Y--FY14 Maintenance Dredging, Quillayute River Waterway, La Push, Washington

Seattle District requires maintenance hydraulic dredging of approximately 50,000 cubic yards of sediment from the Quillayute River Channel and Boat Basin and disposal of the dredged material at three nearby designated disposal sites. The dredged material shall be confined in a basin surrounded by a berm constructed from onsite material by the Contractor. The purpose of the project is to ensure a navigable waterway for vessel traffic in the Quillayute River Federal Navigation Channel. Work will begin 1 September 2014 and all in-water work must be completed by 28 February 2015. The estimated cost range for this project is $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. The Contractor is to furnish all labor, equipment, supplies, materials, supervision and other items and services necessary to accomplish the work. Estimated Award Date of the Contract is July 2014 with a 28 February 2015 completion date. The solicitation will be issued as 100% Set-Aside for Small Business concerns. The primary North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this procurement is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Construction; with an applicable small business size standard of $25.5 million in annual gross receipts. For the purposes of this procurement, quote mark To be considered small for the purposes of Government procurement, a firm must perform at least 40% of the volume dredged with its own equipment or equipment owned by another small dredging concern. quote mark For information concerning NAICS and SBA size standards, go to http://www.sba.gov/services/contractingopportunities/sizestandardstopics/. Offerors will be required to submit a price proposal. Award will be made in accordance with the procedures described in FAR 14.408. IMPORTANT NOTICE: All contractors proposing on Department of Defense 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. You are encouraged to register as soon as possible. All new contracts can be made ONLY to contractors who are registered in SAM. This requirement applied to all Department of Defense contract awards, regardless of the media used. Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), the solicitation will be available for download no earlier than 15 days following the posting of this synopsis. Pursuant to FAR, the response date of the solicitation is no earlier than 30 days from the date of the solicitation release date. The solicitation due date will be noted on the solicitation at the time of issue. There is no technical information available until the issue of the solicitation via the Internet. A contract award may or may not result from this solicitation. All costs associated with compiling proposals are at the contractor's own expense. The solicitation documents for this requirement will be issued in electronic format only and will be made available online via the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at https://www.fbo.gov under solicitation number W912DW14-B-0008. You must be registered with the FBO website to download the solicitation documents. NO CDs OR HARD COPIES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE. Offerors are responsible for checking the referenced page for any update(s) to this notice. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offeror's inability to access the documents posted at the referenced website. To obtain automatic notification of updates to this solicitation, 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. For additional Seattle District Contracting opportunities, visit the Army Single Face to Industry at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/default.cfm or go to the FBO postings at https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=list&tab=list for the latest listings. Put W912DW in the Keywords/SOL #: box for Seattle District listings only. Address administrative questions to Maria Colville, Contract Specialist (contact@example.gov). Please do not ask any technical questions, as answers to technical questions are only available through an online system during the solicitation process. The solicitation will be available for download on or about 13 June 2014.