Z--Award Announcement: American River Common Features - Pocket Geotechnical

PROJECT TITLE: American River Common Features  Pocket Geotechnical. LOCATION: Sacramento, California. Estimated Magnitude of this Project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. This Procurement will be conducted under FSC CODE: Z2 99, SIC CODE: 1629, NAICS Code: 237990. The size standard for this code is $31,000,000. All questions should be directed to the Contract Specialist, Allen Bassett, at +1 (555) 000-0000, FAX: No.: +1 (555) 000-0000, e-mail contact@example.gov . An a lternate contact is the Civil Construction Team Lead, Ron Schunk, who can be reached at +1 (555) 000-0000 or via email at contact@example.gov . Information about the time and location of the site visit will be found in Section 00100 of the sp ecifications. TYPE OF AWARD: This acquisition is proceeding as an Unrestricted Request For Proposals (RFQ), Best-Value-Price-Trade-Off, with any resultant award being a Firm-Fixed-Price construction contract. JOB DESCRIPTION: This project wil l construct two reaches of cut-off walls along the Sacramento River in Sacramento County. There will be one Base Item and one Option Item. The Option Item will be exercised and funded at the discretion of the Government. Reach 9 is the Base Item, whose cut-off wall is approximately 1,480 feet long and 40 feet deep, and requires either Conventional Slurry Mix or Deep Soil Mix construction. Reach 2 is the Option Item, whose cut-off wall is approximately 1,750 feet long and 110 feet deep, and requires Deep Soil Mix construction. All PROPOSALS will be due on/about 18 July 2006/1:00 pm PST. The acquisition method is Request for Proposals (RFP). OFFERORS ARE ADVISED THAT THIS PROJECT MAY BE DELAYED, CANCELED OR REVISED AT ANY TIME DURING THE SOLICITATI ON, SELECTION, EVALUATION, AND/OR FINAL AWARD PROCESS. The solicitation will be available on or about 16 June 2006. Plans and specifications will not be provided in hard paper copy. The solicitation and all amendments for this acquisition will be posted on a secure Government website known as FedTeDS. Access to the solicitation documents on the FedTeDS website will be via a hyperlink. The hyperlink will be inserted into the notices for this acquisition posted on both the Army Single Face to Indus try (ASFI) website (https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/) and the FedBizOpps (FBO) website (www.fbo.gov) once the solicitation is issued. The hyper link will be imbedded in text and will not appear as a website address; in FedBizOpps, you will first click on the blue link titled, Technical Data Package (TDP) 01; once you click this link, the next web-page will contain another blue link titled, Available online via the FedTeDS (Federal Technical Data Solution) website (this link will take you directly to the FedTeDS log-in). Viewing/downloading documents from FedTeDS will require prior registration in Central Contractor Registration (www.ccr.gov). If you are a first-time FedTeDS user, you will also be required to register in FedTeDS (www.fedteds.gov) be fore accessing the solicitation documents. To register, click on the Register with FedTeDS hyperlink, then select the Begin Vendor/Contractor Registration Process option. The following information will be required: Central Contractor Registration (C CR) Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN); DUNS Number or CAGE Code; Telephone Number; and E-Mail Address. Once registered with FedTeDS, interested parties will then be able to utilize the posted hyperlink to log in and access the solicitation do cuments. Important Note: Solicitation documents can be accessed ONLY by using the hyperlink available on either FBO or ASFI; FedTeDS is not searchable by any other means. Please note that ALL firms who want to access the solicitation  both prospective primes and subs  will be required to be registered with FedTeDS and therefore must be CCR-registered, have a MPIN, and either a DUNS number or CAGE code. For further information, please click on the links on the FedTeDS homepage to FAQs, the Vendor User Guide, and FedTeDS Help. For additional assistance with the FedTeDS website, please contact the Ogden Electronic Business (EB) Operations Support Team (OST) at --866-618-5988 (toll free), +1 (555) 000-0000, or contact@example.gov (Subject: FedTeDS Assistance). The only PLAN-HOLDERS/BIDDERS LIST now available is via FedBizOpps. When viewing the Synopsis/Pre-solicitation Notice, you will click on the REGISTE R AS INTERESTED VENDOR on the right side at the bottom of the announcement to enter your information. This function does not, however, allow you to identify yourself as a Prime or Sub. It is recommended that you identify your category in parentheses at either the beginning or end of your company name. For example: (Prime/Sub) XYZ Construction, or XYZ Construction (Prim/Sub). IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CONTRACTOR TO CHECK FEDTEDS FREQUENTLY FOR ANY AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES TO THE SOLICITATION.