Craney Island Earthwork IDIQ, Portsmouth, Virginia
01/11/2021 - Uploaded solicitation, plans and specifications.
The work consists of site improvements at Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area (CIDMMA). CIDMMA is a confined upland dredged material placement site located in Portsmouth, Virginia adjacent to the Port of Hampton Roads. Work activities will include borrow area preparation for the purpose of dewatering saturated materials for future use, excavation and reclamation of dredged material from prepared borrow area, transport of reclaimed and borrowed materials, and construction of site improvement infrastructure projects with the material. The infrastructure projects on CIDMMA that may be built include, but are not limited to:
Construction and maintenance of containment dikes and division dikes to a compaction performance standard with incremental vertical lifts of material.
Construction of access roads within containment cells at CIDMMA.
Construction of spillway foundation pads.
Placement of reclaimed material as overburden for the purpose of consolidation of saturated materials.
Excavation and stockpiling of reclaimed material in designated areas.
Excavation of saturated dredged material from around and within existing spillways and spillboxes for the purpose of maintenance of spillway components and structures.
Excavation and maintenance of spillway effluent discharge pipes, outfalls, and aprons.
Installation of riprap for shoreline stabilization and erosion protection purposes.
Miscellaneous steel work at Spillbox structures.
W9123621B5007 Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Norfolk
1/11/21, 7:33 PM Craney Island Earthwork IDIQ, Portsmouth, Virginia
SUBJECT: ADVERTISEMENT OF CRANEY ISLAND EARTHWORK PROJECT, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
The Norfolk District, Corps of Engineers will be issuing a solicitation for a 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE, firm fixed price, Invitation for Bid (IFB) for the Craney Island Earthwork Project located in Portsmouth, VA.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
The work consists of site improvements at Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area (CIDMMA). CIDMMA is a confined upland dredged material placement site located in Portsmouth, Virginia adjacent to the Port of Hampton Roads. Work activities will include borrow area preparation for the purpose of dewatering saturated materials for future use, excavation and reclamation of dredged material from prepared borrow area, transport of reclaimed and borrowed materials, and construction of site improvement infrastructure projects with the material. The infrastructure projects on CIDMMA that may be built include, but are not limited to:
Construction and maintenance of containment dikes and division dikes to a compaction performance standard with incremental vertical lifts of material.
Construction of access roads within containment cells at CIDMMA.
Construction of spillway foundation pads.
Placement of reclaimed material as overburden for the purpose of consolidation of saturated materials.
Excavation and stockpiling of reclaimed material in designated areas.
Excavation of saturated dredged material from around and within existing spillways and spillboxes for the purpose of maintenance of spillway components and structures.
Excavation and maintenance of spillway effluent discharge pipes, outfalls, and aprons.
Installation of riprap for shoreline stabilization and erosion protection purposes.
Miscellaneous steel work at Spillbox structures.
Contractor shall be responsible for before and after topographic surveys by acceptance areas. All material for the earthwork site improvements will be government supplied from on-site borrow sources. Total material volume is not expected to exceed 300,000 cubic yards per task order. Construction techniques and equipment must accommodate soft and wet subsurface and fill soil conditions with high susceptibility to rapid and long-term settlements under instantaneous and sustained loading conditions.
Liquidated Damages shall be assessed in the amount of $1,088.00 for each day of delay.
The Magnitude of Construction is between $10,000,000.00 AND $25,000,000.00.
The NAICS code applicable to this requirement is 237990, with a small business size standard of $36.5 million.
The effort will be solicited and awarded utilizing the Sealed Bid procedures under FAR Part 14.
CONSTRUCTION TIME
For each of the three years included in the IDIQ contract, multiple Task Orders that include the bid items may be issued to cover varying work as described in Project Description paragraph. The Government’s intent is to issue Task Orders sequentially, and work is expected to run almost continuously over the entire three-year period, if funding permits, adequate borrow material is available, and other work at CIDMMA is not in the way. However, simultaneous Task Orders may also be issued in case of emergencies and critical needs at CIDMMA. In such cases, the Contractor may be required to temporary shift work from the on-going Task Order to a new one for the duration of a new Task Order. Contractor may be compensated for additional mob/demob depending on the scope of work for an additional Task Order. Each Task Order will begin performance within 15 calendar days and complete all work within the specified calendar days from receipt of the Notice to Proceed (NTP).
THIS PROJECT IS A TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SEALED BID WITH DEFINITIVE RESPONSIBLITLITY CRITERIA. This contract will contain a Definitive Responsibility Criteria, or DRC. Definitive Responsibility Criteria are specific and objective standards established to inform the Contracting Officer’s responsibility in accordance with FAR 9.104-2. These criteria are in addition to the criteria in FAR 9.104-1 and allow the Contracting Officer to assess whether the apparent low bidder can demonstrate the expertise and specialized capabilities needed for adequate contract performance. The inability of a contractor otherwise eligible for award to demonstrate minimally acceptable experience as measured by the DRC may result in the Contracting Officer determining the contractor is not responsible.
The submission responding to the DRC must be provided in the form of a written detailed narrative, with a page limitation that shall not exceed three (3) pages for each listed DRC. A submission will only be required from the apparent low bidder and must be submitted within three business days of the bid opening.
The written narrative for each DRC listed below must demonstrate a bidder’s successful completion of the specified project experience within the past five (5) years of the date of this solicitation. The same project may be used in response to multiple criteria if it meets each DRC’s experience requirements.
The Definitive Responsibility Criteria is provided as follows:
1) Earthwork and Dike/Berm construction:
This project requires construction and maintenance of containment dikes to retain placed dredged material within the Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area (CIDMMA). The CIDMMA consists primarily of undrained cohesive soil conditions as described in the drawings and specification sections contained in Division 31 Earthwork and Division 35 Waterway and Marine Construction, which will be included with the Solicitation. The Contractor shall demonstrate at least one project completed in the past 5 years which involved excavation and building an earthen berm or structure upon weak cohesive soils (soils with undrained shear strength of 300 psf or less) and installation of metal storm drain pipes to a minimum depth of 10 feet in variable soil conditions.
2) Placement of VDOT Class II riprap for shoreline stabilization and erosion protection consistent with the scope of work described in the drawings and specifications sections contained in Division 35 Waterway and Marine Construction, which will be included with the Solicitation. Contractor shall demonstrate experience of at least one completed project in the past five years that meets these criteria.
The bidder shall provide the following:
▪ Project number and name of agency or owner for each project provided as experience;
▪ Period of performance of the project;
▪ Brief description of the work completed and of the work completed by the bidder for each criterion;
▪ Bidders may use one or more projects to demonstrate past experience in each criterion. The same project may be used in response to multiple criteria if it meets each DRC’s experience requirements.
If a subcontractor will be used to complete a work component of a bidder’s project experience, the bidder shall provide the following:
▪ Name of the subcontractor;
▪ Project number and name of agency or owner for each project provided as experience;
▪ Period of performance of the project;
▪ Brief description of the work completed;
▪ Subcontractor experience will show successful completion for the time specified in each criterion.
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 contractor 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. Bid bonds will be required with bid submittals. In addition, the awardee must be found responsible in accordance with FAR 9.1.
The solicitation will be available in electronic format only. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be available. Other methods of requesting a package will not be honored. This solicitation will be posted on the Beta Sam at https://www.beta.sam.gov. The proposal due date shall be at least 30 days after the IFB is posted on the FBO website.
IT IS THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OFFEROR TO CONTINUALLY VIEW THE WEBSITE FOR CHANGES
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NOTE: Online Representations and Certifications Applications apply to this solicitation.
Inquires may be directed to Projnet in accordance with the forthcoming Solicitation document TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE HONORED.
W9123621B5007 Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Norfolk
10/29/20, 3:37 PM Notice of Intent for Increased Quantities
THIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. Under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(2) implemented by FAR 6.302-2, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, intends to procure, on a sole source basis
This action is to issue a contract modification to increase the capacity and estimated quantities for the 3-year contract period on the Craney Island Earthwork Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) single-award task order contract (SATOC). USACE uses the Craney Earthworks contract to provide for the site improvements at Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area (CIDMMA). Work activities include borrow area preparation for the purpose of dewatering saturated materials for future use, excavation and reclamation of dredged material from prepared borrow area, transport of reclaimed and borrowed materials, and construction of site improvement infrastructure projects with the material. The original potential IDIQ estimated quantities for the contract were awarded based on known requirements. During performance of the contract, additional requirements were incorporated thus utilizing more estimated quantities than planned. Without an appropriate increase in quantities to the contract, it will cause a delay to the design and construction templates. To support ongoing and additional efforts, this proposed contract action will provide for an increase in capacity and estimated quantities on the IDIQ contract values.
CLIN 0003 – Placement of Fill Material on Dikes Measure by Before and After Surveys has an anticipated quantity between 200,000-300,000 cubic yards (CY) per contract year. The anticipated total quantity for CLIN 0003 was estimated at 750,000 for the duration of the contract period. To continue dike raising construction on the IDIQ contract, this modification will increase the estimated quantity of material by 600,000 CY for a total estimate of 1,350,000 CY for the duration of the contract.
CLIN 0004 – Placement of Additional Fill Material Measure By Truck Loads Volume includes fill material placed below the containment cell’s water level and material lost due to immediate settlement in the cell. Material within the interior of Craney Island is predominately fine-grained silty dredged material with a high moisture content. As the perimeter dikes are raised, material placed along the interior toe of the dike is susceptible to immediate settling. Per the contract specifications Section 01 11 00 1.2.2 Project Description “In some areas, additional fill material will be needed for placement on top of soft dredged spoils near the toe of interior dike slopes to build an “initial working platform” which will subsequently support the material placed along the slopes. As the volume of this material cannot be calculated using BD and AD surveys, these quantities will be computed using truck load volume logs for each acceptance area.”
Immediate settling of material along the interior toe during dike construction was anticipated and estimated at 120,000 CY for the duration of the contract. Estimates for CLIN 0004 on TO2 were 25,800 CY, however multiple areas of excessive and unanticipated settlement along the interior toe of the west dike have caused the contractor to place an additional 298,910 CY of material to stabilize the dike surface and replace the material lost beneath the water level. On Task Order 3 the estimated quantity for CLIN 0004 was 47,600 CY. Further settlement and material loss was experienced by the contractor during raising of the north dike and construction of an initial working platform for the sub-containment cell within the center cell of the CIDMMA. In total, an additional 151,079 CY of material was used on TO3 under CLIN 0004. Changes in this modification include increasing the estimated quantity on the IDIQ contract by 500,000 CY to account for the extensive and unanticipated amounts of settling and material loss within the cells and to provide adequate capacity for issuance of future task orders.
CLIN 0005 Gradation Testing at the Craney Island Borrow Areas is for the testing of every 3,000 cubic yards of material removed from the borrow areas. Anticipated quantities for gradation testing were 300 during the contract period. Following the payment requirements outlined in specifications Section 01 22 00 paragraph 1.4.3.1, an increase in estimated placed material under CLIN 0003 and 0004 requires an increase in quantities for gradation testing. With an increase of 600,000 CY in CLIN 0003 and 151,079 CY in CLIN 0004 as outlined above, this modification would increase the estimated quantity on the IDIQ contract by 251 tests, for a total of 551 estimated tests for the duration of the contract.
CLIN 0008 Hydroseeding includes the establishment of permanent stands of grass on the slopes of the new construction dike area, measured by acres. Estimates for hydroseeding for the duration of the contract was at 75 acres. On Task Order 2, 28 acres was awarded and on Task Order 3, 44.3 acres was awarded. To provide adequate capacity for remaining work to be performed under future task orders on the IDIQ contract, this modification would increase the estimated quantity on the IDIQ contract by 75 acres.
Due to increase in estimated quantities, the overall capacity limit will increase by $3,000,000 dollars bringing the total capacity amount to $20,000,000. The anticipated quantity increase award date is 04 April 2023. The current period of performance is from 22 April 2021 to 22 April 2024.
The Contracting Officer intends to prepare a Justification and Approval documentation (J&A) for the increase of quantities to the IDIQ. All potential responsible sources wishing to demonstrate ability to meet the agency’s requirements may submit a written response with technical capabilities statement, which if timely received, will be considered by the agency. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. It is a market research tool being used to determine the availability of other qualified sources that can meet the requirements identified above. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this notice of intent.
This Notice of Intent is hereby published in accordance with FAR 5.201. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
The Norfolk District will consider any responses to this notice received within fifteen (15) calendar days of the posting of the notice. Responses may be submitted via email to katelyn.vance@usace.army.mil, copy to Eartha.D.Garrett@usace.army.mil.
W9123621D5007 Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Norfolk
2/28/23, 2:03 PM