The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has the need to construct modifications to the Jed Johnson, Lake Elmer Thomas, and Rush Dams located in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Comanche County, Oklahoma. The work to be performed at the Jed Johnson Dam includes demolishing concrete and removing waterstop strips at monolithic joints on the upstream face of the dam. Replacing concrete at the locations of waterstop strip removal and reestablishing the monolithic joints. Sealing a horizontal joint on the upstream face of the dam with epoxy. Flush out 4 existing piezometers, and conduct modifications to existing piezometers. The work to be performed at the Lake Elmer Thomas Dam includes repairing the wire leads of two existing vibrating wire piezometers. Repairing the light fixtures in the gallery and adit in the dam. Clean and flush out 30 existing foundation drains in the gallery and manifold. Remove 3 existing v-notch weir plates and replace with 2 new removable weir plates and 2 new staff gauges. The work to be performed at the Rush Dam includes flushing out 4 existing piezometers, and making modification to existing piezometers. It is expected that the construction will begin during the 2006-2007 Winter season. The estimated price range is between $100,000.00 and $250,000.00. Request for Proposal (RFP) No. 982107R001 will be issued on or about November 6, 2006 and may be accessed at http://ideasec.nbc.gov. This procurement is not a small-business set aside. Please send any requests for copies of this solicitation in writing, including your company name, address, phone number and fax number. These written requests may be faxed to (703) 358-1875 or e-mailed to [email protected]. A pre-proposal conference and site inspection is scheduled for November 29, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. local time at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma. Attendance is strongly encouraged. Reservations are required to attend the pre-proposal conference/site inspection and may be made by contacting Mark Kalvels at (703) 358-2582 or [email protected].

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