Y--Bayou Teche, East & West Calumet Floodgates, Maintenance Dredging Approach Channels, St. Mary Parish, LA

This will be an UNRESTRICTED procurement. The work consists of the removal and satisfactory disposal of shoal material from within the Wax Lake Outlets Approach Channels to the East and West Calumet Floodgates, as specified herein and as shown on the contract drawings. NAICS: 237990 Work is estimated to cost between $100,000.00 and $200,000.00. IFB will be issued on or about 29 August, 2006. Bid opening date will be on or about 28 September 06. Actual issue date will be shown when the solicitation is issued. Point of contact is Pamela Moody, telephone: +1 (555) 000-0000, FAX: +1 (555) 000-0000 or E-mail: contact@example.gov. When the solicitation package is available you may download it from FedTeDS, at the following link: http://www.fedteds.gov/ fedteds/start.nsf/frm.vendorlogin?openform&SolicitationNumber=W912P8-06-B-0105. You will have to be registered in FedTeDS in order to download the solicitation package. For FedTeDS registration, go to: www.fedteds.gov. For security reasons, all technical a nd engineering data related to this solicitation will be distributed using the Federal Technical Data Solutions (FedTeDS) system. FedTeDS is a web-based dissemination tool designed to safeguard acquisition-related information for all Federal agencies. Inte rested bidders must register with FedTeDS before accessing the system. Registration instructions can be found on the FedTeDS website (https://www.fedteds.gov) by clicking on the Register with FedTeDS hyperlink. Contractors registered with the Federal Techn ical Data Solutions (FedTeDS) may view and/or download this solicitation and all amendments from the Internet after solicitation issuance at the following Internet address: https://www.fedteds.gov/fedteds/start.nsf/frm.vendorlogin?openform&SolicitationNumb er=W912P8-06-B-0105. You can also find the link to FedTeDS for this solicitation on the New Orleans District web site at www.mvn.usace.army.mil. Click on Contracts and then Procurement Opportunities. Click on the solicitation number and it will send you to FedTeDS. Type in your username and password. A page will come up and you Accept. The next page will say Solicitation Information, click on file name and begin downloading. Do not click on the paperclip, click on the blue informational line. It may take so me time to download the files. Zip files containing .cal drawing files should be downloaded and extracted together in a single directory. You will need the adobe acrobat reader for .pdf files (www.adobe.com) and the maxview reader (www.maxview.com) for .ca l files in order to open most files posted by the New Orleans District. You are advised that FedTeDS currently does not have a Plan Holders List capability. However, you are encouraged, for marketing purposes, to register as an Interested Vendor in FedBizO ps (www.fbo.gov). This can be done by clicking on the solicitation title and clicking on the button that says Register as an Interested Vendor and entering your business information. Offerors are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontractin g opportunities on the Small Business Administrations Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. Offerors must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR), in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the CCR Internet address i s: http://www.ccr.gov. The Contract Specialist for this solicitation is Pamela Moody at +1 (555) 000-0000; or by e-mail at contact@example.gov.