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 PROJECT, PHASEII, AREA 7, CONTRACT 4, ELIZABETH CHANNEL, N.J. SOL DACW51-00-B-0011 DUE 062000 POC Anne Spiegelberg (212)264-9003 This project consists of deepening of the existing 40 feet below MLW Elizabeth Channel to a depth of 47 feet below MLV from the western part of Newark Bay Channel to the end of Elizabeth Channel for length of approximately 7,700 feet and varying widths of 500 feet to 800 feet. The project area is located in Port Elizabeth Channel. The project consists of the dredging and disposal of non-rock and entire drilling, blasting, dredging and disposal of rock materials. The scope of work also includes the sampling testing of subsurface materials at various locations. The dredged rock will be placed at the Sandy Hook Artificial Reef Site, New Jersey State. Completion time for this project is 320 calendar days after receipt of Notice to Proceed. The estimated cost range is $15,000,000.00 to $30,000,000.00. The SIC CODE for this project is 1629. Solicitation documents will be available on or about 19 May 2000. Bid opening date will be 30 calendar days following solicitation available date or 20 June 2000 at 11:00A.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 $27.00 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 sol. no. of the project, complete co. name, street address(no P.O. Boxes please), telephone number and facsimile number including area codes. NOTE: This procurement is UNRESTRICTED and open to all prospective bidders. The solicitation documents may be examined at this office or at the following offices: F.W. Dodge Company, 148 Princetown, Hightstown Road, Hightstown, New Jersey 08520; Brown's Letters, 163 Stuyvesant Avenue, Lyndhurst, New Jersey; Dept. of the Army, U.S. Army Coprs of Engineers, Metro Area Office, Western Residency, Bldg. 408, Pershing Loop, Fort Hamilton Military Community, Brooklyn, N.Y. 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 performance with respect to its allotment of work to Small, Small Disadvantaged and Women-Owned Small Business concerns. A contract will not be awarded unless and until the Contracting Officer has determined (with advice from SBA) that it's subcontracting plan provides maximum practicable opportunities for Small, Small Disadvantaged, and Woman-Owned Small Business concerns to participate in contract performance. In determining the acceptability of a proposed subcontracting plan the Contracting Officer will evaluate all relevant factors inclusive of the evaluation of the offeror's past performance in awarding subcontracts for the same or similar products or services to Small, Small Disadvantaged and Woman-Owned Small Businesses. The Corps of Engineers is responsible for effectively implementing the small business programs within its activities including achieving program goals 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 Engineers, New York District is particularly desirous of increasing subcontracting opportunities for small 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 soliciting subcontractor bids from such firms. A model subcontracting plan will be provided with the plans and specifictions. We urge you to take action to locate competent small, small disadvantaged 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 faciliate the identification of such firms through the 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 contact the local SBA 8(A) Business Development (BD) offices in New York and New Jersey at (212) 264-4313 and (973) 645-2530, respectively, for referrals to SBA's 8(A) certifed small disadvantaged business concerns. Posted 04/19/00 (W-SN446751). (0110)

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