Y--HSDRRS - Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Mitigation, Milton Island Flood Side Intermediate Marsh Restoration, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana (ED 12-053)

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PRESOLICITATION NOTICE HAD A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR WHEN IT WAS INITIALLY SET UP IN FBO WHICH CAN NOT BE CHANGED. HOWEVER, THE CORRECT SOLICITATION NO. IS W912P8-15-B-0037 AS WILL BE SHOWN IN THE ACTUAL SOLICITATION ONCE POSTED. 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 14 subcontracting goals are for specified percentages of the contractor's total planned subcontracting amount to be placed with the following: Small Business 50.0%; Small Disadvantaged Business 17.0%; Woman Owned Small Business 18.0%; HUBZONE Small Business 10.0%; Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business 4.0%, and Veteran Owned Business 8.5%. The work consists of marsh restoration in existing shallow open water via borrow dredging in a designated borrow pit within Lake Pontchartrain. The work requires retention dike construction and shoreline restoration on a specific reach of Lake Pontchartrain that borders the project footprint. This construction effort is a mitigation effort for Hurricane Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS) works in the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity (LPV) project. NAICS: 237990. The estimated dollar value for this project is $5,000,000 - $10,000,000. IFB will be issued on or about 9 July 2015. 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 FedBizOpps (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 FedBizOpps (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: https://www.sam.gov. The Contract Specialist for this solicitation is Michelle Lappen at +1 (555) 000-0000; or by e-mail at contact@example.gov.