Z--Sacramento River Erosion Control, 56.7

Solicitation No. W91238-04-B-0008 PROJECT TITLE: Sacramento River Erosion Control, Site 56.7 Left, River Mile 56.7 to 57.1, Sacramento River, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California (just downstream of Miller Park). This procurement is 100% set-aside for 8(a) firms serviced by either t he SBA San Francisco District Office or the SBA Fresno District Office, and must possess a bona fide place of business within the territories of either of these two district offices. JOB DESCRIPTION: Bank protection, stabilization, and mitigation of 1600 lineal feet of levee along the left bank of the Sacramento River. All work is to be done from the waterside. The stabilization and bank protection part of the work involves clearing large and dense trees and vegetation, as well as breaking in place and moving large amounts of concrete rubble. Excess rebar and other metal will need to be removed as well. Approximately 65,000 tons of rock are to be placed over the cleared slope to st abilize the over steep levee slope and provide bank protection. The mitigation part of the job includes removing large (3+ feet dbh) trees removed from the site. 40 trees removed are to be saved and anchored back onto a rock berm built as part of the sta bilization/bank protection part of the work. A 5-foot deep planting trench is also to be built into the rock berm. The planting trench will provide a medium for trees to be planted in 2005 as part of a subsequent contract. Much of the work is in-water i n an urban environment. Landside access for heavy equipment is not available. The levee part of the jobsite is over steep terrain and is hazardous to move about. Large, tall trees will need to be trimmed and felled onto the steep levee slopes. Safety p recautions will need to be a top priority. NAICS CODE: This procurement will be conducted under NAICS 237990. The size standard for this NAICS code is $28.5 Million. Estimated cost is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. The acquisition method is Invita tion for Bids (IFB). For more information on the solicitation please contact Contract Specialist, James Garror, email address: contact@example.gov or 916/557-5229. See Note 26. ORDERING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS: ORDERING SOLICITATION: The sol icitation for this project will be available on the Sacramento District Contracting Divisions Internet Home Page at http://ebs.spk.usace.army.mil/ for downloading. Any future amendments to the solicitation will also be available for download 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 Tricia Christie at +1 (555) 000-0000. It is important that you first go to this web site and under Contra ct 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 password and share it with anyone else in your organizat ion that is responsible for registering your firm on plan holders 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 with out 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 on any amendments to the solicitation you are required to register for the plan holder lis t. Please complete all requested information. The solicitation will be available for download approximately July 27, 2004. To down load the solicitation go to the Sacramento District Contracting Division Internet Home Page at http://ebs.spk.usace.army.mil/ from there click on Sacramento District, then it will take you to a list of advertised solicitations and then from there click on the desired solicitation 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 the go button. This will take you to the next page, then from there click on file name and download. 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. Please note that all contractors and potential contractors must be registered with the Cen tral Contractor Registration (CCR) database. For instructions on registering with the CCR please see our web page.