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Maintenance Dredging of Saugerties Harbor Federal Navigation Project – Esopus Creek, Saugerties, New York

Market Survey

Background Information

The New York District (NAN) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) proposes to perform maintenance dredging of the Saugerties Harbor Federal Navigation Project.

The dredged material will be transported to and placed into a government furnished upland dredge material placement site. The proposed maintenance dredging will remove approximately 34,000 cubic yards of critical shoals from the Saugerties Harbor dredging area. Dredging will be required to a depth of -12 feet Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) plus 1-foot allowable over depth. The dredged material is expected to consist primarily of sand and silt.

Due to the conditions found in the water quality certificate, the proposed work may be performed by utilizing a mechanical dredge with a closed clamshell environmental bucket. Additionally, multiple barges and tugboats will be needed to perform the work during the dredging and unloading/placement operations. All necessary permits required for the dredging and dredged material placement will be provided by the Government (Note: land access to the project upland placement site is via Schodack Island State Park. NYS PARKS requires that the Contractor directly coordinate with PARKS for permitting and access). The Contractor will be required to meet all conditions pertaining to dredging and dredge material placement as specified in these permits.

The Contractor will also be required to prepare the existing dredge material placement site, including existing earthen containment dikes and weirs, prior to the placement of any dredge material.

Water Quality restrictions preclude performing any in-water dredging work outside of the window provided in the contract. To successfully complete the dredging of the required material within the contract’s in-water work window, the Contractor must be prepared to maintain a minimum average daily dredging production rate of 442 cubic yards of pay material. Maintaining an acceptable production rate will be critical to the successful completion of the contract work and will minimize the duration of impacts to ship traffic using Saugerties Harbor, and vessels accessing the Hudson River Federal Navigation Channel from Esopus Creek.

The majority of the proposed work is anticipated to take place between August and December 2024, with all of the in-water dredging work commencing no earlier than August 15th 2024. The work is currently estimated to cost in the range of $1,000,000 to $10,000,000.

SURVEY OF THE DREDGING INDUSTRY

The following is a confidential survey questionnaire designed to apprise USACE of prospective dredging contractors’ project execution capabilities. Please provide your response to the following questions. All questions are in regard to the maintenance dredging of Saugerties Harbor, NY, Federal Navigation Project.

General

1. Have you ever worked on dredging jobs similar in nature to this project? If so, please describe the project and for whom the work was performed. Identify a point of contact and phone number, if possible.

2. What percentage of work (volume of material dredged, transported, dewatered processed, and ultimately placed) can you perform with your own equipment or equipment owned by another small dredging contractor?

3. Have you performed dredging within the Saugerties Harbor Federal Navigation channel, the Hudson River Federal Navigation Channel, or similar areas within the Hudson River Estuary?

4. Would you be willing to bid on the project described? If the answer is No, please explain why not?

5. Would you be bidding on this project as a sole contractor, prime contractor with subcontractor(s) or as a joint venture?

6. Is there a dollar limit on the size of contract that you would bid?

7. What is the largest dredging contract, in dollars, on which you were the prime contractor?

8. What is your bonding capacity per contract? What is your total bonding capacity?

Equipment

1. What type of dredge equipment do you own and / or operate that is suitable for the work described? Do you own a closed environmental clamshell bucket? Please list each piece of equipment capable of performing each type of work described, i.e.

dredging, transportation and final disposal of the material. For each dredge that you list, please specify its bucket size(s), and any other salient characteristics.

2. Identify which dredge(s), including support equipment (tug, scows, etc.), you would employ on this project. Also, for each dredge, identify the digging depth.

3. How many material scows do you have available for use? Please list the name of the scow, its type, and the capacity.

4. Do you have experience with the placement of dredged material in upland placement sites? Do you have any experience operating hydraulic unloader equipment/systems to rehandle the dredge material from a scow/barge, and pump it into an upland placement site? If so, do you own or would you rent this equipment? If not; would you utilize a subcontractor?

5. Please list any history with the dredging and placement of non-HARS material.

Also list the processing and placement sites used to place the material.

Subcontracting Considerations for Other-Than-Small Businesses (ONLY):

To foster inclusive opportunities and ensure broad participation of small businesses in federal contracting, we are seeking information from Other Than Small Business (OTSB) vendors on their subcontracting practices and goals. This inquiry is designed to assess the feasibility and extent of subcontracting possibilities in alignment with federal guidelines and to support the economic growth of small businesses through meaningful subcontracting opportunities.

In your response, please address the following considerations by providing estimated subcontracting percentages for each of the socioeconomic categories (small business, small disadvantaged business, women-owned small business, HUBZone small business, veteran-owned small business, and service-disabled veteran-owned small business):

1. Business Practices: Describe whether your firm customarily contracts for part of the work to be performed or maintains in-house capability sufficient to perform the work. Provide examples or explain your approach.

2. Prequalification Requirements: Identify if there are likely to be product or service prequalification requirements and how you intend to manage these in relation to subcontracting opportunities.

3. Feasibility of Subcontracting: Discuss the feasibility of acquiring any portion of the work through subcontracting, considering the time until contract completion and the impact on performance. Address how subcontracting decisions will be made to ensure fair market value and minimal disruption.

4. Subcontracting Goals: Please provide estimated percentage goals for subcontracting to each of the following socioeconomic categories:

a. Small Business (SB)

b. Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB)

c. Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB)

d. HUBZone Small Business

e. Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB)

f. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)

Your response should reflect a commitment to supporting small business participation in federal contracting, backed by realistic and achievable subcontracting goals. We are looking for vendors who demonstrate a clear understanding of the importance of small business subcontracting and have strategies in place to achieve these goals effectively.