Y--Richmond Outer and Inner Harbors, Maintenance Dredging

Project Title & Location: Richmond Outer and Inner Harbors, Maintenance Dredging. The work consists of maintenance dredging of the Federal channel located at or near the Port of Richmond, Contra Costa County, California. All dredging, material trans portation and material placement shall be in accordance with the project plans, specifications, permits, regulatory guidance and applicable contract clauses. Dredged material excavated from the Richmond Inner Harbor shall be transported and off loaded at the Hamilton Wetland Restoration Project (HWRP) and disposed of at the San Francisco Deep Ocean Disposal Site (SF-DODS). The Government will provide off loading at the HWRP. Dredged material excavated from the Richmond Outer Harbor shall be transported a nd placed at the Alcatraz Disposal Site (SF-11) or the San Pablo Bay Disposal Site (SF-10).The Contractor may provide proposals for fully permitted beneficial use upland alternatives other than those placement sites listed herein. This Invitation fo r Bid (IFB) is UNRESTRICTED. NAICS CODE: This procurement will be conducted under NAICS Code 237990. The size standard for this NAICS code is $31 Million. Estimated cost is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00. The recommended goals for subcontracting are: Small Business: 70%, Small Disadvantaged Business: 6.2%, Women-Owned Small Business: 7.0%, HUBZone Small Business: 9.8%, and Service-Disable Veteran-Owned Small Business: 0.9%, Veteran-Owned Small Business 3.0%. The acquisition method is Invitation f or Bids (IFB). The solicitation will be available for download approximately 7 March 2008. The solicitation and all amendments for this acquisition will be posted on a secure Government website known as FedTeDS. Access to the solicitation documents on the FedTeDs website will be via hyperlink. Contractors registered with the Federal Technical Data Solutions (FedTeDs) may view and/or download this solicitation and all amendments from the Internet after solicitation issuance at the following Internet address : https://www.fedteds.gov/fedteds/start.nsf/frm.vendorlogin?open form & Solicitation Number = W912P7-08-B-0001. Viewing/downloading documents from FedTeDs will require prior registration in Central Contractor Registration (www.ccr.gov), and Online Represen tations and Certifications Application (ORCA) (http://orca.bpn.gov). If you are a first-time FedTeDs user, you will also be required to register in FedTeDs (www.fedteds.gov) before accessing the solicitation documents. To register, click on the Reg ister with FedTeDs hyperlink, then select the Begin Vendor/Contractor Registration Process option. The following information will be required: Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Trading Partner Identification Number (TPIN); DUNS Number or CAGE Code; Tel ephone Number; and E-Mail Address. Once registered with FedTeDs, interested parties will then be able to utilize the hyperlink to log in and access the solicitation documents. Important Note: Solicitation documents can be accessed ONLY by using the hyperli nk; FedTeDs is not searchable by any other means. Please note that ALL firms who want to access the solicitation both prospective primes and subs will be required to be registered with FedTeDs and therefore must be CCR-registered, have a TPIN, and either a DUNS number or CAGE code. For further information, please click on the links on the FedTeDs homepage to FAQs, the Vendor User Guide, and FedTeDs Help. For additional assistance with the FedTeDS website, please contact the Ogden Electronic Business (EB) Op erations Support Team (OST) at --866-618-5988 (toll free), +1 (555) 000-0000, or contact@example.gov (Subject: FedTeDs Assistance). Offerors are advised that FedTeDs currently does not have a Plan Holders List capability. Offerors can View List of Inter ested Vendors on Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizopps). Therefore, you are encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administration's Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. San Francisco District, South Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has been assigned procurement responsibility for this product line in support of Southwest Division. The Co ntract Specialist for this solicitation will be Rick Vredenburg, Tel. +1 (555) 000-0000. If contacting us by E-mail, please send your inquiries to BOTH: contact@example.gov AND contact@example.gov. All offerors are encouraged to visi t the Armys Single Face to Industry Website at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi to view other business opportunities.