Z--Baltimore Harbor & Chanels - Maintenance Dredging, Various Channel Sections, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland

This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice This project was previously announced as W912DR-13-S-0019. Project Description: The proposed procurement is unrestricted NAICS 237990 with an estimated cost of services between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000. Pending available funds, approximately 1,000,000 cubic yards of material consisting primarily of mud, silt, sand, shell, and mixtures thereof will be dredged by clamshell and scow, hydraulic pipeline, and/or hopper dredge. Approximately 500,000 cubic yards of material removed from the proposed dredging of the Brewerton Channel will be placed at the State of Maryland 100 acre Cox Creek Dredged Material Containment Facility (DMCF), located in Anne Arundel County. Approximately 500,000 cubic yards of material removed from proposed dredging of Fort McHenry, West, and East Channels will be placed at the 100acre Masonville DMCF, located in Baltimore City near Brooklyn Park. Maryland Port Administration is responsible for meeting effluent quality standards for each DMCF in accordance with their discharge permits issued by Maryland Department of the Environment. Recirculation is required from within the Cox Creek DMCF and is optional for the Masonville DMCF. The channels vary in depth from 35 to 50 feet, and in width from 600 feet to 1,870 feet. Work will be accomplished in a heavy commercial waterway supporting the Port of Baltimore. The prime contractor is required to pay a tipping fee of approximately $6/CY to Maryland Port Administration for placement of material at the Cox Creek Dredged Material Containment Facility.