficient technical and pricing information to enable evaluation of the capability of the product to meet the requirements of the agency. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation document exists and no award will be made on the basis of any response to this advertisement. Interested parties may respond in writing to New England District, Corps of Engineers, Attn: Purchase Branch, 696 Virginia Road, Concord, MA 01742-2751. All responses from responsible sources which are received within 15 days of the date of the publication of this synopsis will be fully considered. As a result of analyzing responses to this synopsis of intent, the Contracting Oficer may determine that a solicitation will be issued. If a solicitation will be issued no additional synopsis will be published. Any such solicitation will be issued to the intended vendor and all firms that respond to this synopsis of intent or otherwise request a copy of the solicitation. Posted 07/28/98 (W-SN229245). (0209)

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