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

Y -- RENTAL OF HOPPER DREDGE & ATTENDANT PLANT FOR DREDGING OF MOBILE HARBOR CHANNELS, MOBILE, AL #2-00 SOL DACW01-00-B-0007 POC Contact Karen Johnson, (334) 690-2535; Contracting 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. Perform maintenance dredging in Navigation Channels along the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, Alabama, and Northwest Florida. The primary work location is intended to be Mobile Harbor; however, work at Pensacola Harbor, Gulfport Harbor, Pascagoula Harbor, and Panama City Harbor are also possible. Work at project other than Mobile Harbor is to address short-term urgent and compelling needs that do not warrant a separate contract. All work will occur only as directed by the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR). Rental of Dredge: work to be performed under this portion of the contract will consist of the removal and satisfactory disposal of all material lying above the plane of 52 feet (or as directed by the COR), MLLW, over the bottom widths (full and/or partial) and applicable side slopes, at specific work location(s) all within the specified dredging limits of this contract. Rental Dredge Plant: The work to be performed under this contract consists of furnishing and operating a Hopper Dredge with pumpdischarge of not less than 24-inch diameter nor more than 33.5-inch diameter complete with all necessary materials, supplies, labor, and transportation including fuel, power and water for excavation operations as specified in the above paragraph. General excavation limits include the entire Mobile Harbor project; however, specifications will be as directed by the Government within the total contract limits. Dates for availability of documents and receipt of bids will be established by issuance of an amendment to this solicitation. Estimated cost of work is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. Requests for plans and specifications shall indicate in writing whether firm will bid as a prime contractor or a subcontractor. Unrestricted. All responsible sources may submit a bid, which shall be considered. Bidders, subcontractors and Dodge/Plan Rooms are required to self-register their firm or office on the Internet to receive one CD-ROM. Registration instructions are available on the Internet at http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/sam/ct. Neither telephonic, mailed, nor fax requests will be accepted. Those registering are responsible for the accuracy of the information on the mailing list. Registration must include the firm's physical address, telephone, a valid fax number and a point of contact. Registration should be completed one week prior to the issue date. All notifications of changes to this solicitation shall be made through the Internet only. It is therefore the contractors responsibility to check the Internet address listed above daily, for any posted changes to this solicitation. Actual solicitation amendments will be issued either by fax, 3.5" diskette or CD-ROM. The plans and specifications will be issued on Compact Disc (CD-ROM) only and will be provided free of charge. Plans and specifications will not be provided in a printed paper format; however, the Government reserves the right to revert to paper medium when it is determined to be in the Government's best interest. 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. For this job, a small business is defined as having average annual receipts of less than $13,500,000 for the past three years. EFFECTIVELY IMMEDIATELY: Presolicitation Notices will no longer be issued by the Mobile District for Projects in the Continental United States and Puerto Rico. Advertisement of Mobile District projects will be through the Commerce Business Daily and/or the Mobile District Contracting Homepage. Detailed information on this and other Mobile District Projects (Ordering solicitations, points of contact, synopsis of work, plan holders, bid results, etc.) are available on the Internet at http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/sam/ct. Specific questions related to this project may be answered by Mr. George Rush at (334) 694-3715, or fax (334) 690-2902. Refer questions on distribution of plans/specifications to Plans Room at (334) 690-2535, or fax (334) 694-4343. Posted 10/21/99 (W-SN393807). (0294)

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