RECOVERY--Y--RECOVERY -- Mississippi River and Tributaries, Bonnet Carre Spillway - Paint Spillway Bays #2, St. Charles Parish, LA

RECOVERY--The work to be performed under this project consists of providing the labor, supervision, overhead, tools, equipment, vehicles, transportation, per diem, and materials to remove existing paint (herein referred to as abrasive blasting but including water blasting, mechanical or chemical stripping, chipping, etc, as required) from all non-galvanized steel structural members of the Bonnet Carre Spillway structure, repainting same, and all incidental work as described in the specifications. The work will be performed 20-30 feet above ground level and fall protection in accordance with OSHA requirements (29 CFR 1926 Subpart M) will be required. Scaffolding, cherry-pickers, and/or scissors lifts may be required in order to accomplish the work. NOTE: The existing paint to remove contains lead small concentrations of lead ( 4500 ppm). The solicitation will issue on or about 08 September 2009 with an Established Bid Opening Date of 07 October 2009. The estimated value of this work is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. This procurement is COMPETITION RESTRICTED to SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES ONLY. NAICS Code: 237990. The estimated time of completion is 180 calendar days after receipt of notice to proceed. 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 Lydia A. Quillens at 504-862-1887; or by e-mail at lydia.a.quillens@usace.army.mil

RECOVERY--The work to be performed under this project consists of providing the labor, supervision, overhead, tools, equipment, vehicles, transportation, per diem, and materials to remove existing paint (herein referred to as abrasive blasting but including water blasting, mechanical or chemical stripping, chipping, etc, as required) from all non-galvanized steel structural members of the Bonnet Carre Spillway structure, repainting same, and all incidental work as described in the specifications. The work will be performed 20-30 feet above ground level and fall protection in accordance with OSHA requirements (29 CFR 1926 Subpart M) will be required. Scaffolding, cherry-pickers, and/or scissors lifts may be required in order to accomplish the work. NOTE: The existing paint to remove contains lead small concentrations of lead (approximately 4500 ppm). The solicitation will issue on or about 08 September 2009 with an Established Bid Opening Date of 07 October 2009. The estimated value of this work is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. This procurement is COMPETITION RESTRICTED to SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES ONLY. NAICS Code: 237990. The estimated time of completion is 180 calendar days after receipt of notice to proceed. 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 Lydia A. Quillens at 504-862-1887; or by e-mail at lydia.a.quillens@usace.army.mil.