Mississippi Barrier Island Restoration, Mississippi.

Description(s): Market Research and Sources Sought Notice for information on capability and availability of potential contractors to perform dredging and beach nourishment in open waters up to the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in Alabama Waters, Mississippi Waters and U.S. Waters south of Alabama and Mississippi for implementation of the Mississippi Barrier Island Restoration, Mississippi. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS and is not a solicitation announcement. The purpose of this Market Research and Sources Sought Notice is to gain knowledge of potential qualified Small Business firms who own ocean certified dredges (as would normally be expected to support a large dredging operation) to perform the work specified below. Responses to this Sources Sought Synopsis will be used by the government in making appropriate acquisition decisions. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, anticipates future procurements in fiscal year 2019 for the unit price of dredging and construction equipment to perform dredging actions that will retrieve sand material from designated open water borrow areas located approximately 2 to 35 miles away in the Gulf of Mexico for beach nourishment of Ship Island, Mississippi. These future requirements for unit price dredging equipment will be for different size categories of dredges and for different types of dredges as described below. One requirement will be for hydraulic, cutterhead dredges with a minimum pump discharge diameter of 27 through 30 inches measured as the inside diameter of the discharge side of the main dredge pump and a minimum horsepower applied to the main pump of 3750/5000 respectively. A second requirement will be for trailing suction hopper dredges with a minimum hopper capacity of 3600 cubic yards. All of the above requirements must be complete with crew, management staff, and support equipment including pipelines, booster pumps, tugs, and various other floating plants as would normally be expected to support a large dredging operation. The cost of construction is expected to range from $25 to $100 million. The proposed construction duration will be 14 months after the Notice to Proceed is issued. Sources are being sought for firms with a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code of 237990 with a Small Business Size Standard of $27.5 Million. Responses are requested with the following information, which shall not exceed a total of eight pages. 1. Offeror's name, address, points of contact with telephone numbers and e-mail addresses. 2. Business size/classification to include any designations as Small Business, 8(a), HUBZone, and Service Disabled Veteran Owned shall be indicated on first page of submission. 3. Bonding capability (construction bonding level per single contract and aggregate construction bonding level, both expressed in dollars; along with current available bonding capacity. 4. Description of capability to perform the proposed construction, manage subcontractors, prepare and comply with various environmental and construction permits, and capacity to execute this project with other ongoing dredging contracts. 5. Past performance/experience on projects of similar scope, describing no more than five (5) projects that are at least 50% construction complete within the past five years of the issue date of this Notice. The past performance information should include project title, location, general description of the construction to demonstrate relevance to the proposed project, the bidder's role, dollar value of contract, and name of the company, agency or government entity for which the work was performed with contact information (reference name, phone number and e-mail address). 6. Dredge name and various specifications on the equipment to include: Discharge diameter, suction diameter, year manufactured and/or major overhaul, ladder length, spud lengths, draft, horsepower of main engine and any booster pumps, max/min dredging depths, and hopper capacity (hopper dredge only). NO RESPONSES WILL BE ACCEPTED BY FAX OR MAIL. ALL RESPONSES MUST BE E-MAILED to: Major Nicholas Cherry at Nicholas.j.cherry@usace.army.mil. Submittals are due no later than 19 September 2018. Submittals will not be returned. Telephonic responses will not be honored. This is not a Request for Proposal, only a Request for Information. No award will result from this Sources Sought. This notice does not constitute any commitment by the Government.