Z--AWARDING OPTION 2: SOUTH SACRAMENTO COUNTY STREAMS PROJECT, CALIFORNIA

PROJECT: South Sacramento County Streams. LOCATION: South Sacramento County, California. TYPE OF AWARD: This acquisition is solicited as an UNRESTRICTED Invitation for Bid (IFB). Estimated Cost Range is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. This pr ocurement will be conducted under FSC Code: Y211; SIC Code: 1629; NAICS Code: 237990. The small business size standard for this code is $31,000,000. Information about the time and location of the site visit/preproposal conference will be found in Section 00100 of the solicitation, clause 52.236-27. All questions should be directed to the Contract Specialist, Daisy Joseph at +1 (555) 000-0000, e-mail contact@example.gov. JOB DESCRIPTION: Designated at South Sacramento County Streams. The constructi on contract is for constructing concrete and sheet pile floodwalls, and levee improvement along the right (West) bank of Morrison Creek from approximately 100 feet West of the Union Pacific Rail Road (UPRR) tracks to the Brookfield Drive over crossing (app roximately 4500 linear feet) for completion in 2006. Bidders must submit sealed bids to be opened at the time and place stated in the solicitation for the public opening of bids. Bids shall be evaluated without discussions. OFFERORS ARE ADVISED THAT THI S PROJECT MAY BE DELAYED, CANCELED OR REVISED AT ANY TIME DURING THE IFB process. The IFB for this project will be issued on or around 1 June 2006. Plans and specifications will not be provided in hard paper copy. The solicitation and all amendments for this acquisition will be posted on a secure Government website known as FedTeDS. Access to the IFB documents on the FedTeDS website will be via a hyperlink. The hyperlink will be inserted into the notices for this acquisition posted on both the Army Sin gle Face to Industry (ASFI) website (https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/) and the FedBizOpps website (www.fbo.gov) once the IFB is issued. The hyper-link will not appear as a website address, but text as follows: Available online via the FedTeDs (Federal Technical Data Solution) website. Viewing/downloading documents from FedTeDS will require prior registration in Central Contractor Registration (www.ccr.gov). If you are a first-time FedTeDS user, you will also be required to register in FedTeDS (www.fed teds.gov) before accessing the IFB documents. To register, click on the Register with FedTeDS hyperlink, then select the Begin Vendor/Contractor Registration Process option. The following information will be required: Central Contractor Registration (CCR ) Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN); DUNS Number or Cage Code; Telephone Number; and E-mail Address. Once registered with FedTeDS, interested parties will then be able to utilize the posted hyperlink to log in and access the IFB documents. I mportant Note: Solicitation/IFB documents can be accessed ONLY by using the hyperlink available on either FBO or ASFI; FedTeDS is not searchable by any other means. Please note that ALL contractors who want to register with FedTeDS must be CCR registered, and have a MPIN, DUNS number or Cage code. For further information, please click on the FedTeDS homepage links; FAQs, Vendor User Guide, and FedTeDS Help. For additional assistance with the FedTeDS website, contact the Ogden Electronic Business (EB) Ope rations Support Team (OST) at +1 (555) 000-0000 (toll free), +1 (555) 000-0000, or contact@example.gov (subject: FedTeDS Assistance). IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CONTRACTOR TO CHECK FedTeDS FREQUENTLY FOR ANY AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES TO THE IFB. See Numbered Note 9.