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Y -- HIGHWAY/ROAD CONSTRUCTION SOL SB-96-0016 DUE 072396 POC Carolyn Richards, Contracting Officer, 602-379-6760. Project No. SRIR Consolidated No. 17, to grade, drain, place aggregate base, hot asphalt concrete pavement, roadway markings and final fog seal on 6.768 km of roadway on BIA Route 7 (Dobson Road), Route 9 (Longmore Road), Route 13 (Extension Road), Route 22 (Chaparral Road), and Route 240 (Montecito Road), on the Salt River Indian Reservation, Maricopa County, Arizona. Estimated price range: $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. Issue date o/a 20 JUN 96. Opening date o/a 23 JUL 96. Procurements will be set aside for Indian-owned firms under the ''Buy Indian Act,'' 25 U.S.C. 47. Section 7(b) of P.L. 93-638 (25 U.S.C. 450e) requires that preference opportunities in employment and training be given to Indian/Alaska Native individuals and that preference in award of subcontracts be given to Indian/Alaska Native economic enterprises. Indian firms bidding under this Act must self-certify they are eligible under the ''Buy Indian Act.'' Written requests only. (0163)

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