Y--SELA, Discharge Pipes Under Hickory Avenue, Harahan Pump to the River, Jefferson Parish, LA

This will be SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE, Best Value, Single Award procurement. All qualified business concerns may submit offers. A joint venture may be considered a service-disabled veteran-owned small business if all the requirements of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 19.1403(c) are met. The FAR can be found on the Internet at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm. The work consists of installing three 84 diameter drainage pipes as the first phase of t he overall Pump to the River project. This project will incorporate installation of the 84 pipes and water main relocation. Site work will include modifications to existing utilities, excavation, demolition, cofferdam construction, backfilling, clearing , grubbing and landscaping. The advertisement of this procurement will require a Request for Proposal (RFP) which will require the submission of technical and price proposals that will be evaluated separately. The evaluation criteria may consist of manag ement organization, proposed technical approach/solutions, proposed schedule, technical experience, key personnel qualifications, past performance, previous experience with similar types of work, teaming arrangements, overall capability of the firm (labor capacity, financial capacity, bonding capacity), etc. The RFP will provide all necessary details, and state how the Selection Board will evaluate the proposals. NACIS: 237990, FSC: Y299, SIC: 1629. RFP will be issued on or about June 14, 2007. Estim ated proposal receipt date will be July 12, 2007. Actual dates will be shown when the solicitation is issued. Point of contact is Pamela Moody, telephone: +1 (555) 000-0000, FAX: +1 (555) 000-0000 or e-mail: contact@example.gov. For security reasons, all technical and engineering data related to this solicitation will be distributed using the Federal Technical Data Solutions (FedTeDS) system. FedTeDS is a web-based dissemination tool designed to safeguard acquisition-related information for a ll Federal agencies. Interested bidders must register with FedTeDS before accessing the system. Registration instructions can be found on the FedTeDS website (https://www.fedteds.gov) by clicking on the Register with FedTeDS hyperlink. Contractors regis tered with 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?openform@SolicitationNumber=W912P8- 07-R-0044. You can also find the link to FedTeDS for this solicitation on the New Orleans District website at www.mvn.usace.army.mil. Click on Contracts and then Procurement Opportunities. Click on the solicitation number and it will send you to FedTeDS . Type in your username and password. A page will come up and you Accept. The next page will say Solicitation Information, click on file name and begin downloading. Do not click on the paperclip, click on the blue informational line. It may take some time to download the files. Zip files containing .cal drawing files should be downloaded and extracted together in a single directory. You will need the adobe acrobat reader for .pdf files (www.adobe.com) and the maxview reader (www.maxview.com) for .cal files in order to open most files posted by the New Orleans District. You are advised that FedTeDS currently does not have a Plan Holders List capability. However, you are encouraged, for marketing purposes, to register as an Interested Vendor in FedBiz Ops. 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 opportuni ties on the Small Business 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 CCS Internet address is http://www.ccr.gov.