Recovery: Haleiwa Small Boat Harbor and Waianae Small Boat Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii

The purpose of this project is to perform maintenance dredging of Haleiwa Small Boat Harbor and Waianae Small Boat Harbor. Approximately 6,500 cubic yards of sand and silt will be removed from Haleiwa Federal channel, and approximately 2,000 cubic yards of sand and coral gravel will be removed from Waianae Federal channel. The dredged material will be dewatered on site before being trucked to approved stockpile locations, or to upland disposal sites. Estimated cost is between $1 Million and $5 Million. An organized pre-proposal conference and site visits at both project sites are scheduled to be held on 14 April 2009. All interested parties will meet from 9:00-11:00 A.M. at the Waianae Harbor Agent's office in the upstairs conference room for the pre-proposal conference followed by a site visit of the Waianae Small Boat Harbor. All interested parties will reconvene at 1:30 P.M. at the Haleiwa Harbor Agent's office for the Haleiwa Small Boat Harbor site visit. The Harbor Agents' offices will be identified on the project drawings. Non-price evaluation factors of this lowest priced technically acceptable source selection process will be: (a) past performance, (b) experience, and (c) past performance on utilization of small business concerns. Upon completing the evaluation of all non-price proposals in Step 1, price will be evaluated (Step 2) for fair and reasonableness. This is an unrestricted procurement utilizing Electronic Bid Sets (EBS). Solicitation plans and specifications will be made available for viewing and/or downloading on the Federal Technical Data Solutions (FedTeDS) website via access through the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website located at http://www.fbo.gov/ on or about March 30, 2009. The Contractor is responsible for checking the website daily for any posted changes to the solicitation. Other business opportunities may be viewed at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi. Offerors should register on the Honolulu District Contracting Website at http://www.poh.usace.army.mil/CT/CT.htm to view/download a copy of this solicitation. Offerors must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the CCR Internet address is http://www.ccr.gov. Small, small disadvantaged and women-owned small business concerns are encouraged to participate as prime contractors or as members of joint ventures with other small businesses, and all interested contractors are reminded that the successful contractor will be expected to place subcontracts to the maximum practicable extent with small, small disadvantaged and women-owned small business concerns in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 95-507.