Pre-Solicitaton Memo_ Craney Island Sand Reclamation.pdf

SUBJECT: ADVERTISEMENT OF CRANEY ISLAND SAND RECLAMATION

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 Sand

Reclamation Project located in Portsmouth, VA.

The project consists of Reclamation dredging using a hydraulic cutter-head dredge capable of being mobilized and launched within the North Cell of the Craney Island Dredged Material

Management Area (CIDMMA). Placement of dredge material shall be discharged over land and behind a constructed containment dike, as detailed in the plans, to allow for natural sorting of the material. The government will be collecting aerial imagery of all placement sites throughout construction using an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) and preparing volume estimates of placed material. The contractor shall be required to perform water Quality monitoring, testing and reporting every four hours, per the Commander’s Policy. Payment will be made by volume of in-situ material dredged and placed within designated areas, per the plans and specifications. The exact dredging area and pay prism is defined in the plans and specifications. The project will consist of dredging a volume of 500,000 cubic-yards (CY).

The following Definitive Responsibility Criteria (DRC) will be used:

1) Earthwork and Dike/Berm construction:

This project requires building a containment berm approximately 2,300 feet long with sandy dredged material to retain placed dredged material within the Craney Island Dredged Material

Management Area (CIDMMA). The CIDMMA consists primarily of un-drained cohesive soil conditions as described in the drawings and specification sections contained in Division 31

EARTHWORK, which will be included with the Solicitation. The Contractor shall demonstrate at least one project completed by the prime contractor, or their submitted earthwork subcontractor, in the past 5 years which involved excavation and building an earthen berm of at least 500 feet upon cohesive soils.

2) Dredging and Dredged Material Placement:

This project requires dredging a wide range of material, from saturated cohesive soils to saturated sandy soils, within the Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area

(CIDMMA). Dredging will be accomplished using a hydraulic pipeline and Cutterhead dredge.

Dredging depths will reach approximately 20 feet with pumping distances reaching 2500 feet.

This work is described in the drawings and specification sections contained in Division 35

WATERWAY AND MARINE CONSTRUCTION, which will be included with the Solicitation.

The Contractor shall demonstrate at least one project completed by the prime contractor, or their submitted dredging subcontractor, in the past 5 years which involved dredging and dredged material placement where the dredging depths reached a depth of at least 15 feet and pumping distances were at least 2000 feet.

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 criteria;

▪ Bidders may use one or more projects to demonstrate past experience in each criteria. 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 criteria

Liquidated Damages shall be assessed in the amount of $1,088.00 for each day of delay.

The Magnitude of Construction is between $1,000,000.00 AND $5,000,000.00.

The NAICS code applicable to this requirement is 237990, with a small business size standard of

$39.5 million.

The effort will be solicited and awarded utilizing the Sealed Bid procedures under FAR Part 14.

THIS IS A 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. 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.

CONSTRUCTION TIME

Performance shall begin within 15 calendar days and complete all work within 380 calendar days of receipt of Notice to Proceed (NTP).

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.gov website at https://beta.sam.gov on/about 20 July 2020. The proposal due date shall be at least 30 days after the IFB is posted on the beta.SAM.gov website.

IT IS THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OFFEROR TO CONTINUALLY VIEW THE

WEBSITE FOR CHANGES. Search on W91236% for solicitations issued by Norfolk District.

https://beta.sam.gov/

No hard copies will be available. Prospective contractors must be registered Vendors 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 beta.SAM.gov. It is incumbent upon vendors to monitor beta.SAM.gov 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 1-866-606-8220 or via the Internet at http://www.sam.gov. Lack of registration in the

SAM database will prevent access to beta.SAM.gov and will make a Bidder ineligible for award.

Inquires may be directed to Axel Doody by email at Axel.F.Doody@usace.army.mil cc’d Eartha

D. Garrett at Eartha.D.Garrett@usace.army.mil. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE

HONORED.

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