Maintenance Dredging, Delaware River, Philadelphia to the Sea, Pennsylvania, New Jersey & Delaware

The contract consists of maintenance dredging of the Marcus Hook, Cherry Island and New Castle Ranges of the Delaware River, channel from stations 117+000 to 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. The use of hopper and clamshell bucket dredges shall not be permitted under this contract. The Government-furnished disposal areas available for use under this contract are Pedricktown North, and Killcohook Area Number 1. Solicitation Number W912BU-11-B-0006 will be issued on or about 27 June 2011 with bid opening date of 27 July 2011 at 11:00 a.m. All work and services under this Solicitation shall be completed no later than 31 December 2011. Estimated cost range is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. Performance and Payment bonds will be required for 100% of contract award. The NAICS code for this project is 237990 (SIC 1629) with a size standard is $20.0 million. 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://www.vets100.com. All contractors must be registered in the DODs Central Contractor Registration (CCR) 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. Award will be made as a whole to one bidder. This procurement is advertised as Unrestricted.