Casting articulated concrete mattress at St. Francisville Casting Yard, St. Francisville, LA.

The work consists of casting articulated concrete mattress at St. Francisville Casting Yard, St. Francisville, LA. The estimated time of completion is 30 calendar days for base plus optional work after receipt of notice to proceed. The solicitation will include 6 drawings and specifications. This is a 100% SMALL BUSINESS set-aside procurement. NAICS code is 327390, which has a size standard of 500 employees. This requirement is being procured as a supply contract under FAR 14, Sealed Bidding. The solicitation will be issued on or about 6 April 2017, and a bid opening date will be established in the solicitation.

The bidding instructions and closing date and time for submission of bids will be contained in the solicitation notice and package. The solicitation is expected to be issued on or about 6 April 2017, on FedBizOpps at www.fbo.gov. The Government will not provide written paper copies of the solicitation. Telephone, written, facsimile, or e-mail requests for the solicitation package will not be honored. Potential bidders MUST register on FedBizOpps at www.fbo.gov in order to receive notification(s) and/or change(s) to the solicitation. The Interested Vendors List (IVL) will be activated and may be accessed and printed from the FedBizOpps web site. Prospective contractors who would like their company name included on the IVL list may do so on the FedBizOpps website under IVL. Potential contractors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any other pertinent information and for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package. 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. Bidders are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administrations Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. Bidders must be registered with System Award Management (SAM), in order to receive a Government contract award. If a bidder is not registered with SAM, it must register online at www.sam.gov. The point of contact for this synopsis is Michelle Lappen at (504) 862-1612 or michelle.y.lappen@usace.army.mil.