MRGO, Louisiana and Lake Borgne Wetland Creation and Shoreline Protection, Bayou Bienvenue Reach, St. Bernard Parish, LA ED 07-064

100% Small Business Set Aside. The work consists of flotation dredging for site access, construction of a stone foreshore protection dike with geotextile fabric base. Work is estimated to cost between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00. The solicitation will issue on or about 10 August 2011, and a bid opening date will be established in a future amendment. This is an UNRESTRICTED procurement. NAICS Code: 237990. 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 FedBizOps (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 FedBizOps (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 Administrations Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. Offerors must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR), in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the CCR Internet address is: http://www.ccr.gov. The Contract Specialist for this solicitation is Melissa A. Vaughn at 504-862-2762 or by e-mail at Melissa.A.Vaughn@usace.army.mil.

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 11 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 5.0%; and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business 3.0%. The work consists of flotation dredging for site access, construction of a stone foreshore protection dike with geotextile fabric base. Work is estimated to cost between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00. The solicitation will issue on or about 10 August 2011 2011, and a bid opening date will be established in a future amendment. This is an UNRESTRICTED procurement. NAICS Code: 237990. 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 FedBizOps (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 FedBizOps (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 Administrations Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. Offerors must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR), in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the CCR Internet address is: http://www.ccr.gov. The Contract Specialist for this solicitation is Melissa A. Vaughn at 504-862-2762 or by e-mail at Melissa.A.Vaughn@usace.army.mil.