Y--South Brother Island Channel, East River Maintenance Dredging, East River, NY

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New York District intends to issue an Invitation For Bid (IFB) to award a firm fixed price contract for Dredging of South Brother Island Channel, East River Maintenance Dredging. This project requires dredging between 104,235 cubic yards and 262,565 cubic yards of material from the channel with subsequent placement at the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS). This work requires the use of an environmental bucket such as a clamshell dredge, which must be able to operat e in a minimum of 37 feet of water. The project will also require use of ocean-going tugs and scows to transport material to the HARS, which is located approximately 45 miles from the dredging area. The selected contractor will be required to commence wo rk within five (5) calendar days after date of receipt of the notice to proceed, to prosecute said work diligently and to complete the entire work ready for use no later 20 to 40 calendar days after the receipt of the notice to proceed. If a large business , no award will be made unless Small Business Sub-Contracting Plan is accepted and approved. The plan must address maximum efforts to utilize Small Business, Woman Owned S.B, Hubzone S.B, Veteran Owned S.B, and Service Disabled Veteran Owned S.B. This pro ject is being solicited as an UNRESTRICTED procurement. The applicable NAICS Code is 237990 with a Small Business Size standard of $18,500,000. The SIC Code is 1629. The estimated price range for this project is between $500,000 and $1,000,000. The med ia selected for the issuance of solicitations and amendments shall solely be at the discretion of the Government; accordingly, the media utilized for this project are the Internet and CD-ROM. Paper copies of this solicitation, and amendments, if any, will not be available or issued. Interested parties may download and print the solicitation at no charge from http://www2.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA51/postdatePrevDays_1.html and http://www.fedteds.gov. All vendors who want to access solicitations will be requi red to register with Central Contractor Registration (CCR) (www.ccr.gov) and Federal Data Technical Solution (Feted) (www.fedteds.gov). The new system called Federal Technical Data System (FedTeDS) (http://www.fedteds.gov) is a web-based dissemination to ol designed to safeguard acquisition-related information for all Federal Agencies. Business opportunities can be located on Federal Business Opportunities (www.fedbizopps.gov) or the Army single Face to Industry (ASFI) Acquisition Business Web Site (https: //acquisition.army.mil/asfi). There will be no automated email notification of amendments. To keep informed of changes, please check www.fedbizopps.gov frequently. Some contractor tools are the following: 1. Register to receive Notification & Regis ter as an Interested Vendor in www.fedbizopps.gov 2. Utilize the Vendor Notification Service in ASFI (https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi). A hyperlink posted in FedBizOps will direct vendors to FedTeDS to download solicitations, Plans, Specifications and amendments. Project specification files and dra wings are portable document files (PDF) and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using A5. Internet Explorer 6.0 the recommended Browser. However, Internet Explorer 4.x, Internet Explorer 5.5 or greater, Netscape 4.x (except 4.7) and Netscape 5.x are also compatible with FedTeDS. Utilization of the internet is the preferred method, however CDs will be available upon written request stating the solicitation number, or project name, complete company name and street address (we will not deliver to P.O. Boxes ), telephone and facsimile number (including area codes). Make check or money order payable in the amount of $15.00 to USACE, NY. Solicitation documents for this construction effort will be available on or about 12 July 2006. The Bid opening date will be on or about 12 August 2006 at 2:00 P.M. Registration Requirements: DFARS 252.204-7004 Required Central Contra ctor Registration (CCR) applies to this procurement. Prospective contractors must be registered in the Department of Defense CCR database prior to award. Lack of registration in the CCR database will make an offeror ineligible for award. Information on CCR registration and annual confirmation requirements may be obtained by calling +1 (555) 000-0000 or via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov. The Contract Specialist for this procurement is Major Charlotte H. Rhee, Contract Specialist, U.S. Army Corps of Engine ers, New York District, ATTN: Contracting Division Room 1843, New York, NY 10278-0900. She may be reached at contact@example.gov; phone number +1 (555) 000-0000, Fax number +1 (555) 000-0000. The technical manager is John Schinn (john.r.schinn@usace .army.mil) at phone number +1 (555) 000-0000.