Swinomish Channel Maintenance Dredging, La Conner, WA

POINT OF CONTACT The point of contact for administrative or contractual questions is Contract Specialist Alex Marcinkiewicz at email: contact@example.gov. Please no phone calls. All questions must be submitted in writing to the above point of contact. FOR INFORMATION ONLY: This Synopsis/Pre-Solicitation Notice is ONLY A NOTIFICATION that a solicitation is anticipated and forthcoming. All questions regarding this Synopsis/Pre-Solicitation should be submitted in writing via email to Mr. Marcinkiewicz at the email indicated above. NOTE: The Sources Sought Announcement for this requirement was previously advertised under number W68MD973066541. PROJECT INFORMATION: FY18 Swinomish Channel Maintenance Dredging Summary of Work: The Seattle District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposes to conduct maintenance clamshell dredging of designated reaches in the Swinomish Channel Federal Navigation Channel. The volume of sediment to be dredged in all designated reaches is a combined 160,000 cubic yards (CY) with placement at the Rosario Strait Open Water Disposal Site near Anacortes, WA. Work would begin 30 July 2018 and all in-water work must be completed by 16 February 2019. The magnitude of construction is estimated to be between $1 million and $5 million. The resulting contract will be firm fixed price. Solicitation number W912DW18B0005 will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website, www.fbo.gov, on or about 17 May 2018. The solicitation will be an Invitation for Bid (IFB). Bids will be due no sooner than 30 calendar days after actual solicitation issuance date. See the solicitation for details about bid submission. The NAICS code for the procurement is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction, and the associated small business size standard is $27.5 million in average annual receipts. The solicitation will be issued as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The solicitation documents for this requirement will be issued in electronic format only and will be made available online via the FBO website at www.fbo.gov under the subject solicitation number. NO CD's OR HARD COPIES WILL BE AVAILABLE. Offerors are responsible for checking for any update(s) to the Notice/Solicitation. The Government is not responsible for any loss of internet connectivity or for an offeror's inability to access the document(s) posted at the referenced website. To obtain automatic notifications of updates to this notice, you must log in to www.fbo.gov and add the solicitation to your Watchlist. If you would like to list your firm so others can see you are an interested vendor, you must click the Add Me To Interested Vendors button in the listing for this solicitation on www.fbo.gov. The FBO Response Date listed elsewhere in this synopsis is for FBO archive purposes only. It may have no relationship to the actual solicitation due date. The solicitation due date and time will be contained in the solicitation and any solicitation amendments that are issued. IMPORTANT NOTICE: All contractors proposing on Department of Defense (DoD) solicitations must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award of a contract. The purpose of this database is to provide basic business information and capabilities to the Government. The SAM website can be accessed at www.sam.gov. Contractors are encouraged to register as soon as possible. All new contracts can be made ONLY to contractors who are registered in SAM. This requirement applies to all DoD contract awards.