Y--Major Rehabilitation and Major Maintenance, Stage I, Lock 19, Located on the Upper Mississippi River, Lee County, Keokuk, Iowa

The proposed procurement consists of the following work components: demolition, concrete removal, hydraulic operating system removal (piping, cylinders, controls, etc.), cast-in-place concrete work, installation of new hydraulic operating system (pi ping, cylinders, controls, etc.) for the upper lift gates, miscellaneous mechanical and electrical work including programming and installation of programmable logic controller (PLC) system, and work on the sheaves, cables, bubbler system, service gate slot , and mooring bits. The Major Rehabilitation and Major Maintenance, Stage I Lock no. 19 acquisition provides for a base bid with several options. This procurement is issued unrestricted under the Small Business Competitive Demonstration Program (Public Law 100-656). The contract award will be made using competitive proposal negotiation procedures for achieving the Best Value to the Government thr ough the Source Selection (Tradeoff) Process, and will be made to the offeror whose Proposal meets the Governments needs in the most effective, economical, and timely manner. This source selection will be conducted in accordance with procedures prescribe d in FAR Part 15. Plans and Specifications will be available on or about 29 June 2006. A site visit is scheduled for 20 July 2006 at the proposed Construction Site, Lock and Dam 19 at 10:00 a.m. CST. To register attendance for the site inspection and to obtain directions to the site, you must contact Area Engineer, Ms. Barbara Lester, Centra l Area Office, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 5235 Grand Avenue, Davenport, Iowa 52807-1014, Telephone: 563/386-0572, or 563/386-0651 (Collect Calls Not Accepted). North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 237990 with a size standard of $31 million average annual gross revenues. The estimated magnitude of this requirement in terms of physical characteristics and estimated price is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. For Technical Matters, questions must be submitted via the internet at http://www2.mvr.usace.army.mil/Contracting/ . Click on Contracting Projects Q & A, select insert a question/answer, click on the drop down arrow and select the project. Input your question; add your email address if you would like an email when your question is answered and click on Insert This Question. Offerors: Please be advised of on-line registration requirement in Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database http://www.ccr.gov/ and directed solicitation provisions concerning electronic annual On-line Representations and Certifications (ORCA) at htt p://orca.bpn.gov. Obtaining Solicitation Documents: This office will no longer send copies (paper or CDs) of amendments and solicitations to interested parties. Solicitation documents will be posted on FedTeDS. FedTeDS is a web-based dissemination tool designed to safegua rd acquisition-related information. When solicitation documents have been issued and posted to FedTeDs, synopsis or pre-solicitation notice will be amended and a link provided to access FedTeDS*. The process to download from FedTeDS is: 1. Find solicitati on announcement in Fed Biz Opps (www.fbo.gov) 2. *Once you open the bid announcement on Fed Biz Opps, there will be a link to the solicitation on FedTeDS in the remarks section. Click on the link. 3. If you are a first time user, you will have to register* * (see info included below); if not log in and open the solicitation. 4. Once you have the solicitation open, you can begin downloading the various files to your location. **Registration instructions can be found on the FedTeDS website https://www.fedteds. gov by clicking on the Register with FedTeDS hyperlink. Interested bidders should select the Begin Vendor/Contractor Registration Process option. The information listed below is required to register. 1. Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Marketing Part ner Identification Number (MPIN) 2. DUNS Number or CAGE code 3. Tel ephone Number 4. E-Mail address. All vendors logging into FedTeDS are highly encouraged to register for the Interested Vendors List. This information can be utilized for prime and subcontracting lists.