Z--Wilmington Harbor Anchorage Basin Deepening, New Hanover and Brunswick Counties, North Carolina

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District requires a contract to provide Wilmington Harbor Anchorage Basin Deepening, New Hanover and Brunswick Counties, North Carolina. The work consists of deepening a portion of the existing navigation channel on the Cape Fear River in New Hanover and Brunswick Counties, North Carolina. The upstream and downstream limits of the work area are located approximately 800 feet and 4,000 feet downstream of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge respectively. The total quantity of material to be dredged, including allowable overdepth, is approximately 800,000 cubic yards including approximately 200,000 cubic yards of rock. The work will require the removal and disposal of sediment and rock to provide a channel depth of -43 feet mean lower low water (MLLW) plus 2 feet of allowable overdepth. Types of dredge plant allowed to perform the work include hydraulic cutterhead suction dredge, clamshell dredge and dipper/backhoe dredge. Drilling and blasting may be required to remove rock from some parts of the project. Strict rules and regulations will be enforced for all drilling and blasting activities. Blasting will be restricted to the months of August through January and may be performed during daylight hours only, between 2 hours after sunrise and 1 hour before sunset. Government approved disposal sites for dredged material include the Eagle Island Disposal Area located on the west side of the Cape Fear River opposite the North Carolina Ports Authority and/or the Wilmington Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (ODMDS) located approximately 7 miles offshore from Bald Head Island. The contract issued will be Firm Fixed Price. The Magnitude of Construction of this project is over $10,000,000. Network analysis will not be required. This solicitation will be issued in electronic format only and will be available on or about 7 August 2012. The bid opening date will be specified in the solicitation when it is issued. No additional media (CD-ROM, floppy disks, faxes, etc) will be provided. This solicitation is UNRESTRICTED. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 237990 - Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction and the size standard is $20,000,000.00. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be available. Other methods of requesting a package will not be honored. Offerors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration in order to be eligible to receive an award from any Government solicitation. Call +1 (555) 000-0000 for more information or visit the CCR website at http://www.ccr.gov. Offerors must be registered in the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) in order to be eligible to receive an award from any Government solicitation. For more information, visit the ORCA website at http://orca.bpn.gov. After completing CCR, in order to download documents contractors and their subcontractors must register at www.fbo.gov. In order to locate solicitation, Contractors can go to FedBizOpps and search for the solicitation number at www.fbo.gov. Contractors can register to be put on a plan holders list that others can access through the FedBizOpps site. It is the Bidder's responsibility to check the Internet address provided as necessary for any posted changes to this solicitation and all amendments. For additional information or assistance, please contact Bruce Helms, Contract Specialist, phone +1 (555) 000-0000 fax +1 (555) 000-0000, or email contact@example.gov.