U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers -- Mobile, Contracting Division, CESAM-CT (109 St. Joseph Street 36602) PO Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36628-0001

Y -- COFFEEVILLE & DEMOPOLIS MOORING CELLS, BLACK WARRIOR & TOMBIGBEE RIVER SYSTEM, AL (CHOCTAW, CLARKE & MARENGO COUNTIES, AL) SOL DACW01-99-B-0017 DUE 021099 POC Contact Karen Johnson, (334) 690-2535; Contractig Officer, Sue L. Speights WEB: http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/sam/ct/cgi-win/projlist.exe, http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/sam/ct. E-MAIL: cesam.plansroom@sam.usace.army.mil, cesam.plansroom@sam.usace.army.mil. The project includes construction of four, 42 ft. diameter steel sheet pile mooring cells at Coffeeville Lock, Alabama and four, 50 ft. diameter mooring cells at Demopolis Lock, Alabama. Bid documents are available on or about 17 December 1998. Estimated cost of work is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. Requests for plans and specifications shall indicate in writing whether firm will bid as a prime contractor or a subcontractor. All responsible sources may submit a bid, which shall be considered. Prospective bidders and Plans/Dodge Rooms are interested in receiving one free paper copy of this solicitation must fax a request to (334) 694-4343, Attn: Plans Room, CESAM, or mail the request to Corps of Engineers, P O Box 2288, Room 6018, Mobile AL 36628. Bidders must provide complete physical mailing address for overnight delivery, telephone and fax numbers and point of contact. Telephonic requests will not be accepted. A limited number of plans and specifications will be printed and will be available on a first come-first serve basis, until supplies are exhausted. Reprints will not be made. Specifications and drawings will not be available after the bid opening date. All bid forms, bid bonds, and other normal documents required for the bid submittal, including amendments to the bid submittal, shall be in paper medium. Electronic medium for the bid submittal documents will not be allowed. Critical Path Method (Network Analysis System) is required. For this job, a small business is defined as having average annual receipts of less than $17,000,000 for the past three years. This procurement is a Competitive 8(a) Set-Aside as established by Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)). Only those firms meeting the Small Business Administration's (SBA) criterion, and have previously been certified by the SBA as an "8(a) Contractor", are eligible to compete for this procurement and ultimately be awarded a subcontract from the SBA. It has been determined by the SBA that competition will be restricted to 8(a) firms which have SIC Code 1629 among their approved SIC Codes and which are serviced by SBA District Offices in the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The local SBA District Office is: U.S. Small Business Administration, Nashville District, 50 Vantage Way, Suite 201, Nashville, Tennessee 37228-1500. Specific questions related to this project may be answered by Mr. Allen Harrison at (334) 694-3624, fax (334) 690-2902. Refer questions on distribution of plans/specifications to Plans Room (Karen Johnson) at phone (334) 690-2535, fax (334) 694-4343. Effective 1 July 1998, firms interested in construction contracts with the Mobile District, Corps of Engineers, must have "Internet Access". Don't be left out, get it soon. For detailed information on this and other Mobile District projects, (Bidding instructions, technical inquiries, points of contact, synopsis of work, plan holders, bid results, etc.,) please visit our Internet home page at http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/sam/ct. Posted 12/15/98 (W-SN280655). (0349)

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