Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) Maintenance Dredging at Cumberland Dividings

This synopsis is for the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) Maintenance Dredging at Cumberland Dividing.  This acquisition is being offered as a 100% Small Business set-aside solicitation and will result in a single Firm Fixed Price Contract Award.  The magnitude of this requirement per FAR 36.204 is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.      

Project Location:  The work is located within the Savannah District’s portion of the AIWW shallow draft waterway in the state of Georgia (Camden County).  The AIWW in Savannah District begins in Port Royal County, South Carolina (Mile 552) and ends in Cumberland Sound, Georgia (Mile 713).  The AIWW is 12 feet deep MLLW with widths from 90 feet in land cuts to 150 feet in natural waterways.  Shoals in three sections will be dredged within the Cumberland Dividing reach (Mile 704-710, equates to project station 670+00 – 947+00).  The base of the contract will include mobilization/demobilization and dredging of the reach closest to the disposal site (670+00 – 775+00).  Option 1 will include the second farthest reach (825+00 – 858+00) and option 2 will include the third farthest reach (925+00 – 947+00). 

Project Description:  The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) Maintenance Dredging Contract provides construction services, including furnishing personnel, transportation, mobilization and demobilization, equipment and materials required in connection with maintenance dredging. The duration is expected to be seven (7) months from award.  Up to three hundred seventeen thousand (317,000) cubic yards of maintenance material is expected to be removed from the federally maintained channel. 

The maintenance material in Cumberland Dividing will be pumped to a designated site in Cabin Bluff to create a bird nesting island via open-water placement.  The island template has three phases of expansion which will require shaping via mechanical equipment to achieve designed grade and elevation before expanding outward. 

Evaluation Criteria:  The contract will be solicited and procured using Sealed Bidding Procedures under FAR Part 14. 

NOTE:  This solicitation will be issued in electronic format and is anticipated to be available on or about May 15, 2023.    

Please note that only authorized transmission method for proposals in response to this solicitation is electronic format via the PROCUREMENT INTEGRATED ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENT (PIEE), no other transmission methods (email, facsimile, regular mail, hand carried, etc.) will be accepted.  The Offeror’s Bid must be received by the Government by the by the date/time specified in the solicitation.  Offerors shall submit their proposal using the following link:  https://piee.eb.mil/.  The bid opening date will be specified in the solicitation when issued.  No additional media (CDROM, floppy disks, faxes, etc) will be provided.  Any prospective Offeror must register in System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov  After completing SAM registration, interested Contractors and their subcontractors must then follow the instructions listed in the solicitation documents to obtain access to the plans and specifications for this solicitation.  Contractors that have an existing account should be able to use their existing logins to search for the solicitation number once it is released at https://www.sam.gov.  It is the Offeror’s responsibility to check the internet address provided in the solicitation as necessary for any amendments that may be posted to this solicitation.  Paper copies of this solicitation will not be available.  Other methods of requesting a package will not be honored. 

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