FIRE ISLAND INLET & SHORES WESTERLY TO JONES INLET, NY-NAVIGATION

The contract solicitation W912DS26BA022, titled “FIRE ISLAND INLET & SHORES WESTERLY TO JONES INLET, NY-NAVIGATION,” is a sealed bid procurement issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, W2SD Endist New York, under the Department of Defense, for navigation and coastal restoration work in Fire Island Pines, New York. The scope includes dredging approximately 1.5 million cubic yards of sand from Fire Island Inlet with placement along Gilgo Beach, along with mobilization and demobilization activities, all governed by detailed technical specifications and drawings. The work must be completed within 166 calendar days after notice to proceed, with additional three-day extensions possible if any of four options are exercised, though all basic work must finish before any option work commences. The contract is structured as a firm-fixed-price instrument, with bid responsiveness strictly evaluated based on full compliance with all requirements, including submission of the SF 1442, bid guarantee, SAM.gov certification, and all required representations and certifications via the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE). Bids must be submitted electronically in Adobe PDF or native formats with no hyperlinks or classified data, adhering to strict file-naming conventions and size limits up to 1.9GB per file. The contract includes extensive quality control, environmental, and safety obligations, mandating a three-phase quality control system, adherence to environmental regulations on endangered species, wetlands, erosion control, and hazardous materials, and the appointment of a Site Safety and Health Officer along with Competent Persons for confined spaces, excavation, scaffolding, cranes, and fall protection. Daily logs for dredging, safety inspections, wildlife monitoring, and material disposition are required, with all testing performed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-approved laboratories. Payment is contingent on submission of proper invoices certified by a responsible official, including detailed work completion estimates, ENG Forms 93 and 93a, and updated progress documentation, with payments capped at 10% of contract value without an approved breakdown. The contractor must implement a Davis-Bacon-compliant electronic payroll system with real-time government access and provide certifications that subcontractor payments are made in accordance with federal law. The solicitation is 100% unrestricted with a HUBZone price evaluation preference and is not a small business set-aside, though a small business subcontracting plan under Alternate I of FAR 52.21