USAED, Walla Walla, ATTN: CENPW-CT, 201 North Third Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362-1876

95 -- REPLACEMENT OF ALL PERFORATED PLATES ON EXTENDED LENGTH SUBMERGED BAR SCREENS (ESBS) AT LITTLE GOOSE AND LOWER GRANTITE DAMS, WASHINGTON SOL DACW68-99-B-0016 DUE 062499 POC Kari Montgomery, Contract Specialist, telephone 509-527-7211. Technical POC John Boschker, telephone 509-527-7541. Firms may request solicitation package via fax, 509-527-7802, or register directly via the internet (web address shown at end of synopsis). WEB: click here to register for solicitation package, http://www.nww.usace.army.mil/ebs/asp/advertisedsolicitations. asp. E-MAIL: Solicitation No. DACW68-99-B-0016, Karoleen.A.Montgomery@usace.army.mil. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, has a competitive requirement for all labor, material, equipment, and plant to fabricate, deliver f.o.b. destination, and install new perforated plates on the extended length submerged bar screens (ESBSs) at Lower Granite and Little Goose Dams, Garfield and Columbia Counties, Washington. All installation work at the project site will be performed in the dry. No underwater diving work is involved. Perforated plates vary in size from approximately 4 feet by 5 feet to 1 foot by 5 feet in outside dimensions. Plates are -inch thick steel with 1-inch holes punched in a specific pattern. Steel angles and backing bars are welded to the plates to add stiffness and allow bolting of the plates to the ESBS structure. There are 29 perforated plates on each ESBS and there are 18 ESBSs at each dam. A total of 1,044 perforated plates are required. All perforated plates will be either stainless steel, or carbon steel then painted, or carbon steel then powder coated. Contract completion 180 calendar days after contract award. Procurement 100 percent set-aside for small business concerns. Size standard for small business concerns under Standard Industrial Classification Code 3443 is the average employment, based on the number of persons employed on a full-time-, part-time, temporary, or other basis during each of the pay periods of the preceding 12 months, shall not exceed 500 employees. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which will be considered by this agency. (See Note No. 1) (Response date is tentative and will be established when solicitation is issued.) Posted 05/04/99 (W-SN327478). (0124)

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