U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers -- Mobile, Contracting Division, CESAM-CT (109 St. Joseph Street 36602) PO Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36628-0001

Y -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES SOL DACW01-99-R-0065 DUE 101499 POC Contact Karen Johnson, (334)690-2535, Contract Officer, Gene L. Curtis WEB: http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/sam/ct/cgi-win/projlist.exe, http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/sam/ct. E-MAIL: cesam.plansroom@sam.usace.army.mil, cesam.plansroom@sam.usace.army.mil. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District intends to procure up to six Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC's). These contracts will be Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity for construction services with incidental design capabilities for Mobile District. The projects will include Civil Works, Military Construction and Support for Others programs and will cover the entire states of Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee and additionally the panhandle of Florida and western Georgia. This procurement will follow under the procedures of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, Part (15). Up to 6 awards are anticipated to be made as a result of this solicitation, 3 in the North Region and 3 in the South Region. The regions are defined in the solicitation; however, generally the North Region includes all of Tennessee, and northern Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama. The South Region includes southern Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and the Florida panhandle. One of the awardees selected in each region will be an 8(A) contractor, provided responsive and responsible offers are received. Area of competition for 8A contractors will be limited to those 8A firms serviced by SBA District offices in Region IV. Each contract will have a base period (12 months) of contract capacity of $5,000,000 with three option periods of 12 months each with a contract capacity of $5,000,000 each year. A preproposal conference is tentatively scheduled for September 28, 1999, in Mobile, AL; The exact time and location will be provided in the solicitation. Technical and contractual personnel will be available at the conference to discuss the requirements and answer questions that have previously been submitted in writing. Written responses must be faxed to Sonya Rodgers at (334) 441-6510. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered. Bid documents are available on or about 1 September 1999. Estimated cost of work is between $10M to $25M. Requests for plans and specifications shall indicate in writing whether firm will bid as a prime contractor or a subcontractor. Unrestricted. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered. Bidders, subcontractors and Dodge/Plan Rooms are required to self-register their firm or office on the Internet to receive one CD-ROM. Registration on the Internet should minimize possible errors and delay in receiving the CD-ROM. Registration instructions are available on the Internet at http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/sam/ct. Neither telephonic, mailed, nor faxed requests will be accepted. Those registering are responsible for the accuracy of the information on the mailing list. Registration must include the firm's physical address, telephone, a valid fax number and a point of contact. Registration should be completed one week prior to the issue date. All notifications of changes to this solicitation shall be made through the Internet only. It is therefore the contractors responsibility to check the Internet address listed above daily, for any posted changes to this solicitation. Actual solicitation amendments may be posted to the website or issued by fax, 3.5" diskette or CD-ROM. The plans and specifications will be issued on Compact Disc (CD-ROM) only and will be provided free of charge. Plans and specifications will not be provided in a printed paper format; however, the Government reserves the right to revert to paper medium when it is determined to be in the Government's best interest. All bid forms, bid bonds, and other normal documents required for the bid submittal, including amendments to the bid submittal, shall be in paper medium. Electronic medium for the bid submittal documents will not be allowed. Critical Path Method (Network Analysis System) is required. For this job, a small business is defined as having average annual receipts of less than $17,000,000 for the past three years. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: Presolicitation Notices will no longer be issued by the Mobile District for projects in the Continental United States and Puerto Rico. Advertisement of MobileDistrict projects will be through the Commerce Business Daily and/or the Mobile District Contracting Homepage. Detailed information on this and other Mobile District projects (Ordering solicitations, points of contact, synopsis of work, plan holders, bid results, etc.) are available on the Internet at http://www/sam.usace.army.mil/sam/ct. This solicitation includes bid options which may not be awarded. Specific questions related to this project may be answered by Mr. Al Denmark at (334) 694-4188, fax (334) 690-2902. Refer questions on distribution of plans/specifications to Plans Room (Karen Johnson) at phone (334) 690-2535, fax (334) 694-4343. Effective 1 July 1998, firms interested in construction contracts with the Mobile District, Corps of Engineers, must have "Internet Access". Don't be left out, get it soon. For detailed information on this and other Mobile District projects, (Bidding instructions, technical inquiries, points of contact, synopsis of work, plan holders, bid results, etc.,) please visit our Internet home page at http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/sam/ct. Posted 07/23/99 (W-SN358535). (0204)

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