U.S. Army Engineer District, Philadelphia, Wanamaker Building, Rm 643, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107-3390

Y -- MAINTENANCE DREDGING, WILMINGTON HARBOR, CHRISTINA RIVER, DELAWARE SOL DACW61-96-B-0014 DUE 042596. Contact Jennifer Ward, Contract Specialist, (215) 656-6773. Dredging will be required from station 0+000+0 to station 1+975 to depth of 35' MLW (Christina River Datum) plus 1' allowable overdepth, limited by a vertical plane through the 35' contour, with no side slopes delineated and/or paid for along the south channel edge. Dredging will be required to a distance of 25 feet outside the north channel edge when required dredging depths exist inside the channel along the perimeter of the north edge when required dredging depths exist inside the channel along the perimeter of the north edge, with no side slopes delineated and/or paid for. Dredging will be required from station 1+975 to station 6+236 to a depth of 38' MLW (Christina River Datum) plus 1' allowable overdepth, limited by a vertical plane through the 38' contour, with no side slopes delineated and/or paid for along the south channel edge. Dredging will be required to a distance of 25 feet outside the north channel and north turning basin edges from station 1+975 to station 4+050, when required dredging depths exist inside the channel and basin, along the perimeter of the aforementioned north limits, with no side slopes delineated and/or paid for. The north dredging limits from station 4+050 to station 6+236 (A.S.#4) should depict a 1'V on 3'H slope along the channel widening (flare). Specifications and half size drawings will be furnished at $7.00 a set. All requests for a solicitation package should be in writing along with a check or money order made payable to ``FAO, USAED, Norfolk'' and must include your Federal Tax Identification Number. Payment will not be refunded and specifications need not be returned. Please provide a physical street address, telephone and fax number. Issue date for plans and specifications is on or about 26 March 1996 with a bid opening date of 25 April 1996 at 11:00 a.m. Completion time for this project 50 calendar days. Estimated cost range is from $500,000.00 to $1,000,000.00. Award of this contract will be made as a whole to one bidder. Affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity is applicable to the resulting contract. Liquidated damages will be specified. This procurement is unrestricted. The applicable SIC Code is 1629 with a size standard of $13.5 million. (058)

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