Z--Maintenance Dredging, 45-Foot Egmont Channel Cuts 1 and 2, 43-Foot Mullet Key Channel, Tampa Harbor, Florida

The solicitation will consist of Base and Option Bid Items as follows: Base: Work is located in Entrance Channel Sector, Tampa Harbor, Florida and includes maintenance dredging an estimated 531,000 cubic yards of shoal material from Egmont Channel Cut 1, Station 490+00 to Station 520+00, to required depth of 45-feet plus 2-f oot allowable over depth. Commence placement of dredged material on Egmont Key located adjacent to Egmont Cut-2 between DEP beach monuments R-2 and R-10, approximately 1.4 miles. Work also includes geotextile tubes and debris removal, beach tilling, enda ngered species observers, and turbidity monitoring. Option A: Work is located in Entrance Channel Sector, Tampa Harbor, Florida and includes maintenance dredging an estimated 498,000 cubic yards of shoal material from Egmont Channel Cut 1, Station 120+00 to Station 490+00, to required depth of 45-feet plus 2-foot allowable over depth. Continue placement of dredged material on Egmont Key located adjacent to Egmont Cut-2 between DEP beach monuments R-2 and R-10, approximately 1.4 miles. Work also includes beach tilling, endangered species observers, and tur bidity monitoring. Option B: Maintenance dredge an estimated 294,000 cubic yards of shoal material from Egmont Channel Cut 1, Station 520+00 and Cut 2 to required depth of 45-feet plus 2-foot allowable over depth, and from Mullet Key Channel to required depth of 43-feet plu s 2-foot allowable over depth. Place dredged material on Ft. Desoto Beach Primary Area A and Secondary Area B (Mullet Key) located adjacent and northerly of Mullet Key Cut. Work also includes, beach tilling, endangered species observers, and turbidity mon itoring. Option C: Furnish and install two geotextile tubes on Egmont Key Beach to protect existing, historical batteries at Ft. Dade. Magnitude of construction is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00. The solicitation will be issued on or about 6 March 2006 with bids due on or about 5 April 2006. There will be a price preference for certified HUBZone small business concerns that c omply with the requirements in the solicitation as stipulated in FAR 19.1307. Solicitation will be issued in electronic format only and will be posted on our website. All interested bidders must register electronically. If you are not registered, the Go vernment is not responsible with providing you with notifications of any changes to this solicitation. The registration form is located at https://ebs1.saj.usace.army.mil/ebs/AdvertisedSolicitations.asp. THIS IS AN UNRESTRICTED ACQUISITION. COAST GUARD CERTIFICATION OF VESSELS IS REQUIRED. ALL RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE. Note: Contracting information for the Jacksonville District is now available on our web site at http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/ (Select Contracts/Business Opport unities). You must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) in order to be eligible to receive an award from this solicitation. Call +1 (555) 000-0000 for more information or visit the CCR website at http://www.ccr.gov. You must also be r egistered in On-line Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) in order to receive an award from this solicitation. Visit the ORCA website at http://orca.bpn.gov. NAICS Code is 237990 and the Small Business size standard is $18.5 million.