Maintenance Dredging, Hudson River, NY Federal Navigation Project; Kingston and Germantown Dredge Areas

The New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) proposes to perform maintenance dredging of the Hudson River, NY City to Waterford, New York, Federal Navigation Project. The dredged material shall be transported to and placed into a government furnished upland Dredge Material Placement Site (DMPS) at Houghtaling Island, NY. The proposed maintenance dredging will require removal of approximately 130,000 cubic yards of critical shoals from two discontinuous reaches of the Federal Navigation Channel (FNC) at Kingston and Germantown, NY. The two reaches are located at the following approximate distances from the Houghtaling Island DMPS: Kingston Reach 60/61 (39 miles), and Germantown Reach 47/48 (22 miles). Dredging would be required to a depth of -32 feet COE Mean Low Water (COE-MLW) project datum plus 1 foot of allowable overdepth. The dredged material is expected to consist primarily of fine sand, silt and clay. Dredging work may be performed by a hopper dredge. The contractor may also require the use of a mechanical dredge with a closed clamshell environmental bucket, hopper barges, tug boat(s) and attendant plant to perform dredging, transport and unloading/placement operations. The contract requires preparation of the existing Houghtaling Island upland dredge material placement site prior to the start of dredge material placement operations. All necessary permits required for the dredging and dredged material placement will be provided by the government; however a New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Project Access Permit for Schodack State Island State Park will be acquired by the Contractor. The contractor will be required to meet all conditions pertaining to the dredging and dredge material placement as specified in these permits. Water Quality Certification restrictions prohibit performing any in-water dredging work earlier than September 1st or later than December 31st. NOAA restrictions prohibit performing any in-water dredging work at Kingston earlier than September 1st or later than November 31st. The contractor will be required to commence work within five (5) calendar days after receipt of the Notice to Proceed, and shall prosecute work diligently to substantially complete all work within the time periods provided. The work is estimated to cost between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. Plans and Specifications for the subject project would be available on/about 19 June 2020, with bid opening on/about 03 July 2020. It is the intention of the Government to award 01 August 2020 and issue the NTP on/about 15 August 2020. Liquidated Damages are to be $1,271.70 per calendar day of delay until all work under the contract is accepted. This is an unrestricted procurement.