Y--Seminole Big Cypress Indian Reservation Western Water Conservation Restoration Project, Basin 1 and Siphon 1, Hendry County, Florida

Project construction for Basin 1 includes construction of water resource area and irrigation reservoir levees, canals, pumping stations, control structures, siphon, access roadways, and associated appurtenant work. Construction includes six irrigati on cells to provide stormwater protection for the adjacent agricultural fields or to store and provide water when needed; two water resource areas to intercept stormwater discharges from the irrigation cells and nonagricultural fields; one siphon to drain water to south of West Feeder Canal, 10 pump stations with capacities ranging from 7 cfs to 256 cfs; a series of culverts in and along the new and existing canals, and other work necessary to mitigate impact of stormwater on existing agricultural operation s. Levees associated with Water Resource Area cells typically have height of approximately 3.0 feet and the Irrigation Cell levees have heights of approximately 7 feet. Performance Period is 400 calendar days. Magnitude of Construction is between $10,0 00,000.00 to $25,000,000.00. Award will be made to the offeror whose proposal represents the best value to the Government. Proposals will be evaluated on Technical, Past Performance, the Small Business Utilization Plan and Price. Solicitation will be is sued on or about 20 July 2006 and open on or about 21 August 2006. This is an unrestricted acquisition issued pursuant to the Small Business Competitive Demonstration Program. There will be a price preference for certified HUBZone small business concerns that comply with the requirements in the solicitation as stipulated in FAR 19.1307. All responsible offerors are encouraged to participate. Solicitation will be issued using the FedTeDS System. Registration instructions can be found on the FedTeDS webs ite, https://www.fedteds.gov/fedteds/start.nsf/frm.VendorLogin?OpenForm&SolicitationNumber=W912EP-06-R-0024. A bidders mailing list will be maintained at USACE Jacksonville at https://ebs1.saj.usace.army.mil/ebs/AdvertisedSolicitations.asp. All intere sted offerors must be registered electronically. If you are not registered, the Government is not responsible for providing you with notifications of any changes to this solicitation. Solicitation will be issued in electronic format only. You must be re gistered in the Central Contractor Registration in order to be eligible to receive an award from any Government solicitation. Please call +1 (555) 000-0000 for more information or visit the CCR website at http://www.ccr.com. Also, you must be registered in the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) in order to be eligible to receive an award from any Government solicitation. For more information, visit the ORCA website at http://orca.bpn.gov/. NAICS Code is 237990 and the Small Busine ss size standard is $31 Million.