Maintenance Dredging of Tw itch Cove and Big Thorofare at Smith Island

1. The proposed procurement is 100% Small Business (SB) set-aside, North Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction) with a magnitude of construction between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. 2. Project Description: The proposed work consists of dredging both Federal channels, which are authorized to 7 feet deep and 60 feet wide. Material will be removed to a depth of 7 feet mean lower low water (MLLW), plus up to two foot of allowable overdepth. Approximately 80,000 cubic yards (CY) of material consisting primarily of mud, silt, sand, shell, gravel, and combinations thereof are to be hydraulically dredged. The majority of the dredged material will be beneficially used to restore dune and wetland habitat on Swan Island, which is part of the Martin National Wildlife Refuge at Smith Island. The material on Swan Island will be contained and planted for stabilization. A portion of the dredged material will also be used to reinforce the south jetty (located 0.85 miles west of Ewell) where it ties into land and restore the adjacent shoreline. 3. The solicitation will be provided in an electronic format, free of charge on or about 09 November 2016, to all authenticated account holders registered with the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) System. Please note that all US Army Corps of Engineers acquisitions are considered sensitive, but unclassified documents and require users to have valid MPIN entered in the FBO systems to access package. 4. The media through which the Government chooses to issue this solicitation will be the Internet only. This solicitation will not be issued in paper. No phone or fax request for copy of solicitation will be accepted. Bids can be submitted after the solicitation announcement by mail to: U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Attn: CENAB-CT Contracting Division P. O. Box 1715 Baltimore, MD 21201-1715 Or in person at: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers City Crescent Building Room 7000 10 South Howard St. Baltimore, MD 21201