U.S. Department of The Interior, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Three Parkway Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15220

C -- GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING AND SURVEY SERVICES SOL 143868RFP0012000 POC Brian J. Luzik, 412-937-2837 E-MAIL: Geotechnical Engineering Services, bluzik@osmre.gov. The Office of Sufrace Mining (OSM), Appalachian Region Coordinating Center, is planning to procure Geotechnical Engineering Services and Surveying Services in support of the Abandoned Mine Land Program. The Geotechnical Engineering Services are related to 1)Landslides, Unstable Refuse Banks, and other Soil and Rock Instability Problems, 2) Mine and Refuse Fires, 3) Hazardous Mine Entries, i.e., shafts, slopes, adits or any other portal and their effects such as mine gases, acid mine drainage and blowout, and 4) Mine Subsidence. Surveying Services involve Cross Sectioning and Volumetric Measurements of Project Sites. All work is directly related to prior Coal Mining Operations and is located in the State of Kentucky. Work shall be performed in short time frames as an emergincy response to these problems. Geographic proximity to the project sites (centered in the Prestonsburg, KY Area)is a major consideration in the selection process. Interested parties shall request a solicitation proposal package in writing. The credentials and experience in response to this solicitation will be evaluated and rated for a prequalified list of sources, with whom exclusive negotiations will be conducted for individual contracts on a case by case basis as needed. It is anticipated that solicitation No. 143868-RFP00-12000 will be issued on or about August 13, 2000. Telephone requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Posted 07/13/00 (W-SN474596). (0195)

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