Department of the Army, Baltimore District, Corps of Engineer, 10 South Howard Street, Room 7000, Baltimore, MD 21201-1715

Y -- MAINTENANCE DREDGING, LOWER THOROFARE, DEALE ISLAND, SOMERSET COUNTY, MD SOL DACW31-99-B-0015 DUE 031899 POC Betty Schneider, (410) 962-3464 or Regina Wheeler, (410) 962-3475 Y -- Maintenance Dredging Lower Thorofare, Deale Island, Somerset County, MD. This procurement is Set Aside for Small Business. SIC 1629, small business size standard is $13.5 million. Estimated cost is between $500,000.00 and $1,000,000.00. Completion no later than 75 calendar days. Construction consists of maintenance hydraulic dredging-60,000 cubic yards of sandy/silty material-pipeline transport to upland placement site. Construction of approximately 3,000 linear feet of earthen dike and outfall control structure. Full size plans (5) and specs $24.00 p/set. Non Refundable. Make company check or money order payable to FAO, USAED -- Baltimore and mail to the attention of CENAB-CT-O, P. O. Box 1715, Baltimore, Maryland 21203-1715. (NO CASH ACCEPTED). Contractors are encouraged to provide their Federal Express only at the time of request or have them picked up. Issuance o/a 16 February 1999. It is imperative that all small disadvantaged businesses contact their cognizant Small Business Administration Office to obtain Small Disadvantaged Business Certification. Without SBA SDB certification,a prime contractor nor a federal agency, can receive SDB credit when utilizing non-certified SDB contractors/subcontractors. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the agency. In order to comply with Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, all contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) to be considered for award of a Federal contract. For information regarding registration, contact: (1) CCR Web site at http://www.acq.osd.mil/ec; (2) Dial up modem at 614-692-6788 (User ID: ccrpub; Password: pub2ccri); (3) through any DoD certified Value Added Network. To review the database the web site is http://www.fedecnavigator.disa. mil. Additionally a paper form for registration may be obtained from the DoD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-800-334-3414. Questions regarding this solicitation can be directed to Ms. Regina Wheeler by email at regina.m.wheeler@usace.army.mil. Posted 02/01/99 (W-SN293300). (0032)

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