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Y -- CALUMET RIVER MAINTENANCE DREDGING, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS SOL DACW27-00-B-0006 DUE 032800 POC Contract Specialist, Debbie Lardner (502) 625-7318 -- Technical POC, Monica Krepfl (312) 353-6400, EXT. 3016 PROJECT CONSISTS OF MAINTENANCE DREDGING OF APPROXIMATELY 132,000 CUBIC YARDS OF MATERIAL FROM PRIORITY AREAS WITHIN A 5-MILE LENGTH OF THE FEDERAL NAVIGATION CHANNEL, REHANDLING AND DISPOSAL OF MATERIAL INTO THE CHICAGO AREA CONFINED DISPOSAL FACILITY (CDF). MECHANICAL DREDGING IS REQUIRED. THE GOVERNMENT FURNISHED DISPOSAL AREA IS LOCATED IN LAKE MICHIGAN AT THE MOUTH OF THE CALUMET RIVER AND IS APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES FROM THE MIDPOINT OF THE DREDGING LIMITS. THE ESTIMATED COST RANGE IS BETWEEN $1,000,000.00 AND $5,000,000.00. SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE O/A 24 FEBRUARY 2000 AND BID DATE IS 28 MARCH 2000 AT 2:00 P.M. EST. THIS PROJECT IS AVAILABLE ON COMPACT DISK (CD) OR YOU CAN DOWNLOAD PROJECT FILES TO YOUR OWN COMPUTER OR DISKETTE BY ACCESSING LOUISVILLE DISTRICT'S HOMEPAGE AT http://www.lrl.usace.army.mil (CLICK ON CONSTRUCTION/ENVIRONMENTAL SOLICITATIONS, THEN CLICK ON SOLICITATION NUMBER DACW27-00-B-0006). PROJECT SPECIFICATION FILES ARE IN PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT (PDF) AND CAN BE VIEWED, NAVIGATED, OR PRINTED USING ADOBE ACROBAT READER. PLANS ARE AVAILABLE IN CALs RASTER FORMAT AND ARE DESIGNED FOR VIEWING USING SOURCE VIEW READER (.SVD FILE REQUIRED) AND CAN BE PRINTED DIRECTLY TO PRINTERS SUPPORTING NATIVE CAL FORMAT RASTER PLOTTING. READER SOFTWARE IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THIS SITE. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ARE: WINDOWS 3.1 OR GREATER, 12MB APPLICATION RAM, 20MB HARD DISK SPACE. REGISTRATION WILL BE THROUGH THE INTERNET ONLY. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL BE HONORED. BE SURE TO REGISTER TO BE INCLUDED ON THE LIST OF PLAN HOLDERS AND RECEIVE NOTICE OF ANY AMENDMENTS. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT SERVES AS YOUR ADVANCE NOTICE. Posted 02/07/00 (W-SN422483). (0038)

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