Y--Shoalwater Bay Shoreline Erosion Dredging, Willapa Bay, Washington

Work will consist of restoring the sand dune located on Graveyard Spit in Shoalwater Bay on the northern shoreline of Willapa Bay (WA). Sand will be hydraulically dredged from a designated borrow area approximately 3,000 to 4,000 feet offshore. Approximately 600,000 to 800,000 cubic yards of material will be required to construct the berm. Woody debris from the site will be stockpiled prior to construction and be placed along the berm after construction. The anticipated construction window will be from 16 July 2012 through 14 February 2013 with pre-construction submittals due no later than 90 days after notice to proceed. The work will occur on Shoalwater Indian Reservation and Washington State lands. Access to the work area will occur only from the water and all construction equipment for site work and grading will be mobilized and demobilized from the water via two staging areas. The magnitude of construction is $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. Project is open to both large and small business. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 237990 with a size standard of $20.0 million. "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." For information concerning NAICS and SBA size standards, go to http://www.sba.gov/services/contractingopportunities/sizestandardstopics/. To be eligible for contract award a firm must be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. Register via the CCR Internet site at http://www.ccr.gov or by contacting the DoD Electronic Commerce Information Center at +1 (555) 000-0000. At this time, the Real Estate Certificate and Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) have not yet been approved / executed. A contract award may or may not result from this solicitation. All costs associated with compiling proposals are at the contractor's own expense. Additional contracting opportunities will be found at ASFI (https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/sol_list.cfm?pContractOfcID=165 ) The solicitation will be available for download on or about August 23, 2011.