Y--Y--Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract for Rental of a 27-inch to 30-inch Cutterhead Pipeline Dredge for Maintenance Dredging in Mobile Harbor , Mobile County, AL

Description of Work: This is an IDIQ contract for the rental of a 27-inch to 30-inch cutterhead pipeline dredge for maintenance dredging of navigation channels of Mobile Harbor, Mobile County, AL with dredged material disposed into open water and upland sites. The estimated cost of this project is between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 237990. Note No. 1: All prospective contractors and their subcontractors and suppliers must be registered in Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) before they will be allowed to download solicitation information. Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ prior to award of this contract. Solicitation documents, plans and specifications will only be available via FedBizOpps on or about 21 April 2015. Registration for plans and specifications should be made via FedBizOpps Internet Homepage. If you are not registered, the United States Government is not responsible for providing you with notifications of any changes to this solicitation. The solicitation will be available only as a direct download. This solicitation will not be issued on CD-ROM. Neither telephonic, mailed, nor fax requests will be accepted. Registration should be completed one week prior to the issue date. It is therefore the Contractor's responsibility to monitor the website daily for the solicitation to be posted, and for any posted changes or amendments to this solicitation. The plans and specifications and all notifications of changes to this solicitation shall only be made through this posting and modifications hereto. Plans and specifications will not be provided in a printed-paper format; however, the Government reserves the right to revert to paper medium when it is determined to be in the Government's best interest. NOTE: This solicitation is in .pdf format and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. Adobe Acrobat Reader may be downloaded free of charge at http://www.adobe.com/products/reader. Note No. 2: All bid forms, bid bonds, and other normal documents required for the bid submittal, including amendments to the bid submittal, shall be in paper medium. Electronic medium for the bid submittal documents will not be allowed. Note No. 3: Critical path method (network analysis system) is not required. Note No. 4: For this job, a small business is defined as having average annual receipts of less than $36,500,000 for the past three years. Note No. 5: It is anticipated that this solicitation will not have bid options. However, optional bid items may be added if it is determined to be in the Government's best interest. Note No. 6: Award of task orders is entirely contingent upon the Government securing all required environmental permits/clearances, real estate and execution of necessary project cooperation agreements with non-federal interests and subject to availability of funds. Note No. 7: All advertisements of Mobile District projects will be through the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps). Detailed information on this and other Mobile District Projects (Ordering Solicitations, Points of Contact, Synopsis of Work, etc.) are available on the Internet at: https://www.fbo.gov. Note No. 8: The request for information (RFI) process for bidder inquiries during the advertisement period will be through the ProjNet internet based system, and specifics will be contained in the RFP solicitation package available exclusively from FedBizOpps. Other forms of communicating RFIs to the Government will not be honored. The Government will try to respond to all questions. However, responses may not be furnished to all questions and particularly those received late in the advertisement period (0-10 days prior to bid opening.) Address questions concerning downloading of plans/specifications to Plans Room at phone number +1 (555) 000-0000.