Pre_Solicitation_Buffalo North Breakwater Repair 07Mar2022.pdf

This is only a Pre-solicitation Notice: Buffalo North Breakwater Repair, Buffalo, New York.

The approximate date of solicitation issuance will be around 03 March 2022.

This is NOT a request for proposal or invitation for bid; this is for INFORMATIONAL purposes only to make industry aware of the upcoming requirement. A response is not required at this time. Questions will not be answered until official solicitation is issued.

The USACE Buffalo District is currently preparing a solicitation to award a contract for a project on the Buffalo Harbor on Lake Erie in the state of New York.

The identified repair options include a rubble mound overlay at a 1V:2H slope comprising of 5.3-to-11.9-ton armor stone, overlying 0.4 to 1.2 ton underlayer and 2 to 119 lb. bedding for the southern reach of the repair and wrapping around the South Head (Station 0+00 to 6+90),

10.7 to 23.7 ton armor stone, overlying 0.7 to 2.4 ton underlayer and 4 to 237 lb. bedding for the northern reach of the repair and wrapping around the North Head (Station 14+75 to 22+00). There’s a two stone width berm at the toe of the repair at varying elevations for the northern repair with a 1V:2H slope, a three stone width berm from Station 0+00 – 6+60 and wrapping around the South face of the structure with a 1V:1.5H slope. On the channel side of the structure, the berm widens to a 30 ft width at elevation -7 with a 1V:1.5H slope. Additionally, pre-cast concrete blocks presently in place to protect the damaged works at the South Head will be retrieved and placed in the three sections where the backwall of the structure has blown out. The overlay will restore the original structure crest elevation of +13.5 feet LWD.

Approximate materials needed for the Buffalo North Breakwater Southern Reach Repair:

0.4 to 1.2 ton of Overlying Stone

2 to 119 lb. of Underlayer Stone

5.3 to 11.9 ton of Armor Stone

Approximate materials needed for the Buffalo North Breakwater Northern Reach Repair:

0.7 to 2.4ton of Overlying Stone

4 to 237 lb. of Underlayer Stone

10.7 to 23.7 tons of Armor Stone

TYPE OF CONTRACT AND NAICS: An IFB (Invitation for Bid) is planned for one (1) Firm- Fixed-Price (FFP) contract. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) for this effort is 237 -- Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction/237990 -- Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

This will be a Full and Open competitive procurement.

The magnitude of this project is more than $10,000,000. Bonding will be required for this project; any offeror shall have the proper capabilities.

Please be advised that this requirement may be delayed, revised, or cancelled at any time before award.

SOLICITATION WEBSITE: The official solicitation and any subsequent amendments or updates, when posted, will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found at Federal Business Opportunities website, http://www.SAM.gov. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued. Telephone and Fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, sing Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download the solicitation for this project, contractors are required to register at the System for Award Management website at http://www.SAM.gov. Solicitation Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing the solicitation and any amendments by the Government prior to closing. It is the Offerors responsibility to monitor the website for any amendments or changes to the solicitation.

REGISTRATIONS:

Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the following database:

System for Award Management (SAM): Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the SAM database at http://www.sam.gov to be eligible for a Government contract award. If the Offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity shall have valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. If at the time of award an Offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective Offeror.

No responses/questions will be addressed until solicitation is issued.