Y--SELA, Gardere Canal Improvements - Phase I & II from M. L. King Playground to Brown Ave. Canal - Additional Improvements, Phase II from Brown Ave. Canal to 8th St., Jefferson Parish, LA

This will be an UNRESTRICTED, Best Value, Single Award procurement. All qualified business concerns may submit offers. Offers from large business firms must comply with FAR 19.7 and FAR Clause 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for submission of a s ubcontracting plan. The US Army Corps of Engineers FY 06 subcontracting goals are for specified percentages of the contractor's total planned subcontracting amount to be placed with the following: Small Business 51.2%; Small Disadvantages Business, 8.8%; W omen-Owned Small Business, 7.3%; Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, 1.5%; and HUBZone Small Business, 3.1%. The work consists of a sheet pile wall canal section; a concrete U channel section, slope paved section, aerial pipe crossings, adju stments to drainage lines, canal excavation and backfill, removal of structures and timber piles and other incidental work. 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 management organization, proposed technical approach/solutions, technical experience, key personnel, price, etc. The RFP will provide all necessary details, and sta te how the Selection Board will evaluate the proposals. NAICS: 237990, FSC: Y299, SIC: 1629. Work is estimated to cost between $15,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00. RFP will be issued on or about September 17, 2006. Estimated proposal receipt date will be October 17, 2006. Actual dates will be shown when the solicitation is issued. Work is estimated to be complete within 940 calendar days after receipt of the Notice to Proceed. Point of contact is Sheila Enclade, telephone: +1 (555) 000-0000, FAX: 504-862-288 9 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 disseminatio n tool designed to safeguard acquisition-related information for all 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 c licking on the Register with FedTeDS 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 Interne t address: https://www.fedteds.gov/fedteds/start.nsf/frm.vendorlogin?openform&SolicitationNumber=W912P8-06-R-0206. You can also find the link to FedTeDS for this solicitation on the New Orleans District web site at www.mvn.usace.army.mil. Click on Cont racts 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 nee d 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 capa bility. However, 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 Business Administrati ons 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.