Y--Maintenance dredging to be performed on federal navigation channels both coastal and inland waterways in Alabama, Mississippi and Florida by a 20-24 inch cutterhead pipeline dredge.

Solicition bid response dates has been modified to 03 Oct 2013. The estimated cost of this project is between $25,000,000 and $100,000,000. The Contracting Officer is Mr. Carl Wade. Maintenance dredging to be performed on federal navigation channels both coastal and inland waterways in Alabama, Mississippi and Florida by a 20-24 inch cutterhead pipeline dredge. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 237990. Note No. 1: All prospective contractors and their subcontractors and suppliers must be registered in Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) before they will be allowed to download solicitation information. Contractor must be registered in the DoD System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award of this contract. Solicitation documents, plans and specifications will only be available via FedBizOpps. Registration for plans and specifications should be made via FedBizOpps Internet Homepage. If you are not registered, the United States government is not responsible for providing you with notifications of any changes to this solicitation. The solicitation will be available only as a direct download. This solicitation will not be issued on CD-ROM. Neither telephonic, mailed, nor fax requests will be accepted. Registration should be completed one week prior to the issue date. It is therefore the Contractor's responsibility to monitor the website daily for the solicitation to be posted, and for any posted changes or amendments to this solicitation. The plans and specifications and all notifications of changes to this solicitation shall only be made through this posting and modifications hereto. Plans and specifications will not be provided in a printed-paper format; however, the Government reserves the right to revert to paper medium when it is determined to be in the Government's best interest. NOTE: This solicitation is in .pdf format and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. Adobe Acrobat Reader may be downloaded free of charge at http://tsn.wes.army.mil/ComSoftware.asp. Note No. 2: All bid forms, bid bonds, and other normal documents required for the bid submittal, including amendments to the bid submittal, shall be in paper medium. Electronic medium for the bid submittal documents will not be allowed. Note No. 3: Critical path method (network analysis system) is required. Note No. 4: For this job, a small business is defined as having average annual receipts of less than $20,000,000 for the past three years. Note No. 5: It is anticipated that this solicitation will not have bid options. However, optional bid items may be added if it is determined to be in the Government's best interest. Note No. 6: All advertisements of Mobile District projects will be through the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps). Detailed information on this and other Mobile District Projects (Ordering Solicitations, Points of Contact, Synopsis of Work, etc.) are available on the Internet at: https://www.fbo.gov . Address questions concerning downloading of plans/specifications to Plans Room at phone number +1 (555) 000-0000.