Federal Maintenance Dredging, 6-Foot Federal Channel, Mianus River

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be issuing an Invitation for Bid for Maintenance Dredging of the 6-foot channel in the Mianus River, Greenwich, CT. This procurement is set aside for certified small businesses only. The NAICS code for the work is 237990. The dredging window, due to environmental constraints, is estimated to be October 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017. The project is expected to take several months. The estimated construction cost is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. This project consists of the mechanical dredging of approximately 50,000 cubic yards (cy) of fine grain clay and silt from the authorized 6-foot-deep and 100-foot-wide Federal channel, with open water disposal at the Western Long Island Sound Disposal Site (WLDS), about 8 miles away. The last time the channel was maintained was in 1985 when approximately 52,000 cy of sediment was removed. Dredging operations will be permitted 24 hours per day and 7 days per week. All scows will need to have equipment with tracking information systems to allow confirmation of the scows path to the placement site and where the placement occurs. The Government anticipates including a definitive responsibility criterion in the solicitation. After bid opening, but prior to award, the apparent low bidder will be required to furnish documentation that demonstrates that the prime contractor or subcontractor responsible for dredging has dredged by mechanical means, within the last five years, a minimum of 25,000 cubic yards in a consecutive 30-day period in a cold-weather month (October through January) with disposal/placement at an ocean placement site. Any responsible source meeting this standard may submit a bid to be considered by the New England District. This is NOT an invitation for bids at this time. The solicitation requirements and contract documents to include instructions for submission and the response date will be available on or about June 20th, 2016. Please note this solicitation will be set aside for small business only. Neither telephonic, mailed nor faxed requests for hard copies of this solicitation will be accepted. The solicitation will only be available online; in order to download the solicitation offerors must access the Federal Business Opportunities website (www.fbo.gov). All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the New England District. Additional questions may be emailed to the Contract Specialist at contact@example.gov.