Duwamish River Dredging / Seattle Washington

FOR INFORMATION ONLY: This Synopsis/Pre-Solicitation Notice is ONLY A NOTIFICATION that a solicitation is anticipated and forthcoming. All questions regarding this Synopsis/Pre-Solicitation should be submitted in writing to the Point of Contact(s) indicated below. Construction Project: The magnitude of construction is estimated to be between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. The resulting contract will be firm-fixed-price. The Corps of Engineers (USACE), Seattle District, proposes to perform maintenance dredging in sections of the Upper Duwamish waterway navigation channel via a mechanical clamshell dredge. The Duwamish River navigation project is located in Seattle, WA. The federal project consists of a 3,300 feet long channel and a 500 feet long and 250 feet wide for the settling basin. The authorized project depth is -15 feet MLLW. The proposed action will remove approximately 136,000 cubic yards of material from sta. 254+00 to 275+56 in the channel and settling basing to the project depth, plus two (2) feet allowable overdepth from Sta. 254+00 to Sta. 275+56 and plus one (1) foot allowable overdepth from Sta. 242+00 to Sta. 254+00. Proposed locations planned for dredging are determined based on project needs, specifically the bathymetry and shoaling above project authorization available for dredging. Disposal will be at the Puget Sound Sediment Disposal Area (PSSDA) in Elliott Bay. Interested parties should be familiar with the weather and river conditions for this project location, including an understanding of the tides and currents in the work area. Dredging would begin no sooner than 1 December 2019 and all in-water work must be completed by 16 January 2020. Solicitation number W912DW-19-B-0007 will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website, www.fbo.gov, on or about 17 July 2019. The solicitation will be an Invitation for Bids. Bids will be due no sooner than 17 calendar days after actual solicitation issuance date. See the solicitation for details about bid opening. The NAICS code for this procurement is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction - Dredging and Surface Cleanup Activities, and the associated small business size standard is $27,500,000 in average annual receipts. The solicitation will be a 100% small business set aside. The solicitation documents for this requirement will be issued in electronic format only and will be made available online via the FBO website at www.fbo.gov under the subject solicitation number. NO CD's OR HARD COPIES WILL BE AVAILABLE. Offerors are responsible for checking for any update(s) to the Notice/Solicitation. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offeror's inability to access the document(s) posted at the referenced website. To obtain automatic notifications of updates to this notice, you must log in to www.fbo.gov and add the solicitation to your Watchlist. If you would like to list your firm so others can see you are an interested vendor, you must click the - Add Me To Interested Vendors' button in the listing for this solicitation on www.fbo.gov. The FBO Response Date listed elsewhere in this synopsis is for FBO archive purposes only. It may have no relationship to the actual solicitation due date. The solicitation due date and time will be contained in the solicitation and any solicitation amendments that are issued. IMPORTANT NOTICE: All contractors proposing on Department of Defense (DoD) solicitations must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award of a contract. The purpose of this database is to provide basic business information and capabilities to the Government. The SAM website can be accessed at www.sam.gov. Contractors are encouraged to register as soon as possible. All new contracts can be made ONLY to contractors who are registered in SAM. This requirement applies to all DoD contract awards.