2020-2022 MAINTENANCE DREDGING, DILLINGHAM HARBOR

This contract involves maintenance dredging at Dillingham Harbor in Alaska over a three-year period from 2020 to 2022, with annual work windows between mid-May and mid-July, timed to minimize interference with local fishing activities. The project scope includes conducting pre- and post-dredge surveys, performing annual maintenance dredging with a cutter-head pipeline dredge, and placing approximately 110,000 cubic yards of dredged material in an open-water site on the Nushagak River. The harbor area consists of a mooring basin and entrance channel requiring dredging to specified depths, with the material primarily comprising silt and some sand and gravel. The contractor is responsible for providing all labor, equipment, materials, and supervision necessary to complete the work according to commercial industry standards and regulatory requirements. Procurement for this project will be a firm-fixed-price contract awarded as a total Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS code 237990, with an estimated contract value between $1 million and $5 million. The contract will include clauses for fuel price adjustment and compliance with prevailing construction wage rates, as well as requirements for performance and payment bonds equivalent to 100% of the award price. Interested offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), including joint ventures. Solicitation documents will be available electronically through the FedBizOpps website starting around October 9, 2019, with an expected contract award date in December 2019. The project is contingent upon the availability of funds, and any bid preparation costs will be borne by the offeror if the project is canceled.