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Bidding Open for Blackstone River Fish Passage
The Nature Conservancy and the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program are seeking professional design services for fish passage projects at the Elizabeth Webbing and Valley Falls Dam in Central Falls, Rhode Island. All questions are due via email to scomings@tnc.org by 5:00 p.m. on November 28, 2022; answers will be provided via email by 5:00 p.m. on November 30, 2022. All bids are due by email to scomings@tnc.org by 5:00 p.m. on December 2, 2022.
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Scope of Work
Project description and background on Blackstone River Diadromous Fish Restoration Plan Download File
Bidding Open for Hunts Mill Fish Passage
The Nature Conservancy and the RI Department of Environmental Management are seeking construction services to improve fish passage on the Ten Mile River in East Providence, Rhode Island. Construction will be performed in the late summer or fall of 2023. There is a mandatory pre-bid conference at 27 Hunts Mill Road in Rumford at 1:00pm on November 28, 2022. All questions are due via email to scomings@tnc.org 5:00pm on December 5, 2022; answers will be provided via email by 5:00pm on December 7, 2022. All bids are due by email to scomings@tnc.org by 5:00pm on December 14, 2022.
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Scope of Work
Project description provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Download File
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Appendix 1
Project designs provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Download File
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Appendix 2
Specifications for the construction of wire mesh gabions Download File