Calcasieu River and Pass, 2016 Maintenance Dredging, Bar Channel Hopper Dredge Rental Contract No. 3-2016, Cameron Parish, Louisiana (OM-16-127)

The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction-type hopper dredge on a rental basis for the removal and satisfactory disposal of shoal material in the Calcasieu River Bar Channel, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Work may be required in other areas of the New Orleans District and in areas of both the Galveston and Mobile Districts. The estimated value of this work is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. The solicitation will issue on or about 22 August 2016, and a bid opening date will be established in a future amendment. This is an UNRESTRICTED procurement. NAICS Code 237990. All qualified business concerns may submit offers. Offers from large business firms must comply with FAR 19.7 and FAR Clause 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for submission of a subcontracting plan. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers FY 16 subcontracting goals are for specified percentages of the contractor's total planned subcontracting amount to be placed with the following: Small Business 41.50%; Small Disadvantaged Business 23.50%; Woman Owned Small Business 7.50%; HUBZONE Small Business 7.92%; Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business 5.18%. The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOps)). You can access these files from a link located on FedBizOps (www.fbo.gov). You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader for .pdf files (www.adobe.com) in order to open most files posted by the New Orleans District. You are encouraged, for marketing purposes, to register as an Interested Vendor in FedBizOps (www.fbo.gov). You are encouraged, for marketing purposes, to register as an Interested Vendor in FedBizOps (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 subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administration Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. Offerors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM), in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the SAM Internet address is: http://www.sam.gov. The Contract Specialist for this solicitation is Edith M. Brandon at +1 (555) 000-0000; or by e-mail at contact@example.gov.