Z--MAINTENANCE DREDGING OF TANGIER CHANNEL, ACCOMACK COUNTY, VIRGINIA

The work consists of maintenance dredging of the Channel to Chesapeake Bay to a depth of 8 feet MLLW and the Basin to a depth of 8 feet MLLW, each with one foot of allowable overdepth. The work, including allowable overdepth and estimated accretion t o April 2006, involves dredging approximately 28,850 cubic yards of material to be transported and deposited in the Government-furnished shoreline placement site by hydraulic pipeline. Due to environmental concerns and regulations all work of this contract must be completed prior to 15 April 2006. The magnitude of the project is between $250,000.00 and $500,000.00. This is 100% small business set aside procurement action. NAICS Code 237990 applies. The project duration is approximately 30 calendar day s. The solicitation will be provided in an electronic format. The media through which the Government chooses to issue this solicitation is via the Internet. The solicitation will not be issued in paper format. Notification of amendments may be made by facsimile, floppy disk, compact disk and/or postings to the Internet. The media selected for solicitation amendments shall be solely at the discretion of the Government; accordingly, as separate notifications for each amendment may not be sent to planhold ers, bidders shall be responsible for monitoring the Internet for amendments. Interested firms may view and/or download the solicitation from the following website: http://ebs.nao.usace.army.mil/. Prospective contractors must be registered in the DOD C entral Contractor Registration (CCR) database prior to award. Lack of registration in the CCR database will make an offeror ineligible for award. Information on CCR registration and annual confirmation requirements may be obtained by calling 1-888-227-24 23, or via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov. TELEPHONE OR EMAIL REQUESTS WILL NOT BE HONORED. Contractors please note: Online Representations and Certifications Applications (OCRA) apply to this solicitation. With ORCA, you now have the ability to ent er and maintain your representations and certification information, via the Internet at http://orca.bpn.gov. You no longer have to submit representations and certifications with your proposal, instead this solicitation contains a single provision that wil l 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. Additional information regarding this policy is located on our website. NOTE: THE SPECIALIST ASSIGNED TO THIS PROJECT IS CHERYL B. JONES +1 (555) 000-0000 NOT VERONICA ATAMANCHUK.