USDA Forest Service, P.O. Box 25127, Lakewood, CO 80225

W -- FRONT END LOADER RENTAL SOL RFQ RMAST-98-056 DUE 032498 POC Contact Barbara Hayden 303/275-5273; Contracting Officer Joe Milburn Project involves approximately 6-month rental without driver of a Caterpillar 950F front end loader, which will accommodate the configuration of the FAHR-RoadCrusher, a mobile rock crusher which was recently purchased by the Forest Service and will be attached to the front of the loader. The loader will be used to construct, maintain and upgrade forest roads in Region 2 and Region 3 of the Forest Service, which includes Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas. This requirement is a 100 percent setaside for small businesses. (0048)

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