Galveston Harbor, TX, Galveston Harbor Channel Hopper Dredging

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District Office requires a contract to perform hopper dredging of approximately 1,600,000 cubic yards of maintenance material in Galveston harbor from Houston Ship Channel, Bolivar Roads to approximately 25th Street to a depth of -46' MLLW and -42' MLLW along shelves for Schedule No. 1 with placement to ocean dredge material disposal site (ODMDS). Option No. 1 is hopper dredging of approximately 317,000 cubic yards to a depth of -44' MLLW from 25th Street to approximately 37th St; Option No. 2 is hopper dredging of approximately 656,000 cubic yards to a depth of -44' MLLW from 37th Street to approximately 47th Street. Completion time for Schedule No. 1 is 82 calendar days at a production rate of 700,000 cubic yards per month. An additional 46 calendar days will be added for Options 1 and 2 if executed. The Solicitation issued will be Firm Fixed Price. The magnitude of this project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00. The Solicitation is "UNRESTRICTED" full and open competition to both large & small business. The Solicitation will be issued on or about 4 December 2015. Response date is 2 February 2015 @ 2:00 PM. ATTENTION TO OFFEROR(s)/CONTRACTOR(s): On July 14, 2014, Small Business Administration (SBA) increased the monetary-based industry size standards to account for inflation. You must update your Representations (Reps) and Certifications (Certs) for the impacted North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes identified with an exclamation point "!" next to the "Small Business" value in the System for Award Management (SAM). Please log into SAM, review, and resubmit your registration to apply the new size standard. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code applicable to this project is 237990. The Small Business Size Standard is $27.5 Million. All offerors are encouraged to visit the Army's Single Face to Industry Website at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi or Federal Business Opportunities at https://www.fbo.gov to view and download the plans, specification and or any amendments for this procurement. Plans and specifications will not be available in paper format or on compact disc. To register as an "Interested Vendor", visit https://www.fbo.gov . Offerors must be registered with the Systems for Award Management (SAM), in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the SAM Internet address is: https://www.sam.gov . The Contract Specialist for this solicitation will be Ms. Lucille Smith, +1 (555) 000-0000 or via e-mail at contact@example.gov . For technical information about this solicitation, please contact Ms. Terri Carlson at +1 (555) 000-0000 or Mr. Brandon Smolinsky at +1 (555) 000-0000, between the hours of 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Holidays. Subcontracting goals for the Galveston District are: 50.0% - Small Business; 17.0% - Small Disadvantaged Business; 18.0% - Woman-Owned Small Business; 10.0% - HubZone Small Business; 8.5% - Veteran-Owned Small Business and 4.0% - Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business.