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Z -- JOHNSON COUNTY EWP PROJECT, JOHNSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY SOL NRCS-10-KY-00 DUE 010400 POC Connie McKinney, Contracting Officer (606) 224-7395 (voice) or (606) 224-7393 (facsimile) Johnson County EWP Project is located in Johnson County, Kentucky and consists of restoring channel flow areas to pre-flood conditions, installing streambank protection measures to protect severely eroding banks damaged during flooding and removing identified stream channel blockages. Work will include streambank clean out and wire mesh gabion installation. Items of work include Clearing three Jobs; Seeding and Mulching one Acre; Mobilization and demobilization one Job; rock riprap 1020 Ton; and wire gabions 450 CY. Prospective bidders, subcontractors, and vendors may assemble for a pre-bid conference and group showing of the site on Monday, December 13, 1999, at 10:00 A.M. (EST)at the Natural Resources Conservation Service office, 100 Left Fork, Teays Branch Road, Paintsville, KY (606/789-5263, for directions only). Estimated price range is between $100,000.00 and $250,000.00. Bid security will be required if offer is $100,000.00 or greater. If offer is less than $100,000.00 no bid security will be required, however alternative payment security must be provided by the sucessful offeror. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS FOR SOLICITATION PACKETS WILL BE ACCEPTED. YOU MAY REQUEST A SOLICITATION PACKET BY FAX TO 606/224-7393; OR BY MAIL TO THE ADDRESS ABOVE. Please provide your complete mailing address (including physical address) and telephone number. Also, please provide your facsimile number if available. Questions regarding the solicitation should be directed in writing to the contracting officer. USDA participates in the Demonstration Test Program, therefore, this project is NOT a small business set-aside. All offerors may submit an offer which will be considered. Posted 11/17/99 (W-SN401366). (0321)

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