Y--Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to the Gulf of Mexico, Southwest Pass and Cubit's Gap, Hopper Dredge Rental, Contract No. 3-2008, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction-type hopper dredge on a rental basis. Work will be performed at the Mississippi River Southwest Pass Area, and possibly in other areas of the New Orleans D istrict and in areas of both the Galveston and Mobile Districts. The estimated value of this work is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. The solicitation will issue on or about 11 October 2007, and a bid opening date will be established in a future a mendment. This is an UNRESTRICTED procurement. NAICS Code: 237990. 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 FedBizOps (www.fbo.gov). You w ill 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 FedBizOps (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 Busin ess Administrations Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. Offerors must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR), in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the CCR Internet address is: http://www.ccr.gov. The Contra ct Specialist for this solicitation is Chris Nuccio at +1 (555) 000-0000; or by e-mail at contact@example.gov.