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

Y -- IDIQ CONTRACT FOR RENTAL OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT WITH OPERATORS FOR DISPOSAL AREA MANAGEMENT AND LEVEE MAINTENANCE ON THE GULF INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY, APPALACHICOLA, CHATTACHOOCHEE, FLINT RIVER SYSTEMS, AL, MS AND GA SOL DACW01-00-B-0027 DUE 032800 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. The work consists of furnishing rental equipment, operators, supplies, materials, labor, transportation, fuel, etc., to perform maintenance and rehabilitation of approximately eighteen (18) dredge material disposal sites and levee maintenance along fourteen (14) miles of levee. The work for disposal area sites will consist of raising dikes, construction of new areas, grading material, installing weirs, and ditching. Levee maintenance work will include mowing, fertilizing, ditching, vegetation control, excavation, grading and filling to maintain levee crown. Dredging will include removing shoaled material and placement on adjacent beach. Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contract consisting of a Base Year with four (4) additional option years (which may or may not be exercised) at approximately $3,600,000 each year with an estimated total value of approximately $18,000,000. Individual Task Orders will be issued in accordance with the contract clause. A pre-proposal conference will be conducted at the Panama City Site Office, 1706 East 5th Street, Panama City, FL 32401. To be held on 9 March 2000, Time:10:00 a.m. All interested offerors are urged to attend. During this conference, the requirements set forth in the solicitation will be reviewed and discussed, with part of the conference to include a question and answer period. Tour of the site will follow the conference. The duration of the conference and tour will be approximately one (1) day. It is requested that a representative of each offeror attend the pre-proposal conference. Number of attendees is limited to two (2) from each firm. Name of individuals from each company who will attend the conference should be faxed to the following no later than five (5) working days prior to the conference. Fax information to: ATTN: Mr. Larry Mathis/Panama City Site Office/ Fax: (850) 785-5599. Bid documents are available on or about 23 February 2000. Estimated cost of work is more than $10,000,000. 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. Critical Path Method (Network Analysis System) is not 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 solicitation includes bid options, which may not be awarded. 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. This is a Competitive 8(A) Set-Aside. Competition for this project will be limited to Region IV. 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" in Region IV, are eligible to compete for this procurement and ultimately be awarded a subcontract from 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 Region IV. Specific questions related to this project may be answered by Mr. Donald Green at (334) 694-3730, fax (334) 694-4264. Refer questions on distribution of Plans/Specifications to Plans Room at phone (334) 690-2535, fax (334) 694-4343. Posted 01/28/00 (W-SN419956). (0028)

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