Breakwater Repair Project, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be issuing an Invitation for Bids for repairs to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The NAICS code for this procurement is 237990. The estimated construction cost is expected to range from $300,000 to $750,000.

The Northeast Fisheries Science Center, which is part of the National Marine Fisheries Service, is dedicated to fisheries research. The project is scheduled to be issued on or about July 3, 2014 and work to complete the repairs is expected to take approximately 90 days. The proposed work involves repairing those sections of the breakwater that were damaged by Hurricane Sandy in late October 2012.

The proposed work consists of demolishing the outermost 128 feet of the stone jetty and using those stones to rebuild the remaining inner 126 feet of jetty. Jetty stones placed on the crest of the jetty will be doweled into the underlying stones. It is anticipated that this work will be performed from marine plant. This will not be a continuing contract.

This is not a request for proposals at this time. The solicitation requirements and contract documents to include instructions for submission and the response date will be available on or about July 3, 2014. Neither telephonic, mailed nor faxed requests for hard copies of this solicitation will be accepted. The solicitation will only be available online; in order to download the solicitation, offerors must access the Federal Business Opportunities website (www.fbo.gov). All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the New England District. Additional questions may be emailed to the Contract Specialist at Susan.k.Dunnagan@usace.army.mil