Maintenance Dredging of the Rudee Inlet

THIS IS AN UNRESTRICTED PROCUREMENT. The Norfolk District, Army Corps of Engineers is contemplating a Firm Fixed Price, Construction contract for Maintenance Dredging of the Rudee Inlet, including the Rudee Entrance Channel, Sand Trap, Transition Area, Jetty Protection Areas, and Deposition Areas located in Virginia Beach. DESCRIPTION OF WORK The Rudee Inlet Maintenance Dredging Project will consist of dredging up to approximately 190,000 cubic yards of sandy maintenance material from the Rudee Entrance Channel, Sand Trap, Entrance Channel Transition Area, North Jetty Area, South Jetty Area, and Outer Deposition Basin located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Approximately 70,000 cubic yards of sandy material will be dredged from the Entrance Channel and Sand Trap with placement on Resort Beach to the north of the Inlet. Approximately 15,000 cubic yards of sandy material will be dredged from the Entrance Channel Transition Area and North and South Jetty Protection Areas with placement on Resort Beach to the north of the Inlet. Approximately 51,000 cubic yards of sandy dredged material will be dredged from an area of the Outer Deposition Basin with placement on Resort Beach to the north of the Inlet. An additional 50,000 cubic yards of sandy dredged material will be dredged from the remaining dredging prism of the Outer Deposition Basin and placed on Resort Beach to the north of the Inlet or as an option on Croatan Beach to the south of the Inlet. A Hydraulic Cutter-head Dredge will be used to accomplish this work. Maximum pay depth (required + allowable), including optional work, will be to -14 feet Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) in the Entrance Channel, -20 feet MLLW in the Sand Trap, -16 feet MLLW in the Entrance Channel Transition Area, -14 feet for the North and South Jetty Protection Areas, and -22 feet for the Outer Deposition Basin. Dredging will take place in the Atlantic Ocean and it is expected that dredging conditions will be in an ocean environment. The contractor is expected to work in the vicinity of large groups of bystanders and tourists during placement operations and work at a project with high recreational traffic through the Entrance Channel. The contractor will not be allowed to use Lake Wesley as a staging and safe harbor area for plant and equipment. The contractor is expected to have the ability to pump sandy dredged material up to 1.25 miles. The NAICS code applicable to this requirement is 237990, with a small business size standard of $27.5 million. In accordance with FAR 36/DFARs 236, the Magnitude of Construction for this project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. Liquidated Damages will be assessed in the amount of $961.00 per day of delay.