W912P923B0001 - Solicitation Amendment 0001.pdf

W912P923B0001

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

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)

30-105-04EXCEPTION TO SF 30

APPROVED BY OIRM 11-84

STANDARD FORM 30 (Rev. 10-83) Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

The purpose of this amendment is to add Contractor Questions and Government Answ ers, update the Bid Schedule, Attachment 1 - Specif ications and Attachment 2 - Plans IAW the questions and answ ers, and extend the proposal due date to 10:00am CST, 5 January 2023. No other changes.

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

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

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 19-Dec-2022

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA15C. DATE SIGNED15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

(Signature of Contracting Officer)(Signature of person authorized to sign)

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., Street , County, State and Zip Code) X W912P923B0001

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

22-Nov-2022

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

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

Offer 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 1 copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

or (c) By separate letter or telegram 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 telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter 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 NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

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

CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, 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.)

10A. MOD. OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 5. PROJECT NO.(If applicable)

6. ISSUED BY

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

19-Dec-2022

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CONTRACTING DIVISION

US ARMY ENGR DIST ST LOUIS

1222 SPRUCE STREET, RM 4.207

ST LOUIS MO 63103-2833

W912P9 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6)

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SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION 00 00 00 - PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS

The following have been added by full text:

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Contractor Questions & Government Answers

1. Will this bid due date be extended?

ANSWER: Bid due date has been extended.

2. Mobilization/Demobilization for this project may be significant. The bid form currently shows “2” units for mobilization/demobilization. The measurement and payment section shows the unit of measure as “job.” How will mobilization/demobilization be measured?

Contractor recommends a lump sum for this item.

ANSWER: Mobilization and demobilization unit of measure has been changed to “job” (1 job = both mob and demob). There may be multiple separate task orders issued from this contract that will require mobilization and demobilization, therefore this job item could be ordered more than once.

3. BID ITEM 0001 Mobilization and Demobilization - The BID SCHEDULE in the solicitation indicates a unit price with a quantity of 2. The specifications indicate a lump sum item. Are you expecting work to be performed over 2 seasons, a line item for mobilization and a line item for demobilization, or something else?

ANSWER: See answer to #1.

4. Is the 2 ea mobilization items based on the initial and remobilization after a shutdown period?

ANSWER: See answer to #1. Also, a new line item has been added for Interim Demobilization and Remobilization for shutdown period.

5. Have the dredge areas been dredged before or are these virgin dredge areas?

ANSWER: USACE records do not indicate any previous dredging within the dredging extents.

6. Please confirm the start and completion date for the project. Allowed duration of construction?

ANSWER: Start and finish dates will be based on individual Task Order Award. For all the work shown in the base contract, the period of performance would be 470 calendar days.

7. What are the substantial and final completion dates for this? I see the following in the documents:

52.211-10 COMMENCEMENT, PROSECUTION, AND COMPLETION OF WORK

(APR 1984)

The Contractor shall be required to (a) commence work under this contract within to be determined on task order level calendar days after the date the Contractor receives the notice to proceed, (b) prosecute the work diligently, and (c) complete the entire work ready for use not later than to be determined on task order level. The time stated for completion shall include final cleanup of the premises.

ANSWER: Start and finish dates will be based on individual Task Order Award. For all the work shown in the base contract, the period of performance would be 470 calendar days.

8. Are there any wildlife (fish/eagle/bat) moratorium?

ANSWER: There are no moratoriums for fish/wildlife, however there is a work stoppage period for waterfowl hunting season. See 1.17 (c) & (h) for those details.

9. Are there workday restrictions or can the project operate 24/7?

ANSWER: There are no workday restrictions.

10. Is any work on the “rock features” included in this project?

ANSWER: No new rock features are included. Per Specifications 00 08 00 -1.17(l) “Should the contractor need to make changes to any rock features to manage the discharge pipe, the rock features shall be restored to preconstruction conditions.”

11. Plans are marked 95% design. Is there an intent to issue 100% design drawings prior to the bid?

ANSWER: There are no anticipated changes to drawings prior to bid.

12. Specifications 35 20 23 3.3.2 – Will over dredge volume be calculated as an average across the entire project area?

ANSWER: Quantity will be determined by the individual cross sections used in calculating the volume based on the average end area method.

13. Specifications 35 20 23 1.3.1.1 – Can you clarify if a sieve analysis needs to be completed every 6,000 CY of material? This would be over 200 samples. Are these samples to be collected prior to dredging starting? Is there a decision tree once the samples are submitted?

ANSWER: Specifications 35 20 23 1.3.1 and 1.3.1.1 have been removed. Contractor shall document material types based on visual inspection and document in daily reports forms

14. Disposal Areas 1, 3, 4 & 5 - Can you provide estimated capacity quantities and or provide a recent topo of the available disposal areas? Should we make assumptions based on the limited cross-sectional data provided in the plans? This data is helpful in estimating production.

ANSWER: The latest hydrographic survey of the area was complete in 2019, so the current capacities are not able to be provided. Dredge Disposal quantities will need to be estimated based on the 2019 hydrographic survey information provided in the Plans.

15. Is the job over when the DA’s/Islands are full, or when the dredge area is cleared to grade or hard pan? Will the dredging template/area be manipulated accordingly to achieve island construction and to create water flow?

ANSWER: The project scope includes full excavation of the dredge template.

Per Specifications 00 08 00-1.17(e) “Dredged material shall fill Dredge Disposal Areas 1, 2, and 3 to the elevations shown on the plans before being disposed of in Dredge Disposal Area 5 unless approved of by the contracting officer. If the area shown as Dredge Disposal Area 5 fills above the elevation limits called out in these plans and specifications, then the Contractor will coordinate the relocation of Dredge Disposal Area 5 with the contracting officer in a timely manner such that the dredging operations may continue unimpeded.”

16. Can you consider adding a line item and description to the schedule for the sampling as there could be 200 plus samples?

ANSWER: Specifications 35 20 23 1.3.1 and 1.3.1.1 have been removed. Contractor shall document material types based on visual inspection and document in daily reports forms

17. Are there going to be any addendum? I do not see any on website.

ANSWER: Amendment 0001 is posted to answer these questions and make any referenced changes. All addendums, attachments, and amendments are included in the SAM.gov posting under Notice ID W912P923B0001.

18. The specifications indicate that a site visit will be formally arranged. Is that still the case? If so, will it happen before the December 7 deadline for questions?

ANSWER: 52.236-27 states “Site visits will not be formally arranged. However, the site is publicly accessible for independent inspection at the following location: Piasa and Eagles’ Nest Islands on Mississippi River Miles 211.5-207.5, which is near IL-100, Godfrey, IL 62035.”

19. The specifications state “The Contractor shall provide as part of the Environmental Protection Plan a list of all State and local environmental laws and regulations, which apply to the construction operations under the Contract.”

Will the Corps furnish these permits to the contractor for incorporation into the contractor furnished Environmental Protection Plan?

ANSWER: The Corps will furnish a 401 permit. Refer to Part 1.4.2.

20. C-302 of the plans indicate placing fill into Disposal Area 4. G-002 and B-101 indicate Disposal Area 4 is not available. Please clarify. Would be very helpful if a table of Disposal area capacities was provided.

ANSWER: Disposal Area 4 is not available. Sheet C-302 and C-304 of the plans has been updated. The latest hydrographic survey of the area was complete in 2019, so the current capacities are not able to be provided. Dredge Disposal quantities will need to be estimated based on the 2019 hydrographic survey information provided in the Plans.

21. Considering the potential for the significant additional quantity needed to be placed in disposal areas due to additional side slope dredging, there does not appear to be enough room to fit the estimated dredge quantities into placement areas. Will total dredge quantity (pay quantity and non-pay quantity) be limited to what will fit into placement areas only or will additional placement areas be provided in this circumstance?

ANSWER: The Government intends to excavate the full cut section shown on the plans.

Once disposal areas 1,2 and 3 are filled (CLIN 0003) the contractor shall switch to disposal area 5 (open water disposal CLIN 0004).

Per Specifications 00 08 00-1.17(e) “Dredged material shall fill Dredge Disposal Areas 1, 2, and 3 to the elevations shown on the plans before being disposed of in Dredge Disposal Area 5 unless approved of by the contracting officer. If the area shown as Dredge Disposal Area 5 fills above the elevation limits called out in these plans and specifications, then the Contractor will coordinate the relocation of Dredge Disposal Area 5 with the contracting officer in a timely manner such that the dredging operations may continue unimpeded.”

22. What is the expected capacity by Dredge Disposal Area?

ANSWER: The latest hydrographic survey of the area was complete in 2019, so the current capacities are not able to be provided. Dredge Disposal Areas will need to be estimated based on the 2019 hydrographic survey information provided in the Plans.

23. Can the total footprint of dredge disposal area 5 be filled to elevation 405.3, with side slopes of placed material extending beyond that footprint?

ANSWER: Yes. Intent for Dredge Disposal Area 5 is for deeper water disposal allowing for the material to move downstream. The contractor can dispose anywhere within the revised Disposal Area 5 shown on the plans (G-002) so long as the elevation does not exceed 405.3.

24. If the contractor supplies partial payment quantity surveys that show completed sections (in 100’ increments), can these surveys be used as final surveys?

ANSWER: Yes

25. If infill or additional side slope sloughing occurs after partial quantity surveys, but prior to final quantity surveys, will the contractor be required to remove this additional quantity at their own expense? Or will the contractor be paid additionally for this quantity to be removed from the template of the new channel section?

ANSWER: Partial payment quantity surveys will also be accepted as final surveys. Once the dredge makes its initial pass and shows a clean survey (unless hardpan encountered) that will be used for partial payment, then that area will be considered complete. If the area silts in, it will not be the contractor’s responsibility to re-dredge silted in material.

The project intent is for the river current to help clean silted material as well.

26. Specifications Section 01 71 23.00 13 states “A final quantity survey shall be provided upon completion of each feature.” What constitutes a “feature”?

Are CLIN 0003 and CLIN 0004 each a feature?

Or can each 100’ increment of channel be considered a feature?

ANSWER: Each 100’ increment would be considered a feature.

27. Specifications Section 35 20 23 Dredging and Placement of Dredged Material, paragraph

3.3.1 Project Depth States: “The project depth elevation is 405.3 feet as shown on the plan drawings unless hardpan clay refusal is encountered.”

What constitutes hardpan Clay?

If “hardpan Clay” is encountered, will it be required to be dredged?

This comment “unless hardpan clay refusal is encountered” appears to be contradictory to other Project specifications which require “Dredging shall be performed within the lines and grades, and within the limits shown on the drawings”. Please clarify if the new channel alignment sections must be dredged in their entirety? or if any material can remain within the channel alignment cross sections in any circumstance? If hardpan exists and becomes the design bottom, how much residual sediment is allowed above hardpan? Hydraulic dredges typically leave a layer of sediment on hardpan depending on cutter basket and suction intake dimensions.

ANSWER: It is not the intent to remove “hardpan clay”. “Hardpan clay” may remain in the dredging template. Other than “hardpan clay” all other materials are expected to be removed from the cut template. It will be the contractor’s responsibility to determine the best method for removal.

28. Can dredge pipeline cross over the island?

ANSWER: No overland routes have been identified; however, this may be feasible if tree removal can be avoided. If clearing trees greater than 3-inch diameter is necessary, those trees would need removed during 16 November to 31 March. Contractor must first gain approval from US Army Corps of Engineers for this activity.

29. Can Pipeline routes cross over Piasa Island?

ANSWER: No overland routes have been identified; however, this may be feasible if tree removal can be avoided. If clearing trees greater than 3-inch diameter is necessary, those trees would need removed during 16 November to 31 March. Contractor must first gain approval from US Army Corps of Engineers for this activity.

30. If Materials are encountered that cannot be dredged with hydraulic means and methods, must mechanical methods be implemented to execute dredging the complete lines and grades?

ANSWER: Other than “hardpan clay” all other materials are expected to be removed from the cut template. It will be the contractor’s responsibility to determine the best method for removal.

31. Contractor has witnessed side slope sloughing up to 6:1 slope immediately upon dredging Mississippi river sediments. Would the USACE consider paying for side slope quantities at least up to an identified slope?

ANSWER: No

32. Can CQC Manager have collateral duties?

ANSWER: CQC Manager may also serve as the Site Safety Health Officer.

33. Will this contract require any specialized personnel to support the CQC Manager?

ANSWER: No

34. What is the purpose of the full-time surveyor?

ANSWER: Per Specifications 01 71 23.00 13 Part 1 – “This section covers the survey work to be performed by the Contractor for the project including, but not limited to, Field Layout Surveys, Quantity Surveys, Dredging Surveys, and As-built Surveys”

35. Will a flood be considered a “Damage to Work” event as shown in Specifications Section 00 08 00?

ANSWER: Contractor would not be financially responsible for repairs to work after a flood event, assuming proper precautions were taken prior to the event.

36. What is contractor to do with dredge materials if dredge materials don’t meet the “specified sieve requirement” for this project as noted in Section 35 20 23?

ANSWER: Specifications 35 20 23 1.3.1 and 1.3.1.1 have been removed. Contractor shall document material types based on visual inspection and document in daily reports forms

37. What is the “specified sieve requirement” for this project?

ANSWER: Specifications 35 20 23 1.3.1 and 1.3.1.1 have been removed. Contractor shall document material types based on visual inspection and document in daily reports forms

38. We have not found a +/- tolerance for filling disposal areas to Elevation 420.0, is there a +/- tolerance?

ANSWER: -0’ / +0.5’ will be the allowed grade tolerances.

39. Is the expectation that Disposal areas will be GPS graded with mechanical equipment to leave disposal areas “filled to Elevation 420.0” as close as GPS possible?

ANSWER: GPS guided grading equipment will not be required.

40. Disposal area 5 appears to have a limitation of less than 50,000 CY of material within the area footprint below elevation 405.3 yet estimated quantity to be disposed of in area 5 is 437,000 CY. How is this possible?

ANSWER: Intent for Dredge Disposal Area 5 is for deeper water disposal allowing for the material to move downstream. The contractor can dispose anywhere within the revised Disposal Area 5 shown on the plans (G-002) so long as the elevation does not exceed 405.3.

41. Will additional disposal areas be provided to dredge full Cut quantities if additional disposal area is required for capacity?

ANSWER: No additional disposal areas will be added/provided

42. It is noted that soil classification tests are required every 6000 CY. What is purpose of these tests there is no definition of suitable material. If dredge material classification is deemed unsuitable what will be required of the contractor?

ANSWER: Specifications 35 20 23 1.3.1 and 1.3.1.1 have been removed. Contractor shall document material types based on visual inspection and document in daily reports forms

43. Can the top elevation (starting point) of the Vibracore samples be provided?

ANSWER: A hydrographic survey was not collected at the time of sampling, so the precise elevation starting points of the samples are unable to be provided.

44. Will dredge disposal area 1 stone be completed before work begins?

ANSWER: No

45. Can current elevations of disposal area 2 and 3 be provided?

ANSWER: The latest hydrographic survey of the area was complete in 2019, so the current elevations are not able to be provided.

46. Can Piasa Creek Access staging be extended to water’s edge to provide an access point to allow placement of pipe in the water without blocking boat ramp?

ANSWER: Shoreline access can be provided so long as site is returned to pre-project conditions following work. Specific footprint will be determined post contract award.

47. Can the anticipated capacity of disposal area’s 1, 2, and 3 be provided?

ANSWER: The latest hydrographic survey of the area was complete in 2019, so the current capacities are not able to be provided. Dredge Disposal Areas will need to be estimated based on the 2019 hydrographic survey information provided in the Plans.

48. The specs state that a dual-frequency echo sounder is required. We only have single-frequency transducers. Dual frequency is typically used to measure the thickness of a siltation layer. This doesn’t appear to be what the Corps is after here. Is single frequency acceptable?

ANSWER: Single frequency echo sounders are not acceptable. Dual frequency echo sounders are required.

The following have been modified:

SOLICITATION INFORMATION

A. PROJECT INFORMATION

PROJECT TITLE: Upper Mississippi River Restoration (UMRR) Habitat Restoration and Evaluation Program (HREP) Piasa and Eagle’s Nest Islands Project

TYPE OF SOLICITATION: Invitation for Bid (IFB)

TYPE OF CONTRACT: Firm-Fixed-Price Construction, Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC), Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)

DISCLOSURE OF THE ESTIMATED MAGNITUDE OF THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION

PROJECT: between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000

NAICS CODE: 237990 – Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

SIZE STANDARD: $39,500,000.00

COMPETITION: 100% Small Business Set-Aside

PLACE OF CONTRACT PERFORMANCE: near Alton, IL and Winfield, MO

WAGE DETERMINATION: IL20220017, and its subsequent updates, for Madison County, IL, is applicable to this solicitation.

ATTACHMENTS:

1 – Specifications (Amendment 0001) 2 – Plans (Amendment 0001)

B. INQUIRIES:

All technical inquires and questions relating to this solicitation are to be submitted via email to Contract Specialist, Whitney Dee, at whitney.r.dee@usace.army.mil by 10:00am CST, 7 December 2022.

C. Offeror shall furnish unit prices for all items listed on the Bidding Schedule of the Solicitation.

D. Lack of registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database will make an offeror ineligible for award. See contract clause 52.204-7, “System for Award Management”.

E. All work under these Specifications shall be performed in accordance with the provisions of EM 385-1-1 “Corps of Engineers Safety and Health Requirements Manual”, dated November 2014.

DETERMINATION OF REPSONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

In accordance with FAR 9.104-1 General Standards:

To be determined responsible, a prospective contractor must –

(a) Have adequate financial resources to perform the contract, or the ability to obtain them (see 9.104-3(a)).

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

(c) Have a satisfactory performance record (see 9.104-3(b) and subpart 42.15). A prospective contractor shall not be determined responsible or nonresponsible solely on the basis of a lack of relevant performance history, except as provided in 9.104-2.

(d) Have a satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics (for example, see subpart 42.15).

(e) 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). (See 9.104-3(a).)

(f) Have the necessary production, construction, and technical equipment and facilities, or the ability to obtain them (see 9.104-3(a)); and

(g) Be otherwise qualified and eligible to receive an award under applicable laws and regulations (see also inverted domestic corporation prohibition at 9.108).

PROCEDURES FOR SUBMISSION OF BIDS AND VIRTUAL BID OPENING

In accordance with FAR 14.202-8 and FAR Part 4.5, bidders will be required to submit their bids in response to this IFB solicitation by the date and time listed on the Standard Form 1442 via electronic means to include bid bonds.

Physical copies of bid bonds will not be required to be submitted unless otherwise requested by the Contracting Officer at a later date.

Bidders shall submit their bids via email to Contract Specialist, Whitney Dee, at whitney.r.dee@usace.army.mil by the date and time listed on the SF 1442.

Contract Specialist will post an Abstract of Bids and the apparent low bidder to SAM.gov within twenty-four (24) hours of the bid due date and time. Bidders will also be notified via email. There will be no public bid opening at a physical location.

End of Paragraph

GENERAL NOTICES

1. NEGOTIATIONS AFTER BIDS.

The Government has the option to reject bids received in response to the Invitation for Bids, convert the Solicitation to a Request for Proposal (RFP) and initiate negotiations with offerors.

2. PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS

Performance and Payment bonds will be required within 10 business days after award of each individual task order.

See clause 52.228-15, PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS – CONSTRUCTION.

3. AMENDMENTS PRIOR TO DATE SET FOR PROPOSAL.

The right is reserved, as the interest of the Government may require, to revise or amend the specifications and/or drawings prior to the date set for proposal. Such revisions or amendments, if any, will be provided by amendment or amendments to this Invitation for Bid. If the revision or amendments are of a nature which require material changes in quantities or prices or both, the due date set for bid may be extended. In such case, the amendments will include the new due date for bid submission.

4. BUSINESS INTEGRITY

The offeror as a condition of award of any contract resulting from this solicitation may be required to execute a certificate related to Business Integrity.

5. CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE WORK

The offeror should visit the site and take such other steps as may be reasonably necessary to ascertain the nature and location of the work, and the general and local conditions which can affect the work or the cost thereof. Failure to do so will not relieve offeror from responsibility for estimating properly the difficulty or cost of successfully performing the work. The Government will assume no responsibility for any understanding or representations concerning conditions made by any of its officers or agents prior to the execution of the contract, unless included in the Invitation for Bids, the specifications, or related documents. While there will be no official Site Visit for this Solicitation of Contract, the location of this work is public space and can be visited, if desired.

6. OFFEROR QUALIFICATIONS

A determination of contractor responsibility will be made. A determination of non-responsibility may be cause for the rejection of a prospective contractor’s offer. In accordance with FAR 9.104-1, General Standards, before an offer is considered for award, the offeror shall be requested by the Government to submit a statement regarding their previous experience in performing comparable work, their business and technical organization, financial resources, the plant available to be used in performing the work and/or other information necessary to make the determination of contractor responsibility.

7. SITE OF THE WORK

The offeror is advised that for the purpose of applicability of the Davis-Bacon Act and other contract labor standard provisions, “the site of the work” under the contract to be awarded pursuant to this solicitation may not be limited to the physical place(s) where the construction called for in the contract will remain when work on it has been completed. The “site of work” may include other adjacent or nearby property used by the Contractor or

Subcontractors during such construction. For example, fabrication plants, mobile factories, batch plants, borrow pits, job headquarters, tool yards, etc., will be considered part of the site of the work provided they are dedicated exclusively or nearly so to performance on the contract and are so located in proximity to the actual construction location that it would be reasonable to include them.

8. INFORMATION REGARDING OFFER MATERIAL, AND BONDS

a. Specifications, Plans, Bid Schedule, Pre-award Information/Description of Work/Offer Evaluation, Construction Contract Clauses, and Wage Determination Decisions of the Secretary of Labor are parts of this solicitation.

b. (1) An offeror electing to use individual sureties for performance and payment bonds must submit, concurrently with the bonds and required affidavits, a statement of both the business and personal names of the persons and/or brokerages firms through whom the bonds were obtained, together with the address and telephone number of the persons and/or brokerage firms.

(2) Offerors should note that some individual sureties and brokers of individual sureties have been debarred or suspended from offering themselves or others as sureties to the Government. Offerors are responsible for ascertaining the current status of their sureties and brokers.

9. EVALUTION OF CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE

In accordance with the provisions of FAR Subpart 36.201, Evaluation of Contractor Performance, Construction contractors’ performance shall be evaluated throughout the performance of the contract. USACE follows the procedures outlined in Engineering Regulation 415-1-17 to fulfill this requirement.

10. DEFINITIONS

(a) “Contracting Officer” means a person with the authority to enter into, administer, and/or terminate contracts and make related determinations and findings. The term includes certain authorized representatives of the Contracting Officer acting within the limits of their authority as delegated by the Contracting Officer.

SECTION 00 10 00 - SOLICITATION

The required response date/time has changed from 22-Dec-2022 10:00 AM to 05-Jan-2023 10:00 AM.

The following have been modified:

BID SCHEDULE

Item Estimated Unit Estimated No. Description Quantity Unit Price Amount _

PIASA AND EAGLE’S NEST ISLANDS – DREDGING CONTRACT

0001. Mobilization and Demobilization 1 JOB _______

0002. Bonds 1 JOB _______

0003. Dredging – Dredge material disposed into Dredge Disposal Areas 1, 2, and 3, Shallow Draft Work Sites

a. first 539,000 CY 539,000 CY __ __ _______

b. all over 539,000 CY 360,000 CY _______ _______

0004. Dredging – Dredge material disposed into Dredge Disposal Area 5, Shallow Draft Work Sites

a. first 262,000 CY 262,000 CY __ __ _______

b. all over 262,000 CY 175,000 CY _______ _______

0005. Interim Demobilization and Remobilization 1 JOB _______

ABBREVIATIONS

JOB Job CY Cubic Yard

(See BIDDING SCHEDULE NOTES)

BIDDING SCHEDULE NOTES

1. All quantities shown on the BIDDING SCHEDULE are estimated quantities except when the unit is shown as job "JOB".

2. When bids are solicited on a unit price basis, bidders shall insert in the spaces provided therefore in the SCHEDULE both the "unit price" and the "estimated amount" resulting from applying the said unit price to the estimated quantity shown. In event the bidder quotes only a total price ("estimated amount") in its bid and fails to quote the unit price, the Government will determine such unit price by dividing the total price quoted by the quantity of the item set out in the SCHEDULE. The bidder agrees that the unit price so determined shall be used for the purpose of bid evaluation, award and all payments to the Contractor including final payment.

3. All extensions of the unit prices shown will be subject to verification by the Government. In case of variation between the unit price and the extension, the unit price will be considered to be the bid and the extension will be corrected accordingly.

4. If a modification to a bid based on unit prices is submitted, which provides for a lump sum adjustment to the total estimated cost, the application of the lump sum adjustment to each unit price in the bid schedule must be stated. If it is not stated, the bidder agrees that the lump sum adjustment shall be applied on a pro rata basis to every unit price in the bid schedule.

5. Bidders are required to bid on all items listed on the Bidding Schedule in addition to inserting a total quoted bid in the appropriate space provided. Failure to do so will be considered good cause to disqualify the bid.

6. Bidders are encouraged to pay particular attention to the requirements on lab “validation” in Section 01 45 00.00 10 of the contract specifications.

7. Bid Item No. 0005 shall be used for the non-work period between October 15 – December 1 during waterfowl hunting season shutdown. If a task ordered is being performed with a period of performance that spans the shutdown period, this item will be issued.

(End of Summary of Changes)