Z--Dike Repair, Revetment/Bankline Repair, Chevron Construction, and Notching of Dikes, Mississippi River Miles 300.0 - 195.0

The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, is seeking firms for Dike Repair, Revetment/Bankline Repair, Chevron Construction, Multiple Roundpoint Structure Construction, and Notching of Dikes, Mississippi River Miles 300.0 to 195.0. The work includes furnishing labor, materials, vehicles, equipment, tools, supervision, and transportation for dike, chevron, and multiple roundpoint construction; removal stub dike and rework bankline; revetment/bankline repair; and stone removal from existin g dikes. This is a Request for Proposal (RFP) solicitation. There will be no public bid opening. The basis for award will be Best Value utilizing Performance-Price Trade-off (PPT) technique. The Government will award a contract resulting from this soli citation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation requirements and will provide the best value to the government considering recent and relevant past/present performance and price. The government reserves the right to award a co ntract to other than the low offeror. The magnitude of this project is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. This solicitation is unrestricted. This acquisition is being considered for a HUBZone set-aside. If your firm is HUBZone certified and inten ds to submit a proposal on this acquisition you must provide the following information to the Contracting Officer no later than ten (10) days after publication of this notice: (a) SBA Certification of HUBZone eligibility; (b) a positive statement of your i ntention to bid on this contract as a prime contractor; (c) evidence of recent relevant experience in work similar in type and scope to include contract numbers, project titles, dollar amounts, and points of contacts with telephone numbers; and (d) evidenc e of bonding capability up to $5,000,000.00. In the event two or more responsible HUBZone SB firms positively respond to this synopsis, then the acquisition will be set-aside for HUBZone SB firms. Should fewer than two responsible HUBZone contractors res pond to this synopsis, the solicitation will remain unrestricted. In accordance with FAR 19.1307, the price evaluation adjustment would apply to any HUBZone that responded to the competitive solicitation. Notice of a HUBZone set aside or unrestricted wil l be provided in the posted RFP. Postal service or fax copies are required. Electronic copies are not permitted. The closing date and time for submission of offers will be contained in the solicitation package. The solicitation is expected to be issued on or about December 1, 2005. For changes to the issue date or any other changes to the information in this synopsis, potential offerors are responsible to check the information at www.fedbizopps.gov./. The solicitation package will be posted on FedBizO pps, which can be accessed at www.fedbizopps.gov./. The Government will not provide paper copies of the solicitation. Telephone, written, facsimile, or e-mail requests, for the solicitation package will not be honored. Potential offerors MUST register a t the St. Louis Contracting Division Home page at http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/ct/ct/htm and/or at www.fedbizopps.gov./ in order to receive notification and/or changes to the solicitation. The Interested Vendors List (IVL) will be activated and may be ac cessed and printed from the FedBizOpps web site. Prospective offerors who would like their company name included on the IVL list may do so on the Fedbizopps website under IVL. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any other pertinent information and for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package. All interested parties MUST be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database and have completed On-Line Repres entation and Certifications Application (ORCA) in order to receive a contract award. If you are not registered with CCR, you may request an application via pho ne at +1 (555) 000-0000 or register on-line at http://www.ccr.gov/index.cfm. To register with ORCA, you may go online at http://www.bpn.gov/orca/.