B.01 Pre-Solicitation Notice FY24 BIH 24B0023 05142024.pdf

Final Pre-solicitation Synopsis

W912HY24B0023

The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District Office requires a contract for FY24 USACE Galveston District GIWW, Brazos Island Harbor, Texas Entrance and

Jetty Channels Hopper Maintenance Dredging in Cameron County, Texas 100%

UNRESTRICTED.

THE WORK CONSISTS OF:

1. The work consists of Schedule 1: Hopper dredging of BIH Entrance Channel Station, with and estimated dredge volume of 114,000 CY and Hopper Dredging of BIH Jetty Channel Station with an estimated volume of 227,000 CY.

Placement areas are Near Shore Feeder Berm 1A/1B. Options 1-3: Sea Turtle Trawling 15 days each. No additional time added to contract duration if awarded.

Option 4: Beach Placement at two locations on South Padre Island in lieu of Near Shore Feeder Berm 1A/1B. If awarded, additional tie of 14 calendar days will be added to contract duration. Option 5: Sea Turtle Trawling 15 days. No additional time added to contract duration if awarded.

2. Completion Time for Schedule No. 1 for this project is estimated at 63 calendar days after acknowledgement of the Notice to Proceed. If the contractor fails to complete the work within the time specified, the contractor shall pay liquidated damages to the Government in an amount to be determined for each calendar day of delay until the work is completed or accepted.

3. Other Information: n/a

4. The solicitation issued will be a firm-fixed price contract award. Estimated magnitude for this effort is estimated between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00.

5. Bonding Requirements - The Contractor will be required to provide the

Performance and Payment Bonds within 5 calendar days after award. The contractor shall begin work within 10 calendar days after acknowledgement of the Notice to Proceed.

6. Furnish pre-award documents within 2 working days after Bid Opening.

Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response to the solicitation.

The Solicitation issued will be Firm Fixed Price. This solicitation is subject to the availability of funds. The Solicitation is UNRESTRICTED. The Solicitation will be issued on or about May 2024. Response date on or about June 2024.

The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code applicable to this project is Construction 237990. The Small Business Size Standard is $37,000,000.00.

Dredging

All offerors are encouraged to visit the Army’s Single Face to Industry Website at Beta Sam website at https://www.sam.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 “Interested Vendor”, visit https://www.sam.gov . Offerors must be registered with the SAM, Systems for Award Management, in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the SAM address is: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ . The Contract Specialist for this solicitation will be Lillie Johnson, at email lillie.s.johnson@usace.army.mil .

Availability of plans and specification on the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Solicitation Module, DASA(P)POLICY 21-81, DATED 20 AUGUST

Contractors may view and/or download the Invitation for Bid (IFB) and all amendments at the Solicitation Module of the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) suite at https://piee.eb.mil/ .

Plans and specification will not be available in paper format or on compact disc. It is the offeror’s responsibility to monitor the PIEE Solicitation Model daily (using the above link) for plans, specification, and amendments to the solicitation.

All bids are to be submitted per Section 00 21 00, Solicitation Module of the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) suite at https://piee.eb.mil/.

To register as an “Interested Vendor”, visit https://sam.gov/content/home . 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://sam.gov/content/home

RECOMMEND OFFERS BE SUBMITTED AT LEAST “2 HOURS” PRIOR TO

“RESPONSE TIME” TO ALLOW FOR ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION.

ATTENTION TO OFFEROR(s)/CONTRACTOR(s): EFFECTIVE MARCH 22, 2018, YOU MUST SUBMIT A NOTARIZED LETTER APPOINTING THE AUTHORIZED

ENTITY ADMINISTRATOR BEFORE YOUR REGISTRATION WILL BE ACTIVATED.

THIS REQUIREMENT NOW APPLIES TO BOTH NEW AND EXISTING ENTITIES.

MAKE SURE YOUR SAM PROFILE INCLUDES “ALL AWARDS” AND NOT JUST

“FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AWARDS” AS THIS OPTION IS ONLY FOR GRANTS AND

https://www.sam.gov/ https://www.sam.gov/ https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ mailto:lillie.s.johnson@usace.army.mil https://piee.eb.mil/ https://piee.eb.mil/ https://sam.gov/content/home

COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. PLEASE VISIT https://sam.gov/content/home FOR

MORE INFORMATION.

Subcontracting Goals for this procurement: 49% - Small Business; 8% - Small Disadvantage Business; 16% - Women-Owned Small Business; 11% Veteran Owned;

9% - Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business; 7% - HubZone Small Business.