The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District Office requires a contract for Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Rollover Pass to Galveston Causeway, Chambers and Galveston Counties, TX, Pipeline Dredging, Shallow Draft. FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT TO INCLUDE: 1. The following activities are anticipated under this contract, including: Shallow draft pipeline dredging of Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Rollover Pass to Galveston Causeway. Dredging of approximately 453,000 cubic yards (CY) of maintenance material. Required production rate of 360,000 CY per month. Schedule 1 (Base) Contract will include maintenance dredging of Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Rollover Pass to the Galveston Causeway. Contract will require dredging of approximately 453,000 CY of maintenance material from vicinity of Rollover Pass to vicinity of Galveston Causeway at a required depth of 17' MLLW. Dredged maintenance material will be placed into the following Placement Areas (PA): approximately 42,000 CY into PA 35; approximately 136,000 CY onto West Rollover Beach (beneficial use beach placement); and approximately 275,000 CY split between PAs 42 and 43. Potential Contract Options include: Option 1 - dredging approximately 30,000 cy from Rollover Pass to a depth of 17' MLLW (placed at PA 35); Option 2 - dredging approximately 39,000 cy from Channel to Port Bolivar to a depth of 23' MLLW (placed at Open Water PA "A"; Option 3 - dredging approximately 63,000 cy from Texas City Junction to a depth of 17' MLLW (place at Open Water PA 46). Contractor should familiarize himself with the traffic conditions along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and operating within unprotected open water bay conditions at the Bolivar Flare and Texas City Junction. 2. Estimated construction range under $5,000,000.00. 3. NAICS Code 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction, Dredging. 4. SB Size Standard, $27.5M. To be considered small for purposes of Government procurement, a firm must perform at least 40 percent of the volume dredged with its own equipment or equipment owned by another small dredging concern. 5. PSC Code - Z2KF 6. Bonding Requirements - The Contractor shall provide Performance and Payment Bonds within (5) calendar days after award. The contractor shall begin work within (10) calendar days after acknowledgement of the Notice to Proceed. 7. Completion Time for Schedule 1 of this project is estimated at 110 calendar days after acknowledgement of the Notice to Proceed for; Option 1 - 10 additional calendar days; Option 2 - 10 additional days; Option 3 - 15 additional days. 8. Pre-award information due (3) days after bid opening. . The Solicitation issued will be Firm Fixed Price. This solicitation is subject to the availability of funds. The Solicitation is an unrestricted procurement. The Solicitation will be issued on or about 21 JUL 2016. Response date on or about 22 AUG 2016. ATTENTION TO OFFEROR(s): On July 14, 2014, Small Business Administration (SBA) increased the monetary-based industry size standards to account for inflation. You must update you 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. NAICS code 237990 - Dredging: To be considered small for purposes of Government procurement, a firm must perform at least 40 percent of the volume dredged with its own equipment or equipment owned by another small dredging concern. All offerors are encouraged to visit the Army's Single Face to Industry Website at 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 SAM, Systems for Award Management, in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the SAM address is: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ . The Contract Specialist for this solicitation will be Traci D. Robicheaux, at email
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+1 (555) 000-0000 between the hours of 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Holidays. Email is preferred. Subcontracting goals for the Galveston District are: 41.5% - Small Business; 23.5% - Small Disadvantaged Business; 7.5% - Woman-Owned Small Business; 7.92% - HubZone Small Business; 5.18% - Veteran-Owned Small Business and Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business; Historically Black College or University/Minority Institution - 2%.
