Maintenance Dredging Delaware River, Philadelphia to the Sea, PA, NJ and DE.

This acquisition is a fixed price procurement for Maintenance dredging of the Delaware River, Philadelphia to the Sea. Description of Work: Contract consists of maintenance dredging of Marcus Hook and New Castle Ranges of the Delaware River channel from Station 117+000 to Station 237+000. Dredging will be performed to a depth of 42 feet to 43 feet plus 1 foot allowable over depth limited by a vertical plane through the required depth contour. Dredging will be required to a distance of 25 feet outside the channel limits where shoaling occurs along the channel edge within the authorized channel limits. No side slopes or end slopes are specified for this contract. The use of hopper and bucket dredges will not be permitted under this contract. The Government-furnished disposal areas available for use under this contract are Pedricktown South, and Killcohook Area Number 1. Estimated cost range for this procurement is $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. The NAICS Code for this project is 237990. Issue date is on or about 26 June 2012 with a bid opening date of 11:00 a.m. on or about 26 July 2012. Solicitation documents, plans and specifications will only be available via the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) homepage located at https://www.fbo.gov/. Registration for plans and specifications should be made via FBO Internet homepage and hard copies will not be available. No written or fax requests will be accepted. It is the contractor's responsibility to monitor FBO for any amendments. Also, contractors who receive a federal contract of $25,000.00 are required by legislation (FAR 22.1310(b)) to submit an annual VETS-100 Report on your employment of targeted veterans. Information on submitting your report may be obtained by calling +1 (555) 000-0000 or by accessing the following Internet website: http://vets.dol.gov/vets100/. All contractors must be registered in the DODs Central Contractor Registration database as required by DFARS 204.7300. Davis Bacon rates will be applicable to the construction and bonding is required. Please review all bonds and accompanying documents required to be submitted. Affirmative action to insure equal employment opportunity is applicable to the resulting contract. Liquidated damages will be specified. This procurement is advertised as Unrestricted.