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

Y -- CONSTRUCT AIRFIELD APRON/HOT REFUEL, FORT POLK, LOUISIANA SOL DACA63-99-B-0005 DUE 120198 POC Contract Specialist, 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@swf02.usace.army.mil. Construct an aircraft parking apron to include two refueling pods, mooring points, lighting, earthwork, pump refueling system with an equipment shelter, Fort Polk, Louisiana. Subcontracting Plan is required. 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, $.5% with women-owned small business, and 5.5% with Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions (HBCU/MIs). Duration of Contract is 360 days. Estimated Cost Range is $1,000,000.00 to $5,000,000.00. SIC Code is 1611. Small Business Size Standard is $17 million. Solicitation to be issued on or about 28 October 1998. Proposals due on or about 1 December 1998. The Government intends to issue this solicitation through the use of CD ROM and the Internet. The plans and specs have been placed on Compact Disk (CD-ROM) and will be provided free of charge. Plans and specs will not be provided in a paper hard copy format. Notification of amendments shall be made through either 3.5" diskette, CD ROM, and/or 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 Contractor's 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 from the Internet at the following address: http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil. Offerors should register themselves on the Internet to receive a copy of this solicitation (CDROM). NO EXPRESS MAIL PROCEDURES WILL BE UTILIZED ON INITIAL MAILINGS OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the agency. This is an UNRESTRICTED solicitation, and offers from all qualified business concerns are solicited. Posted 10/13/98 (W-SN261474). (0286)

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