Y--LOWER NEWPORT BAY MAINTENANCE DREDGING, NEWPORT BEACH, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

The project consists of maintenance dredging of Newport Bay with disposal of dredged material at LA-3 and the Middle Harbor of the Port of Long Beach. The total estimated cost range of construction is from $3,000,000.00 to $7,000,000.00. The following codes also apply to this acquisition: FSC Y216 Dredging, SIC Code 1629 Heavy Construction, Non Building Structures. The acquisition will use the FAR Part 14 Sealed Bidding procedures for award. The time for completion of the work on the contract is approximately 80 calendar days from the date of Notice to Proceed. The solicitation is a Total Small Business Set Aside and will contain the provision, "Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside". Offers are solicited only from small business concerns. Offers received from concerns that are not small business concerns shall be considered nonresponsive and will be rejected. Any award resulting from this solicitation will be made to a small business concern. Definition. "Small business concern," as used in this solicitation, means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the size standard in the solicitation. The small business size standard for this acquisition is $20,000,000.00 in average annual receipts. All offeror's/bidders are advised that this project may be delayed, cancelled or revised at any time during the solicitation, selection, evaluation, negotiation and/or final award process. The solicitation will be available on or about 16 August 2011. The solicitation, amendments and planholder's list only be avilable for downloading at www.fbo.gov Viewing/downloading documents from www.fbo.gov will require prior registration in Central Contractor Registration (www.ccr.gov). Please note that all firms who want to access to the solicitation, primes and subcontractors, must be CCR-registered, have a MPIN, and either a DUNS number or CAGE code. All interested contractors are reminded that the successful contractor will be expected to place subcontracts to the maximum practicable extent with small and disadvantaged firms in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 95-507. It is the responsibility of the contractor to check www.fbo.gov website frequently for any amendments or changes to the solicitation. The Government is not responsible for any loss of internet connectivity or for offerors inability to access the documents posted at the referenced website. No CDs or paper copies will be made available. If you would like to list your firm so that others can see you are an interested vendor, you must click the Add Me to Interested Vendors button in the listing for this solicitation on www.fbo.gov .