Z--Maintenance Dredging of the Craney Island Rehandling Basin, Norfolk Harbor,VA

The project consists of Maintenance Dredging of the Rehandling Basin at Craney Island material management Area (CIDMMA) to a depth of 24 feet of allowable overdepth. The work shall be performed by a hydraulic cutterhead dredge and pipeline, with all dredged material transported and placed in the Government-furnished upland placement area at Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area. Potential bidders are informed there will be a large volume of dredging placement by others at CIDMMA during this contract and only one cell of the CIDMMA will be available at a time for use at the upland placement area during this contract. Including allowable overdepth dredging and estimate accretion, the project involves dredging approximately 770,000 cubic yards of material. The construction duration is 180 calendar days from receipt of Notice to Proceed. The magnitude of construction is estimated between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. The receipt for bids date is July 28, 2006. In the event the Optional Bid I tem for this contract is awarded, additional construction time will not be added to the contract. THIS IS AN UNRESTRICTED PROCUREMENT. NAICS CODE 237990 applies to this procurement. Submission requirements (plans/specs) will be available on/about 21 Jul 2 006 via http://www.fedbizopps.gov/ (search on W91236% for solicitations issued by Norfolk District). No hard copies will be available. Prospective contractors must be registered in the Federal Technical Data Solutions (FedTeDS, https://www.fedteds.gov) da tabase prior to download of plans and specifications. Prospective contractors must be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database prior to award of a contract. Information on registration and annual confirmation requirements may be obtained by calling +1 (555) 000-0000 or via the Internet at http://www.bpn.gov. Lack of registration in the CCR database will prevent access to FedTeDs and will make an offeror ineligible for award. TELEPHONE OR EMAIL REQUESTS WILL NOT BE HONORED. Contra ctors please note: Online Representations and Certifications Applications (OCRA) apply to this solicitation. With ORCA, you now have the ability to enter and maintain your representations and certification information, via the Internet at http://orca.bpn. gov. You not longer have to submit representations and certifications with your proposal. Instead this solicitation contains a single provision that will allow you to either certify that all of your representations and certifications in ORCA are current, complete and accurate as of the date of your signature, or list any changes.