Z--Galveston Ship Channel, Tx, Entrance Outer and Inner Bar Channel and Houston Ship Channel, Hopper Dredging.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District Office requires a contract to provide hopper dredging for the Galveston Ship Channel, Texas, Entrance Outer, and Inner Bar Channel, and Houston Ship Channel, Bolivar Roads to Redfish Reef in Galveston and Chambers Counties, Texas. The work consists of hopper dredging of maintenance material in the Galveston Inner & Outer Bar, Entrance, and Houston Ship Channel from Bolivar Roads to Redfish Reef. This project has 6 Options which includes an option for beach placement in Galveston of 1,005,000 cubic yards of material from the Galveston Harbor Inner Bar Channel. There will be no levee work for this project. Schedule No. 1 requires dredging of approximately 2,171,000 cubic yards of material; total dredge material to be removed including options is approx. 3,574,000 cubic yards of material to be dredged. Completion time for Schedule No. 1 and Options Nos. 1 thru 5 will be based on the following production rates: Galveston Harbor, Schedule No. 1 (Galveston Entrance Channel and Outer Bar and Inner Bar Channel), Option No. 1 (Galveston Extended Entrance Channel) & Option No. 2 (Galveston Entrance Channel), require a minimum production rate of 900,000 cubic yards per month. Schedule No. 1 (Houston Ship Channel), and Option No. 3 (Houston Ship Channel, Bolivar Roads to Redfish Reef), require a minimum production rate of 700,000 cubic yards per month. Completion time for Option No. 6 (Beach Placement Galveston) is 45 calendar days. The Solicitation issued will be Firm Fixed Price. The magnitude of this project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00. The Solicitation is UNRESTRICTED, full and open competition to both small and large businesses. The Solicitation will be issued on or about 6 January 2015. Response date is 5 February 2015 @ 2:00 PM. ATTENTION TO OFFEROR(s)/CONTRACTOR(s): On July 14, 2014, Small Business Administration (SBA) increased the monetary-based industry size standards to account for inflation. You must update your Representations (Reps) and Certifications (Certs) for the impacted North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes identified with an exclamation point quote mark ! quote mark next to the quote mark Small Business quote mark value in the System for Award Management (SAM). Please log into SAM, review, and resubmit your registration to apply the new size standard. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code applicable to this project is 237990. The Small Business Size Standard for Dredging is $27.5 Million. All offerors are encouraged to visit the Army's Single Face to Industry Website at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi or Federal Business Opportunities at https://www.fbo.gov to view and download the plans, specification and or any amendments for this procurement. Plans and specifications will not be available in paper format or on compact disc. To register as an quote mark Interested Vendor quote mark , visit https://www.fbo.gov . Offerors must be registered with the Systems for Award Management (SAM), in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the SAM Internet address is: https://www.sam.gov . The Contract Specialist for this solicitation will be Ms. Lucille Smith, +1 (555) 000-0000 or via e-mail at contact@example.gov . For technical information about this solicitation, please contact Ms. Terri Carlson at +1 (555) 000-0000, or Mr. Brandon Smolinsky at +1 (555) 000-0000, between the hours of 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Holidays. Subcontracting goals for the Galveston District are: 50.0% - Small Business; 17.0% - Small Disadvantaged Business; 18.0% -Woman-Owned Small Business; 10.0% - HubZone Small Business; 8.5% - Veteran-Owned Small Business and 4.0% - Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business.