Y--Kissimmee River Restoration Project, Structure 68A, Highlands County, Florida

Construction of a new gated single bay ogee weir spillway (S-68A) with a vertical lift gate that is adjacent to an existing 3 bay spillway (S-68). The new spillway will be centered on existing CR 621 alignment approximately 290 to the north of the midspan of the existing structure to accommodate a temporary detour road and to avoid interference with the existing tail water weir. Traffic across the existing structure will be maintained by use of the temporary by-pass detour road, which will be const ructed on the east side of CR 621 per FDOT standards. The main structure will be composed of the base slab, walls, and ogee weir, all of which will be constructed of reinforced cast-in-place concrete. A diversion canal will divert flows though the new sp illway and sheet pile wing walls will be used to transition the compacted backfill along the sides of the structure to the typical canal and levee sections upstream and downstream of the structure. The new spillway structure will have a concrete service b ridge to allow CR 621 traffic cross the new canal. Elevated operating platforms, to support the gate hoist mechanisms, will be constructed on reinforced concrete columns. S-68A is located approximately 290 to the north of existing spillway structure S-68 , which is located on canal C-41A at the outlet of Lake Istokpoga, and centered on existing CR 621 in Highlands County. Performance Period is 540 calendar days for construction and 90 calendar days for establishing grass. Magnitude of Construction is bet ween $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. The solicitation will be issued on or after 01 September 2006 with bids due on or after 17 October 2006. THIS IS AN UNRESTRICTED ACQUISITION. ALL RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE. There will be a price pre ference for certified HUBZone small business concerns that comply with the requirements in the solicitation as stipulated in FAR 19.1307. Solicitation will be issued in electronic format only and will be posted on the Federal Technical Data Solutions (FedT eDS) website at https://www.fedteds.gov/. There is a VENDOR USER GUIDE available on the FedTeDS website. In order to receive notification of any amendments to this solicitation, interested vendors must REGISTER TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION on the Federal Busine ss Opportunities website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. If you are not registered, the Government is not responsible with providing you with notification of any changes to this solicitation. In addition, in order to generate a Plan Holders List, all intere sted bidders must also REGISTER AS INTERESTED VENDOR which is also located on the Federal Business Opportunities website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. You must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration in order to be eligible to receive an awar d from this solicitation. Call +1 (555) 000-0000 for more information or visit the CCR website at http://www.ccr.gov. You also must be registered in OnLine Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) in order to receive an award from this solicitati on. The ORCA website is located at http://orca.bpn.gov. NAICS Code is 237990 and the Small Business size standard is $31 million.