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Z -- DREDGING, LOWER MONUMENTAL NAVIGATION LOCK DOWNSTREAM APPROACH CHANNEL, SNAKE RIVER, WALLA WALLA COUNTY, WASHINGTON SOL DACW68-99-B-0001 DUE 120998 POC Contract Specialist Charlene Duncan (509) 527-7207 (Site Code DACW68) This solicitation is set-aside for small business. Work consists of dredging material from the downstream approach channel for the Lower Monumental Navigation Lock. No form of suction dredging will be allowed. Only mechanical digging methods such as clamshell can be used. The contractor will be responsible for removing approximately 8,500 cubic meters of gravels, cobbles, and boulder type materials and disposing it in water approximately 18 miles downstream from the dam. A small quantity of bedrock may also be encountered. Blasting of bedrock will not be allowed. Bedrock must be loosened by drilling, jackhammering, wedging, splitting, or similar technique. Location of work is on the lower Snake River, Walla Walla County, Washington. Estimated cost is between $100,000 and $250,000. The standard industrial classification (SIC) code is 1629. The small business size standard is average annual receipts for the previous three fiscal years is $13,500,000. To be considered small for purposes of government procurement, a firm must perform at least 40 percent of the volume dredged with its own equipment or equipment owned by another small dredging concern. To order plans and specifications, fax requests, complete with company information, shipping address, point of contact, phone number, fax number, and business size, to Charlene Duncan at 509/527-7802 or phone in requests to 509/527-7207. Posted 10/20/98 (I-SN263609). (0293)

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