Z--Petaluma River Channel Maintenance Dredging, Sonoma County, California

NA Project Title and Location: Petaluma River (O&M) Maintenance Dredging, Petaluma, California (Sonoma County). This Procurement is Unrestricted. Job Description: The work consists of maintenance dredging of the Petaluma River Channel of approximately 250 ,000 cubic yards of material to provide a project depth of minus 8 feet MLLW, plus 1 foot allowable over depth, and disposing of the dredged material in the designated Government-furnished upland disposal site. NAICS CODE: This procurement will be conduc ted under NAICS Code 234990. The size standard for this NAICS code is $17,000,000.00. Large business competing for this project must comply with the FAR 52.219-9 clause regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on the part of the work it intend s to subcontract. The recommended goals for subcontracting are 61.4% for small business, 9.1% for small disadvantaged business, and 5.0% for small business/women owned and 3% for service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. A firm that submits a plan w ith lesser goals must submit written rationale to support goals submitted. The acquisition method is Invitation for Bid (IFB). If you have any questions regarding this solicitation please contact the contract specialist, James Garror at +1 (555) 000-0000. ORDERING SOLICITATION: The solicitation for this project will be available on the Sacramento District Contracting Division's Internet Home Page at http://ebs.spk.usace.army.mil/ for downloading. Any future amendments to the solicitation will also be ava ilable for down from this web site. IF YOU EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS REGISTERING FOR THE PLAN HOLDERS LIST OR HAVE PROBLEMS DOWNLOADING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS OR AMENDMENTS PLEASE CONTACT ROBERT ENNIS AT +1 (555) 000-0000. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU FIRST GO TO TH IS WEB SITE AND UNDER CONTRACT DIVISION HOME PAGE, CLICK ON THE ADVERTISED SOLICITATION YOU ARE INTERESTED IN. GO TO PLAN HOLDER REGISTRATION. THIS WILL REQUIRE YOU TO ESTABLISH A USER NAME AND PASS WORD. KEEP THE USER NAME AND PASS WORD AND SHARE IT WI TH ANYONE ELSE IN YOUR ORGANIZATION THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REGISTERING YOUR FIRM ON PLAN HOLDER LISTS. WITH OUR NEW SYSTEM YOU ONLY HAVE TO DO THE FULL REGISTRATION ONE TIME. IF YOU HAVE YOUR USER NAME AND PASSWORD YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACK INTO THE SYSTEM AND REGISTER FOR OTHER JOBS WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE REGISTRATION PROCESS. HOWEVER YOU CAN ONLY DO THIS BY USING YOUR INITIAL USER NAME AND PASSWORD. IN ORDER TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE SOLICITATION YOU ARE REQUIRED T O REGISTER FOR THE PLAN HOLDER LIST. CUT OFF DATE FOR REGISTERING FOR THE PLAN HOLDERS LIST FOR THIS JOB IS 08/06/02. PLEASE COMPLETE ALL REQUESTED INFORMATION. THE SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ON 08/06/02. TO DOWN LOAD THE SOLICITATION YOU GO THE SACRAMENTO DISTRICT CONTRACTING DIVISION INTERNET HOME PAGE AT http://ebs.spk.usace.army.mil/ from there click on San Francisco District, then it will take you to a list of advertised solicitations and then from there click on the desired soli citation number, on the bottom of this page there will be a bar that says download/view solicitation files. Select plans or specs from the drop down box and press go button. This will take you to the next page, then from there click on file name and down load. TO DOWNLOAD AMENDMENTS: Access the list of advertised solicitations. Select the desired solicitation and then click on the amendment number. At the next screen, click on the file name and download it. All responsible sources may submit a bid w hich will be considered by the agency. Based upon market research, the Government is not using the policies contained in Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in its solicitation for the described supplies or services. However, interested persons may identify to the contracting officer their interest and capability to satisfy the Government's requirement with a commercial item within 15 days of this notice. Please note that all contractors and potential contractors must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database effective May 31, 1998. For instructions on registering with the CCR please see our web page.