Z--Lease of one Cutterhead Hydraulic Pipeline Dredge, fully operated with attendant plant for dredging of the Mississippi River and harbors within the Memphis District.

The dredge will be used to maintain various harbors at any point on the Mississippi River between Cape Girardeau, Missouri (Mile 48 UMR), and Greenville, Mississippi (Mile 537 AHP), which includes Hickman, Kentucky; New Madrid, Missouri; Caruthersvil le, Missouri; Osceola, Arkansas; Memphis, Tennessee; and Helena, Arkansas. The dredge shall be not less than 27-inch I.D. discharge and have a manufacturers horsepower rating for continuous operation of not less than 3,900 brake horsepower. Dredges large r than 27-inch will be considered, but the estimated output will be based on the quantity shown for a 27-inch dredge. The estimated cost range of the work is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. This will be an unrestricted procurement with Price Evaluation for HubZone small business concerns. For the purpose of this procurement to qualify as a small business concern, in addition to being independently owned and operated and not dominate in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts , the concern must have had average annual sales receipts for the preceding three fiscal years not exceeding $18,500,000 million dollars. Also, to be considered small for the purposes of Government procurement, a firm must perform at least 40 percent of th e volume dredged with its own equipment or equipment owned by another small dredging concern. The supplies or services being procured in this solicitation are classified under NAICS 237900. This solicitation will issue on or about 15 May 2006 and bid openi ng will be on or about 15 June 2006. When the solicitation package is available you may download it from FedTeDS, at the following link: http://www.fedteds.gov/fedteds/start.nsf/frm.vendorlogin?openform&SolicitationNumber=W912EQ-06-B-0009. For FedTeD S registration, go to www.fedteds.gov. You will have to be registered in FedTeDS in order to download the solicitation package. For additional information regarding this solicitation please contact Carol Seibert at +1 (555) 000-0000.