Design and construct 94km of road from Ring Road at Mogar (67.7670E, 32.8175N) through Banuci Kalay (68.0400E, 32.6009N) to Waza Khwa (68.3635E, 32.1995N) Road in Paktika Province. The current condition of the road is 94 km of unimproved road. Cont ractor shall construct 94km of well-compacted aggregate gravel road to replace the existing road. The final improved state for the road shall consist of a smooth, compacted crushed aggregate surface 6m wide with 1.5 meter shoulder on both sides. Good dra inage and erosion protection shall be constructed along the entire alignment as needed. Bridges, culverts, gabion crossings, concrete wadi crossings or other related structures shall be constructed as required over rivers and wadis that contain water and deep drainages that fill with water during rainy season. Erosion control structures shall be constructed in flood areas to prevent road blockage and wash-out. Mountainous sections of road have steeper and longer grades may require significant blasting a nd grading. Contractor is responsible to verify site conditions. Award for this procurement will be made in accordance with the applicable Federal Acquisition Regulations. The applicable NAICS code is 237310 with a small business size standard of $31M. The estimated value of the work is between $10,000,000.00 and $25, 000,000.00. The total schedule for completing the entire work is approximately 545 calendar days after date of award. The proposed contract will be awarded using best value where technical and costs are approximately equal. Solicitation No W917PM-06-R-0 085 will be available on or about 19 Aug 2006. There will be a Pre-proposal conference 26 Aug 06. Proposal due date is 18 Sep 2006. Point of contact for this procurement is Cheryl C. Parks, Contract Specialist, US Army Corps of Engineers, Afghanistan En gineer District, CEAED-CT, Kabul, Afghanistan APO-AE 09356, email [email protected]. The media selected for issuance of the solicitation and amendments shall solely be at the discretion of the Government; accordingly, the media utilized f or this project is the Internet, and CDs. Utilization of the internet is the preferred method, no paper copies will be made available. Interested parties may download and print the solicitation, at no charge at http://www.aed.usace.army.mil/, and the ft p site, ftp://ftp.usace.army.mil/pub/aed/ . U.S contractors must be registered in the Department of Defense CCR database prior to award. It is recommended that all other contractors register in CCR also. Lack of registration in the CCR database will mak e a U.S. offeror ineligible for award. Information on CCR registration and annual confirmation requirements may be obtained by calling 1-888-227-2423 or via the internet at http://www.ccr.gov/. NO ELECTRONIC BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED

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