Solicitation Amendment W912P725BA0050002 SF 30.pdf

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended. is not extended.

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER.

If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS.

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

CHECK ONE A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER

NUMBER IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation data, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print) 16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

15C. DATE SIGNED 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

16C. DATE SIGNED

Previous edition unusable STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 11/2016) Prescribed by GSA FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT 1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NUMBER 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUISITION NUMBER 5. PROJECT NUMBER (If applicable)

6. ISSUED BY CODE 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6) CODE

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (Number, street, county, State and ZIP Code) (X) 9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NUMBER

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

CODE FACILITY CODE

SECTION 00 21 00

INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS/ OFFERORS AND EVALUATION

CRITERIA FOR AWARD

1.1 GENERAL

The scope of this Invitation for Bid (IFB) for Petaluma River and ATF Channel Maintenance Dredging Project, Sonoma County California. The work includes maintenance dredging of the Petaluma River channel to -8-ft (mllw) plus 1-ft of paid over-depth and transporting of the dredged material per the requirements in specification section 00 10 00 pricing schedule and 01 11 00 summary of work. material from reaches 1 through 6 is suitable and shall be taken for disposal at a contractor-furnished upland beneficial reuse site. material from reaches 7 through 9 is suitable and shall be taken for disposal at the aquatic site sf-10.

1.2 BID EXPENSES AND PRE-CON1RACT COSTS

This Invitation for Bid (IFB) does not commit the Government to pay, as a direct charge, any costs incurred in the preparation and submission of a bid.

1.3 ACCURACY IN BIDS

Bids must set forth full, accurate, and complete information as required by this IFB (including attachments).

The penalty for making false statements is prescribed in 18 U.S.C. 1001.

1.4 BIDDER QUESTIONS

Questions relating to this solicitation and technical inquiries will be submitted via email to the assigned contract specialist, Karen Smith, via email at karen.smith@usace.army.mil

Please include the solicitation number, the project title, the locationµ of the project together with the company name, email address, and telephone number in your correspondence. Inquiries must be received no later than 14 calendar days prior to the date set for bid opening.

Answers to pertinent questions will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website (SAM.GOV);

however, changes to the solicitation will be made by amendment only. Solicitation Amendments will be posted to SAM.gov separately.

1.5 COPIES OF SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS AND AMENDMENTS

Copies of the solicitation are available by INTERNET ACCESS ONLY. All solicitation documents will be posted to https://SAM.gov.

All amendments will be posted to the SAM.gov website. It shall be the contractor's responsibility to check the websites for any amendments. The Bidder shall submit in the bid all requested information specified in this section of the Invitation for Bid (IFB) solicitation.

mailto:karen.smith@usace.army.mil

1.6 BID FORMAT AND SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS BID

FORMAT BID FORMAT

Offerors shall submit the Pricing Schedule from Section 00 10 00. Bid prices must be entered for all items of the Pricing Schedule. Award will be made to one (1) contractor.

SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS

The subsequent information will be submitted to the San Francisco District US Army Corps of Engineers and labeled Solicitation No. W912P725BA005

A Bid Package shall consist of the following items:

(a) COVER LETTER:

1) Solicitation number and Project Title: FY 25 PETALUMA RIVER CHANNEL MAINTENANCE DREDGING

PROJECT, SONOMA COUNTY CALIFORNIA

2) Bidder name, UEI number, tax identification number (TIN), address, email, telephone, and fax numbers.

3) Names, title, and email of authorized signer.

4) Name, title, and signature of the person authorized to sign the bid.

5) A statement specifying agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the IFB.

(b) SCHEDULE:

1) The SF-1442 duly executed with an original signature by authorized official.

2) Include the Offeror's UEI number in block 14.

3) Acknowledgement of all amendments.

4) Pricing Schedule (SECTION 00 10 00).

5) Bid Bond (SF-24), See FAR Clause 52.228-1 DEV, SECTION 00 72 00.

(c) REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

1) The completed SECTION 00 45 00 of the IFB (Representations and Certifications)

2) Printed System for Award Management (SAM) Record {www.sam.gov)

(d) SUBMISSIONS FOR DETERMINATION OF CON1RAC10R RESPONSIBILITY (FAR 9.104-1 and 9.104-2):

Bidders shall submit the following:

1) A bank certification of financial capability or a financial statement not more than 60 days old. If more than 60 days old, a certificate stating that the financial condition is substantially the same or outlining the changes that have taken place.

2) Names of commercial and financial reporting agencies from which credit reports may be obtained.

Note: Information accumulated for purposes of determining the responsibility of a prospective contractor shall not be released or disclosed outside the Government, FAR 9.105-3. No award shall be made unless the contracting officer makes an affirmative determination of responsibility. To be determined responsible, the Bidder must meet the general standards of responsibility, FAR 9.104-1.

A prospective contractor that is or recently has been seriously deficient in contract performance will be deemed non-responsible, unless the contracting officer determines that the circumstances were http://www.sam.gov/ properly beyond the contractor's control or that the contractor has taken appropriate corrective action.

1.7 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING YOUR BID:

**Note**: All prospective Offerors and their Subcontractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM - www.SAM.gov) and the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) website to be able to view and download solicitation information, and to submit offers.

Solicitation documents, plans, and specifications are available to be download from PIEE, which may be accessed at https://wawf.eb.mil OR https://piee.eb.mil and SAM.gov.

Offers MUST BE submitted electronically through DoD Safe.

USACE will not notify Offerors of any changes to the solicitation; Offerors must monitor PIEE and SAM for the solicitation to be posted, and for any posted changes or amendments.

Please contact Karen Smith at karen.smith@usace.army.mil and Nairi Freeman at nairi.freeman@usace.army.mil.

All submissions may be up to 6 calendar days prior to Bid Opening. This allows a submission window from Saturday, August 2nd at 11:00 AM PST until 11:00 AM PST on Friday, August 8th. Early and late submissions outside of this window will not be accepted.

To submit a bid, each bidder must contact Karen Smith to obtain a unique DoD SAFE request code.

Karen Smith can be reached at Karen.Smith@usace.army.mil, or (415)503-6989. In the event Karen Smith cannot be reached, please contact Nairi Freeman at Nairi.Freeman@usace.army.mil telephone number, (415) 503-6574, to request assistance. Once a bidder has a unique request code, they may upload their bid submission to DoD SAFE. All submissions must be no earlier than 6 days before and no later than 11:00am, August 8th, 2025. This allows a submission window from Saturday, August 2nd, 2025, at 11:00am PST until 11:00am PST on Friday, August 8th. Early and late submissions outside of this window will not be accepted

The public bid opening will be held via Microsoft Teams (MSTeams) at Noon PDT on August 8th, 2025, which will allow participants to hear a live reading of the bids. Prior to the bid opening, each company name and participant's email address or phone number must be provided to karen.smith@usace.army.mil and nairi freeman@usace.army.mil for Government to provide the meeting ID and Pass Code etc.

MSTeams Meeting, Government will review the bids received electronically and post the abstracts of bids on sam.gov as soon as practicable after bid closing.

It is the responsibility of all bidders to ensure their bid submissions are complete, inclusive of the price schedule, acknowledge of amendments, bid guarantee, and all additional information requested through this advertisement.

To facilitate electronic submission of bonds, the Government may contact the surety that issues the offeror's submitted bid guarantee in order to validate the bond, as permitted by FAR 28.101-3(e).

1.8 OTHER BID DELIVERY METHODS

Telegraphic, Facsimile, emailed, HAND DELIVERED, MAILED, or comparable delivery methods of the Bid Package are not acceptable.

Bids may only be modified or withdrawn by electronic means through a signed letter request uploaded to https://piee.eb.mil using the same request code as the original bid. A notice to modify or withdraw a bid sent via DoD SAFE must be received in DoD SAFE no later than the exact date and http://www.sam.gov/ mailto:karen.smith@usace.army.mil mailto:nairi.freeman@usace.army.mil mailto:karen.smith@usace.army.mil mailto:freeman@usace.army.mil time set for Bid Opening.

1.9 PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS

The offeror will, furnish performance and payment bonds within the time established the contract in accordance with FAR 52.228-15 DEV located in Section 00 72 00. The offeror will provide the bonds to the Government electronically via https://piee.eb.mil.

2.0 INDIVIDUAL SURETIES IN SUPPORT OF BID BONDS

An offeror utilizing individual sureties in support of a bid bond shall include a Standard Form (SF) 28 (Affidavit of Individual Surety), accompanied by a pledge of acceptable assets from each person acting as an individual surety, and include these with the SF 24 (Bid Bond), and the proposal itself (see clause titled "Pledges of Assets," FAR 52.228-11DEVIATION202 00016).

Pledges of acceptable assets shall be in the form of (1) evidence of an escrow account and/or (2) a recorded lien on real estate.

Failure to provide required documentation described herein may cause the offeror to be deemed "unacceptable".

2.1 BID GUARANTEE FORM AND AMOUNT

The offeror shall furnish a separate bid guarantee in accordance with the solicitation provision titled "Bid Guarantee", FAR 52.228-1. In accordance with FAR 28.101-2 (b) the bid guarantee amount shall be at least 20 percent of the "proposed price" but shall not exceed $3 million. When the penal sum is expressed as a percentage, a maximum dollar limitation may be stated.

In accordance with FAR 28.106-1 states that a Standard Form (SF) 24 shall be used for the bid bond.

In accordance with FAR 28.202(a) (1), corporate sureties utilized must appear on the list contained in the Department of Treasury Circular 570 titled, "Companies Holding Certificates of Authority as Acceptable Sureties on Federal Bonds and Acceptable Reinsuring Companies."

Contractor shall provide written confirmation that the Contracting Specialist may contact the bonding company to confirm the bond agreement’s legitimacy.

2.2 ACCEPTANCE OF OFFERS

A written award or acceptance of an offer mailed or otherwise furnished to the offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party.

At a minimum, any contract awarded as a result of this solicitation shall consist of the following documents: Standard Form 1442, Sections 00 10 00, 00 70 00, 00 72 00, 00 73 00, technical specifications and drawings, and attachments listed in contract document.

2.3 CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY, PRE-AWARD SURVEY

To determine a contractor's responsibility for purposes of contract award in accordance with FAR Part 9, the contractor is required to provide a statement regarding previous experience and past performance in performing comparable work, information related to the business organization, financial resources, and/or plant to be used in performing the work (see Attachment 2, Pre-award Survey).

The Government will request this information from the eligible contractor after receipt of offer if they have not had a contract with the San Francisco District within the last twelve months and the Government will set a due date for its submission.

The Pre-award Survey is attached to the solicitation for information purposes only and is not required as part of the Proposal package.

(a) If required to determine that a prospective contractor is responsible, the offerer must:

1) Demonstrate that they have adequate financial resources to perform the contract or the ability to obtain them.

2) Be able to comply with the required or proposed delivery or perform schedule, taking into consideration all existing commercial and governmental business commitments.

3) Have a satisfactory performance record. In making the determination of responsibility, the Government Contracting Officer shall consider relevant past performance information. A prospective contractor shall not be determined as responsible or not responsible solely based on a lack of relevant performance history except when there are special standards set forth in the solicitation, which applies, to all offerors that must be met to receive the award. These special standards may be necessary when unusual expertise or specialized facilities are necessary in the performance of the contract; therefore, to be determined as responsible for a particular contract, the offeror must be able to meet those special standards. A prospective contractor that is or recently has been seriously deficient in contract performance shall be presumed to be nonresponsive unless the Contracting Officer determines that the circumstances were beyond the contractor's control or that the contractor has taken appropriate corrective action. Other responsibility considerations by the Contracting Officer will include past efforts by the contractor to apply sufficient tenacity and perseverance to perform acceptably, to meet quality requirements of contracts, and the contractor's past compliance with subcontracting plans (if required) under recent contracts.

4) Have a satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics.

5) Have the necessary organization, experience, accounting and operational controls, and technical skills, or the ability to obtain them (including, as appropriate, such elements as production control procedures, property control systems, quality assurance measures, and safety programs applicable to materials to be produced or services to be performed by the prospective contractor and subcontractors).

6) Have the necessary production, construction, and technical equipment and facilities, or the ability to obtain them.

7) Be otherwise qualified and eligible to receive an award under applicable laws and regulations.

2.4 PREPARATION OF SUBCONTRACTING PLAN (SEP 2004)

See FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan, incorporated by reference into this contract in Section 00 72 00.

The Small Business Subcontracting Plan is not required from the low bidder until after the Bid Opening; it is not required as part of the bid package. After the Bid Opening, if the selected bidder fails to submit an acceptable plan within the time prescribed by the Contracting Officer, the bidder will be ineligible for award.

Contact Contracting Officer, Contracting Division, (415) 503-6990, with questions on the Small

Business Subcontracting Plan requirements. The acceptable Small Business Subcontracting Plan will be incorporated into and made a material part of the contract. The Corps of Engineers high encourages all bidders/offerors to meet the recommended subcontracting goals as follows:

20% Small Businesses 10% Small, Disadvantaged Businesses

5% Women-Owned Small Businesses 2.0% Certified HUBZone Small Business 1.3%Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business

The goals are calculated as a percentage of the TOTAL SUBCONTRACTING DOLLARS, NOT THE

TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT.

KO CONTRACTING DIVISION, 450 GOLDEN GATE AVENUE

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102-3406

UNITED STATES

KAREN SMITH, EMAIL: KAREN.SMITH@USACE.ARMY.MIL TELEPHONE: (415) 503-6989

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SCD: PAS:

THIS ALLOWS A SUBMISSION WINDOW FROM SATURDAY, AUGUST 2ND@11:00 AM PST UNTIL 11:00 AM PST ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 8TH. EARLY AND LATE SUBMISSIONS OUTSIDE OF THIS WINDOW WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. PLEASE REFER TO SECTION 00 22 00; 1.7 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING YOUR

BID: