Z--Maintenance Dredging, 7-Foot Project, Impoundment Basin and Entrance Channel, CUT-1, St. Lucie Inlet, Martin County, Florida

Work includes maintenance dredging up to a maximum of 600,000 cyds of shoal material from St. Lucie Inlet, Florida with placement on Hobe Sound National Refuge beach located approximately 4.5 miles south of the inlet. Base Bid consists of dredging of approximately 400,000 CY from the entrance channel Cut-1 to the required depth of 10 feet plus 2-foot allowable overdepth and to the required depth of 16 feet plus 2-foot allowable overdepth (in accordance with the drawings). Dredge impoundment basin to 1 6 feet required depth plus 2-foot allowable overdepth. Work also includes beach tilling and turbidity monitoring. Work shall commence 30 days after issuance of the Notice to Proceed (NTP). Option A consists of dredging of approximately 200,000 CY from the impoundment basin to 16 feet required depth plus 2-foot allowable overdepth. Work also includes beach tilling and turbidity monitoring. The Contractor should expect sea conditions with waves 3-feet or greater in height and ocean currents exceeding 3-knots a majority of the time in the project areas. Only Coast Guard Certified vessels will be allowed to work on this project. COAST GUARD CERTIFICATION OF VESSELS IS REQUIRED. Work shall be completed by 30 April 2007. Magnitude of construction is between $10,00 0,000.00 and $25,000,000.00. Bid Opening Date is on or about 01 August 2006. THIS IS AN UNRESTRICTED ACQUISITION. There will be a price preference for certified HUBZone small business concerns that comply with the requirements in the solicitation as stipul ated in FAR 19.1307. ALL RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE. This solicitation will be distributed using th e FedTeDS system. Interested bidders must register with FedTeDS. Registration instructions can be found on the FedTeDS website, https ://www.fedteds.gov . If you are not registered, the government is not responsible for providing you with notifications of a ny changes to this solicitation. A bidder s mailing list will be maintained at USACE Jacksonville District web site located at https ://ebs1.saj.usace.army.mil/ebs/AdvertisedSolicitations.asp. Bidders will be notified by email when the solicitation has bee n advertised and will be able to download the solicitation at https://www.fedteds.gov/fedteds/start.nsf/frm.vendorlogin?openform &SolicitationNumber=W912EP-06-B-0008. You must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration in order to be eligible to receive an award from this solicitation. Call +1 (555) 000-0000 for more information or visit the CCR web site at http://www .ccr.gov. Also, you must be registered in the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) in order to be eligible to receive an award from any Government solicitation. For more information, visit the ORCA website at http://orca.bpn .gov/. NAICS Code 237990, size standard $18.5 million. AN AMENDMENT TO THE TECHNICAL DATA PACKAGE WILL BE POSTED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.