2014 IDIQ Stone Placement Flood Control, MRT, Mississippi, Atchafalaya, and Red Rivers, Old River Control Channels, and Baptiste Collette Bayou

This will be an UNRESTRICTED procurement. All qualified business concerns may submit offers. Offers from large business firms must comply with FAR 19.7 and FAR Clause 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for submission of a subcontracting plan. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers FY 14 subcontracting goals are for specified percentages of the contractor's total planned subcontracting amount to be placed with the following: Small Business 20.0%; Small Disadvantaged Business 5.0%; Woman Owned Small Business 5.0%; HUBZONE Small Business 10.0%; and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business 3.0%. The work consists of placing various types of stone paving and stone repairs along the banks of the Mississippi River (miles 325.8 to 0.0 AHP), including Southwest Pass (miles 0.0 to -20.2 BHP), Atchafalaya River (miles 0.0 to 137.00), Red River (miles 6.0 to 11.0), Old River Control Channels, and Baptiste Collette Bayou. NAICS: 237990. The ceiling cost for this IDIQ is $60,000,000. IFB will be issued on or about 21 March 2014. Actual issue date will be shown when the solicitation is issued. The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI). You can access these files from a link located on FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov). You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader for .pdf files (www.adobe.com) in order to open most files posted by the New Orleans District. You are encouraged, for marketing purposes, to register as an Interested Vendor in FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov). This can be done by clicking on the solicitation title and clicking on the button that says Register as an Interested Vendor and entering your business information. Offerors are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administration Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. Offerors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM), in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the SAM Internet address is: https://www.sam.gov. The Contract Specialist for this solicitation is Michelle Lappen at 504-862-1612; or by e-mail at michelle.y.lappen@usace.army.mil.