RECOVERY--Z--PROJECT NUMBER 000030, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway to St Johns River, NC Clearing and Spillway System Maintenance, Northern Disposal Areas 16, 19, and 21, Hyde and Pamlico Counties, NC

The bid opening date and time has been extended to 2:00 PM on 26 March 2010 eastern time in accordance with attached Amendment 0004.  All other information remains unchanged.

The Magnitude of Construction of this project is $1,000,000 - $5,000,000.  All other information remains unchanged.

This solicitation will be issued in electronic format only and will be available on or about 17 February 2010. All other information remains unchanged.

Work consists of a clearing and spillway system maintenance project at Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) Northern Disposal Areas 16, 19, and 21. The project will include improvements to Disposal Areas 16 and 19 in Hyde County, NC and Disposal Area 21 in Pamlico County, NC. Each of these sites are used for disposal of maintenance dredging material from the AIWW. Improvements are needed at each site to prepare them for disposal of dredged material during the next AIWW dredging cycle for the Alligator Pungo Landcut and the Hobucken Landcut. The existing dikes at each site need to be raised to provide dredged material capacity. Clearing and grubbing of the dike footprint and borrow areas will be required prior to dike raising. The borrow for dike raising at each site is available within the existing diked area. Seepage control systems will be installed at each disposal area. In addition to dike raising and seepage control system installation, the existing spillway risers and pipes will be replaced. The existing spillway risers and pipes will be removed and replaced with corrugated metal D Shaped risers and 36 diameter corrugated pipe supported on timber cribbing. The contract issued will be Firm Fixed Price. The Magnitude of Construction of this project is $500,000 - $1,000,000. The estimated period of performance for the contract is 120 days. This solicitation will be issued in electronic format only and will be available on or about 1 February 2010. The bid opening date will be specified in the solicitation when it is issued. No additional media (CD-ROM, floppy disks, faxes, etc) will be provided. This solicitation is a 100% Total Small Business Set Aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 237990 - Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction and the size standard is $33,500,000.00. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be available. Other methods of requesting a package will not be honored. Offerors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration in order to be eligible to receive an award from any Government solicitation. Call 1-888-227-2423 for more information or visit the CCR website at http://www.ccr.gov. Offerors must be registered in the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) in order to be eligible to receive an award from any Government solicitation. For more information, visit the ORCA website at http://orca.bpn.gov. After completing CCR, in order to download documents contractors and their subcontractors must register at www.fbo.gov. Contractors with existing FedTeds logins should be able to use their existing logins. In order to locate solicitation, Contractors can go to FedBizOpps and search for the solicitation number at www.fbo.gov. Contractors can register to be put on a plan holders list that others can access through the FedBizOpps site. It is the Bidders responsibility to check the Internet address provided as necessary for any posted changes to this solicitation and all amendments. For additional information or assistance, please contact Bruce Helms, Contract Specialist, phone 910-251-4580 or fax 910-251-4454.