Y--Bonnet Carre Spillway, Sandblast and Paint Metal Fixtures and Components of Spillway Bays, St. Charles Parish, LA

NOTE: THIS ACQUISITION HAS BEEN SET-ASIDE FOR SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN SMALL BUSINESSES ONLY. BIDS FROM ANY OTHER TYPES OF BUSINESSES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The work to be performed under this project consists of providing the labor, supervi sion, overhead, tools, equipment, vehicles, transportation, per diem, and materials to remove existing paint (herein referred to as sandblasting but including water blasting, mechanical or chemical stripping, chipping, etc. as required) from all steel st ructural members of the Bonnet Carre Spillway structure, repainting all steel members, and all incidental work as described in these specifications. The work will be performed 20-30 feet above ground level, and fall protection in accordance with OSHA requ irements (29 CFR 1926 Subpart M) will be required. Scaffolding, cherry-pickers, and/or scissors lifts may be required in order to accomplish the work. NOTE: The existing paint to be removed does NOT contain lead to the best of our knowledge. The tota l value of this contract is $200,000. In this reverse bidding procurement, contractors will bid on the total amount of structures they can complete per the specifications for a firm-fixed price of $200,000. The solicitation will issue on or about 11 Feb ruary 2008 and a bid opening date will be established in a future amendment. This is a procurement set-aside for service-disabled veteran small business. NAICS Code is: 237990. The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted o n 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 a re 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 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 is: http://www.ccr.gov. The Contract Specialist for this solicitation is Chris Nuccio at +1 (555) 000-0000; or by e-mail at contact@example.gov.