US Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, Attn: CENAN-CT, 26 Federal Plaza, Rm 1843, New York, N.Y. 10278-0090

Y -- KILL VAN KULL AND NEWARK BAY CHANNELS NAVIGATION IMPROVEMENT, PHASE II, CONTRACT NO. 3 SOL DACW51-00-B-0006 DUE 012100 POC Anne Spiegelberg/ (212) 264-9003 The project consists of deepening of the existing 40 feet (MLW) Federal Navigation Channel System to a depth of 47 feet (MLW). The project area is located along the southern channel of the West End of KVK Channel. The project consists of the dredging and disposal of non-rock and entire drilling, blasting, dredging and disposal of rock. The scope of work also includes the sampling testing of subsurface materials at locations. The non-rock materials unmsuitable for the HARS placement will be disposed at the Governemtn designated Confined Disposal Facility of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey located at the entrance of Elizabeth Channel.The estimated cost range for this project is $25,000,000.00 to $50,000,000.00. Completion time for this project is 480 calendar days.The SIC CODE is 1629. Solicitation documents will be available on or about 22 December 1999. Bid opening date will be 30 calendar days following solicitation available date or 21 January 2000 at 2:30 P.M. Bid opening will be held in room 1841. To obtain solicitation documents, mail check or money order payable to USAED New York in the amount of $25.00 per set (non-refundable) to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Contracting Division, Room 1843, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York 10278-0090. Interested parties requesting solicitation documents should do so in writing stating the solicitation number of the project, complete company name, street address (no P.O. Boxes please), telephomne number and facsimile number including area codes. NOTE: This procurement is UNRESTRICTED and open to all prospective bidders. The sol. documents may be examined at this office or at the following offices: F.W. Dodge Company, 148 Princetown, Highway Road, Hightstown, N.J. 08520; Brown's Letters, 163 Stuyvesant Avenue, Lyndhurst, New Jersey; Dept. of the Army, Metro Area Office Western Residency, Bldg. 408, Pershing Loop, Fort Hamilton Military Community, Brookyln, Nrew York 11252; Metro Area Offie, Area Engineer, US ARmy Engineer District, New York, 1900 Hemp0stead Turnpike, Suite 316, East Meadow, N.Y. 11554. A Small Business Subcontracting Plan is required for all large firms. The subcontracting plan must be in conformance with all aspects of FAR Subpart 19.7. This includes evaluation of an offeror's past perfromance with respect to its allotment of work to Small, Small Disadvantaged and Woman-Owned Small Business concerns. A contract will not be awarded unless and until the Contracting Officer has determined (with advice from SBA) that its subcontracting plan provides maximum practicable opportunities for Small, Small Disadvantaged and Woman-Owned Small Business concerns to participate in contract performance. In determining the acceptibility of a proposed subcontracting plan, the Contracting Officer will evaluate all relevant factors inclusive of the evaluation of the offeror's past perfromance in awardingsubcontracts for the same or similar projects or revices to9 Small, Small Disadvantaged and Woman-Owned Small Businesses. The Coprs of Engineers is responsible for effectively implementing the small business programs withih its activities including achieving program goasl and to ensure contracting and technical personnel maintain knowledge of small, small disadvantaged, and woman-owned small business program requirements. In line with the emphasis on this program, the Corps of Enginees, New York District is particularly desirous of increasing subcontracting opportunities for samll business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns and woman-owned small business concerns. You, as a prime contractor, are required to participate in this program by solicitating subcontractor bids from such firms. A model subcontracting plan will be provided with the plans and specifications. We urge you to take action to locate competent small, small disadvantged and women-owned small business concerns for your subcontracting opportunities in preparing your bid. Submission of an unfavorable plan may result in denial of award. You can ficilitate the identification of such firms through the Small Business Administrations (SBA) PRO-NET website address http://pro-net.sba.gov. PRO-NET is a virtual one-stop procurement shop which is free of charge. In addition, you can locate the local bSBA 8(a) business development (BD) offices in New York and New Jersey at (212)264-4313 and (973)645-2530, respectiviely, for referrals to SBA's 8(a) certified small disadvantaged business concerns. In order to comply with the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, all contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) to be considered for award of a Federal Contract. For information regarding registration contact (1) CCR Web Site at http:www.acq.osd.mil/ec or by calling DOD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-800-334-3414. Posted 12/06/99 (W-SN405938). (0340)

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