Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) Maintenance Dredging

***UPDATE 10/9/2018*** THE AIWW INLET CROSSING SOLICITATION WAS DELAYED FROM ITS ORIGINAL BID OPENING DATE TO ASSESS THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE FLORENCE ON THE SCOPE OF THIS PROPOSED CONTRACT. AS A RESULT OF THIS ASSESSMENT, NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO THE SCOPE EXCEPT FOR INCLUSION OF REPAIRS TO DISPOSAL AREA (DA) 241, WHICH WAS BREACHED DURING THIS STORM. DA 241 IS THE PLACEMENT AREA FOR DREDGED MATERIAL FROM MASON'S CREEK CROSSING. THE CORPS ANTICPATES AMENDING THIS SOLICITAION ON OR AROUND 10/11/2018. ***UPDATE 9/16/18*** PLEASE NOTE: THE BID OPENING SCHEDULED FOR 27 SEPTEMBER 2018 WILL BE DELAYED DUE TO THE HURRICANE AND CONTINUED INCLMENT WEATHER AND FLOODING. AFTER THE STORM AN AMENDMENT WILL BE POSTED WITH A REVISED BID OPENING DATE AND ANY CHANGES TO THE SOLICITATION. ********************************************************************* The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District requires a contract to provide maintenance dredging of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) between Morehead City and Shallotte and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Fort Macon and Wrightsville Beach basins. The AIWW and USCG maintenance dredging work will consist of removal and disposal of shoaled material that has accumulated in the channels and basin since the various areas were last dredged. Dredging depth is 12' required depth plus 2' of allowable overdepth for the AIWW channels, 10' required depth plus 2' of allowable overdepth for the USCG Wrightsville Beach basin, and 22'required depth plus 2' of allowable overdepth for the Fort Macon USCG basin. The estimated quantities of material to be dredged are 400,000 cubic yards from the AIWW, 5,000 cubic yards from USCG Wrightsville Beach basin, and 80,000 cubic yards from the USCG Fort Macon basin. Disposal of dredged material will be on approved ocean beaches and upland disposal islands. The disposal islands are confined disposal areas with containment dikes and spillway systems. Spillway system repairs at the disposal islands will be required. All dredging shall be performed by hydraulic cutter suction dredge. There is an environmental window for placement of dredged material on ocean beaches which extends from 16 November to 31 March or from 16 November to 30 April depending on the beach disposal area location. There is no environmental dredging window for the AIWW channels. The environmental dredging window for the USCG basins is 1 October to 31 March. This solicitation is a 100% Small Business set-aside. The contract issued will be Firm Fixed Price. The Magnitude of Construction of this project is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000.00. This solicitation will be issued in electronic format only and will be available on or about June 28, 2018. The bid opening date will be specified in the solicitation when it is issued. No additional media (CD-ROM, floppy disks, facsimiles, etc) will be provided. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be available. Other methods of requesting a package will not be honored. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 237990 - Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction and the size standard is $27,500,000.00. Bidders must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible to receive an award from any Government solicitation. Call +1 (555) 000-0000 for more information or visit the SAM website at http://www.sam.gov. THE GOVERNMENT'S SAM WEBSITE DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE FOR REGISTRATION. IF YOU ARE REQUESTED TO PAY A FEE, YOU ARE NOT ACCESSING THE CORRECT WEBSITE, AND SHOULD LEAVE IT AND GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAM.GOV. After completing SAM registration, in order to download documents, contractors and their subcontractors must register at www.fbo.gov. In order to locate the solicitation, Contractors can go to the FedBizOpps website at www.fbo.gov and search for the solicitation number. Contractors can register to be put on a plan holders list that others can access through the FedBizOpps site. It is the Bidder's 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 Ms. Ros M. Shoemaker, Contract Specialist, phone +1 (555) 000-0000, or email contact@example.gov.