Y--Freshwater Bayou Lock, Repair to Shops Building, Vermillion Parish, LA, ED-07-050

This will be a HUBZONE SET ASIDE procurement. The work consists of repair, removal, replacement, elimination, and etc of the existing shops building. The building is still damaged from Hurricane Rita. NAICS: 237990, FSC: Y299, SIC: 1629. Work is estimated to cost between $500,000.00 and $3,000,000.00. IFB will be issued on or about March 3, 2008. Estimated bid opening date will be April 2, 2008. Actual dates will be shown when the solicitation is issued. Work is estimated to be completed wi thin 270 calendar days after receipt of the Notice to Proceed. Point of contact is Anna Lann, telephone: +1 (555) 000-0000, FAX: +1 (555) 000-0000 or E-Mail: contact@example.gov. For security reasons, all technical and engineering data related to t his 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. Interested bidders must register w ith FedTeDS before accessing the system. Registration instructions can be found on the FedTeDS website (https://www.fedteds.gov) by clicking on the Register with the FedTeDS hyperlink. Contractors registered with the Federal Technical Data Solutions (Fed TeDS) 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&SolicitationNumber=W912P8-08-B-0028 . You can also find the link to FedTeDS for this solicitation on the New Orleans District website 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 y our 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 some time to down load 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 .cal files in or der 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 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 opportu nities to 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: htt p://www.ccr.gov.