USDA, Forest Service, Nicolet National Forest, 68 S Stevens St., Rhinelander WI 54501

F -- HAND TREE PLANTING SOL RFQ R9Z-96-10-N. Due 032296. POC For solicitation package: Ginger Feit, 715-762-5162; for contractual questions: Janet R Peterson 715/362-1168. Hand tree planting of approximately 720,000 government-furnished seedlings for the Chequamegon and Nicolet National Forests in Northern Wisconsin and the Ottawa National Forest in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Planting to begin as soon as weather conditions permit, which is expected to be approximately April 15 and be completed by June 1. Project is 100 percent set-aside for small businesses. (036)

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