Maintenance Dredging, Salem River, New Jersey

The contract consists of maintenance dredging in the Salem River, New Jersey; a) the areas to be dredged under this contract may include a Base contract and (1) Option; b) Base contract dredging of the channel will be performed from Station 3+400 to Station 15+500; c) Option 1dredging of the channel will be performed from Station 23+750 to Station 24+896; d) Base and Option 1 dredging will be required to a depth of 16 feet plus 1 foot allowable overdepth limited by a vertical plane through the required depth contour; e) 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; f) no side slopes or end slopes are specified for this contract; g) the use of hopper and bucket dredges will not be permitted under this contract; h) the Government-Furnished disposal area available for use under this contract is Killcohook Disposal Area Number 1. Solicitation Number W912BU-12-B-0010 will be issued on or about 25 May 2012 with bid opening date of 26 June 2012 at 11:00 a.m. All work and services under this Solicitation shall be completed within 120 calendar days. 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 a 100% Set Aside for Small Business Concerns.