U.S. Army Engineer District, San Francisco, COE, Attn: CESPN-CT, 333 Market Street, Room 704, San Francisco, CA 94105-2197

Y -- MAINTENANCE DREDGING, MOSS LANDING HARBOR, MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA SOL IFB NO. DACW07-99-B-0008 DUE 042699 POC Ofelia (Offel) R. Rosales, Contract Specialist, (415)977-8499. For Technical Information, contact Christopher (Chris) Shields, Specs. & Cost Engrg. Sec., (415)977-8570. This Procurement is a l00% Set-Aside for Small Business. The work consists of Maintenance Dredging from Sta. 30+00 to 52+00 of approximately 69,300 cubic yards of material to provide a project depth of minus 15 feet MLLW, plus 1 foot allowable overdepth, and disposing of all dredged material in the Designated Government-Furnished North Harbor Upland Disposal Area. The material shall be excavated in approximately 3,000 cubic yards increments and transported to the Upland Disposal Area for dewatering (the capacity of the Upland Disposal Area is approximately 7 million gallons). Upon delivering the approximate 3,000 cubic yards to the Upland Disposal Area, the Contractor shall stop disposal for 16 days. During this time, the decant water and 3,000 cubic yards of dredged sediments will be removed by the Moss Landing Harbor District. After 16 days, the Contractor shall again deliver another approximate 3,000 cubic yards to the Upland Disposal Area, then stop again for 16 days. This cycle shall be repeated for all material designated for the Upland Disposal Area. During this period, the Upland Disposal Area may, at the discretion of the Contracting Officer, become unavailable for Contractor use a maximum of 20 calendar days, continuously or intermittently, at no additional cost to the Government. The Contractor shall coordinate his dredged material disposal operations with the Moss Landing Harbor District, who is responsible for sampling, testing, and monitoring the decant water, monitoring and maintaining the berms and weir, and removing and disposal of all dredged sediments from the Upland Disposal Area. Request(s) for Plans, Specifications and Drawings, shall be in writing (on the Company's Letterhead showing the Company's Address, Telephone No., Facsimile No. and Point of Contact) along w/a Check to be received Not Later Than (NLT) 99 Apr 12. Charge for Solicitation Documents: $20.00 for each CD-ROM. Make Check payable to: U.S. Army COE and mail to the address shown above. Estimated Cost Range of Project: From $500,000. to $1,000,000. NOTE: (1) The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code for this acquisition is 1629. The Small Business Size Standard is $13.5 million. The number of employees or annual receipts indicates the maximum allowed for a concern, including its affiliates, to be considered small. Dredging: To be considered small for purposes of government procurement, a firm must perform at least 40 percent of the volume dredged with its own equipment or equipment owned by another small dredging concern. (2) "ATTENTION -- ALL DOD CONTRACTORS, SEE CLAUSE "252.204-7004 REQUIRED CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (MAR 1998)"" and (3) YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE. Posted 03/11/99 (W-SN307724). (0070)

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