Calcasieu Dredging Maintenance FY18, Mile 5.0 to 17.0, Including Beneficial Use within SNWR & Devil's Elbow (ED-17-052)

NOTE: THE BID OPENING DATE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AT: 11 SEPTEMBER 2018, 2:00 PM AS PROVIDED IN THE SOLICITATION. This is an UNRESTRICTED procurement. NAICS Code: 237990. This solicitation, W912P818B0022, is anticipated to be issued as an Invitation for Bid (IFB). The resulting contract shall be firm fixed price (FFP). The anticipated bid opening date and time will be established in an amendment. The actual date of bid opening will be determined upon the solicitation advertisement date. All qualified business concerns may submit offers. Offers from large business firms must comply with FAR 19.7 and FAR Clause 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for submission of a subcontracting plan. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers FY 18 subcontracting goals are for specified percentages of the contractor's total planned subcontracting amount to be placed with the following: Small Business 38.50%; Small Disadvantaged Business 17.91%; Woman Owned Small Business 5.47%; HUBZONE Small Business 4.33%; and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business 4.56%. The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped hydraulic pipeline cutter head dredge on a unit price basis for the subject contract, with placement of dredge material into adjacent Dredge Material Placement Facilities (DMPF's) and 2 beneficial use placement sites located 3 miles west of the Calcasieu River. Optional work includes ditching, draining and replacing spill boxes in some of the DMPS's. Work will be performed in the Mile 5.0 to 17.0 and Devil's Elbow reaches of the Calcasieu River and Pass project. The estimated value of this work is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00. The Government will not provide written paper copies of the solicitation. Telephone, written, facsimile, or e-mail requests for the solicitation package will not be honored. Potential contractors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any amendments. The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on FedBizOps (www.fbo.gov ). You will need Adobe Reader for .pdf files (www.adobe.com ) in order to open most files posted by the New Orleans District. You are encouraged, for marketing purposes, to register as an Interested Vendor in FedBizOps (www.fbo.gov). This can be done by clicking on the solicitation title and clicking on the button that says Register as an Interested Vendor and entering your business information. Offerors are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administration Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet . Offerors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) to receive a Government contract award. You may register online at http://www.sam.gov . The point of contact for this procurement is Jenifer M. Bordelon at +1 (555) 000-0000 or contact@example.gov.