Pre-Solicitaton Notice_ Oyster Channel Dredging.pdf

SUBJECT: ADVERTISEMENT OF OYSTER CHANNEL MAINTENANCE

DREDGING, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, 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 Oyster Channel

Maintenance Dredging Project located in Northampton County, VA.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

The scope of work for this project consists of dredging approximately 70,700 cubic yards of maintenance material to pay depths as deep as -7 feet mean lower low water from the Oyster

Channel Federal Navigation Project located in Northampton County, Virginia. The material, consisting of a combination of sands, silts and clays, will be dredged and hydraulically placed by pipeline to an upland Confined Disposal Facility (CDF) located approximately 3750 feet from the nearest point to the channel. A hydraulic cutter-head dredge and support equipment will be required to accomplish this work. Placement of the dredged material within the nearby upland

CDF will require sufficient horsepower to pump the dredge material through a pipeline approximately 9000 feet long.

Liquidated Damages shall be assessed in the amount of $975.00 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

$36.5 million.

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

CONSTRUCTION TIME

Performance shall begin within 15 calendar days and complete all work within 90 calendar days of receipt of Notice to Proceed (NTP).

DREDGING AND DREDGE RELATED MARINE WORK

The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of EM 385-1-1. If the Contractor is a currently accepted participant in the Dredging Contractors of America (DCA)/United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Dredging Safety Management Program (DSMP), as determined by the

DCA/USACE Joint Committee, and holds a current valid Certificate of Compliance for both the

Contractor Program and the Dredge(s) to be used to perform the work under this contract, the

Contractor may, in lieu of the submission of an Accident Prevention Plan (APP),

(1) Make available for review, upon request, the Contractor's current Safety Management System

(SMS) documentation,

(2) Submit to the Contracting Officer the current valid Company Certificate of Compliance for its

SMS,

(3) Submit the current dredge(s) Certificate of Compliance based on third party audit, and submit for review and acceptance, site-specific addenda to the SMS as specified in the solicitation.

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

Search on W91236% for solicitations issued by Norfolk District. No hard copies will be available. Prospective contractors must be registered Vendors with https://beta.sam.gov 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. It is incumbent upon vendors to monitor beta.Sam 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 and will make a Bidder ineligible for award.

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.

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