Y--Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to Gulf, Indefinite Delivery - Indefinite Quantity Contract 2009 Stone Foreshore and Jetty maintenance, Mississippi River, Southwest Pass and Southwest Pass Jetties

This will be an UNRESTRICTED procurement. 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 09 subcontracting goals are for specified percentages of the contractors total planned subcontracting amount to be placed with the following: Small Business 51.2%; Small Disadvantaged Business 8.8%; Woman Owned Small Business 7.3%; Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business 1.5%; and HUBZONE Small Business 3.1%. The work consists of placing stone repairs to existing foreshore dikes and jetties at various locations along both banks of the Mississippi River (Mile 0 to 10.7 AHP), Southwest Pass (Miles 0 to 18.6 BHP) and Southwest Pass Jetties (Miles 16.9 to 20.2 BHP). Work is estimated to cost more than $10,000,000. IFB will be issued on or about 9 March 2009, with a bid opening date on or about 08 April 2009. Actual issue date will be shown when the solicitation is issued. The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI). 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). 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 Central Contractor Registration (CCR), in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the CCR Internet address is http://www.ccr.gov. The Contract Specialist for this solicitation is Eric Armstrong at +1 (555) 000-0000; or by email at contact@example.gov.