Z--MAINTENANCE DREDGING, CHANNEL TO NEWPORT NEWS, HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA.

The work consists of maintenance dredging to a required depth of 52 feet MLLW with one foot of allowable overdepth. The dredging involves approximately 200,000 cubic yards of material, including allowable overdepth dredging and estimated accretion to October 2015. The work shall be performed by a hydraulic dredge and pipeline with all dredged material transported and placed in the designated Government-furnished placement area at Craney Island. The contract duration is 45 calendar days from the notice to proceed. The Government intends to award a firm fixed price contract using INVITATION FOR BID WITH PRE-AWARD SURVEY and procedures outlined in FAR 36 and FAR 14. Pre-award survey will determine contracts responsibility in accordance with FAR 9.104 and 9.106. Bidders will be evaluated on both pre-award survey and conformance to the solicitation and price. The Government reserves the right to reject any or all Bids; and to award the contract to other than the lowest total price and to award to the bidder submitting the lowest bid determined by the Government to be responsible. The magnitude of construction is estimated to be between $1,000,000.00 to $5,000,000.00. THIS IS A TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE PROCUREMENT. The solicitation will be posted on/about 14 July 2015. NAICS CODE 237990 ($27.5M) applies to this procurement . Bid bonds will be required with bid submittals. Search on W91236% for solicitations issued by Norfolk District. No hard copies will be available. Prospective contractors must be registered Vendors with https//www.fbo.gov in order to download plans and specifications. Prospective contractors must be registered in the DOD System for Award Management (SAM) database in order to obtain access to FEDBIZOPPS. It is incumbent upon vendors to monitor FEDBIZOPPS for the release of the solicitation, specification, drawings, and all subsequent amendments. SAM Registration must also be ACTIVE and current to be eligible for contract award. Information on registration and annual confirmation requirements may be obtained by calling +1 (555) 000-0000 or via the Internet at http://www.sam.gov. Lack of registration in the SAM database will prevent access to FEDBIZOPPS and will make a Bidder ineligible for award. NOTE: Online Representations and Certifications Applications (ORCA) apply to this solicitation. With ORCA, vendors have the ability to enter and maintain representations and certification information, via the Internet at http://orca.bpn.gov; therefore, vendors no longer have to submit representations and certifications with bid. Instead, this solicitation contains a single provision that will allow vendor to either certify that all representations and certification in ORCA are current, complete, and accurate as of the date of signature, or list any changes.