Y -- SITE VISIT FOR CONSTRUCTION AT RASBERRY ISLAND, APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE NEAR BAYFIELD, WISCONSIN. CONTRACT TO BE BID IN JANUARY 2002 WITH CONSTRUCTION DURING EARLY SUMMER 2002.

Notice Date

August 23, 2001

Contracting Office

National Park Service, Denver Service Center, 12795 West Alameda Parkway, P.O. Box 25287, DSC-CS, Denver, CO 80225

ZIP Code

80225

Solicitation Number

Rasberry Island

Response Due

September 10, 2001

Point of Contact

Mr. John Neal, Superintendent

E-Mail Address

John Neal, Superintendent (john_neal@nps.gov)

Description

1.) Sources Sought 2.) The National Park Service, Department of the Interior, will be hosting an informational meeting for interested construction contractors on September 12, 2001 in Bayfield, Wisconsin, regarding a proposed construction project on Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin. The project location is on Raspberry Island at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, a unit of the National Park System. 3.) The project will include construction of a riprap stone revetment, interceptor drain, slope fill, and revegetation. Project requirements include but are not limited to the ability to transport to the island quarried stones and to construct a stone revetment of approximately 340 feet in length on the island shoreline. Individual stones to be used in the revetment will be of varying sizes, ranging from 400 pounds to five tons in weight, and must be placed to specified lines and grades. 4.) Construction of the project is scheduled for early summer 2002, and the advertisement for bid is tentatively scheduled for January 2002. 5.) If lake conditions permit on the scheduled meeting date, the National Park Service will provide transportation to the island for interested parties who have responded to this notice. If lake conditions do not allow a trip to the island, the information will be provided in a meeting at park headquarters (415 Washington Street, Bayfield, Wisconsin). 6.) Meeting Date and Time: 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 12, 2001 Meeting Location: 415 Washington Street, Bayfield, Wisconsin 7.) Interested contractors should contact Superintendent John Neal at (715) 779-3398, extension 101, by 4:00 p.m. Monday, September 10, 2001.

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