Charlotte Amalie Harbor & Yacht Haven Grande Marina Dredging

Electronic Proposals for the furnishing of all labor, material, services and equipment for dredging of the Charlotte Amalie Harbor and Yacht Haven Grande Marina, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands will be received by the Virgin Islands Port Authority (VIPA) through its eProcurement site at https://viportbids.ionwave.net, until Friday, February 14, 2025, at 3pm Atlantic Standard Time (AST), at which time all Proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud via Microsoft Teams.     A non-mandatory virtual pre-bid meeting will be held on Thursday, January 16, 2025, at 2pm AST. Meeting invitation will be provided to bidders at later date. The pre-bid meeting will be followed by an optional site visit to the West Indian Company Dock (WICO) and the former Addelita Cancryn Junior High School site on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 9am AST, with time and location to be provided at a later date. A separate optional site visit to Molasses Pier and former quarry site north of Henry E. Rohlsen Airport will occur on Friday, January 24, 2025, at 11am AST, with time and location to be provided at a later date. VIPA will provide transportation service from the VIPA administrative building for the St. Thomas site visits and transportation services from the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport for the St. Croix visits.   No Proposal may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for receipt of Proposals for a period of ninety (90) days. The Virgin Islands Port Authority reserves the rights to waive any informalities in or reject any and all Proposals, or to re-advertise for Proposals.    Contractor must be qualified and licensed in the area or state in which he/she has their main place of business in order to place a bid or to be awarded a contract for this project. The same condition applies to subcontractors. Prior to execution of the contract, the Contractor and sub-contractors must be licensed to conduct business in the U. S. Virgin Islands.