Calcasieu River and Pass, 2017 Maintenance Dredging, Bar Channel Hopper Dredge Rental Contract No. 3-2017, Cameron Parish, Louisiana (OM-17-127) - W912P8-17-B-0036

This is an UNRESTRICTED procurement. NAICS Code: 237990. The solicitation number, W912P8-17-B-0036, will issue as an Invitation for Bid (IFB), resulting in the award of a single firm fixed price (FFP) contract. The solicitation will be issued on or about 31 Jul 2017. Actual issue date and anticipated bid opening will be shown when the solicitation is issued. All qualified business concerns may submit offers. Offers from large business firms must comply with FAR 19.7 and FAR Clause 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for submission of a subcontracting plan. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers FY 17 subcontracting goals are for specified percentages of the contractor's total planned subcontracting amount to be placed with the following: Small Business 41.50%; Small Disadvantaged Business 23.5%; Woman Owned Small Business 7.5%; HUBZONE Small Business 7.92%; and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business 5.18%.

The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction-type hopper dredge on a rental basis for the removal and satisfactory disposal of shoal material in the Calcasieu River Bar Channel, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Work may be required in other areas of the New Orleans District and in areas of both the Galveston and Mobile Districts.

In accordance with DFARS 252.236-204, disclosure of the magnitude of construction projects, the estimated value of this work is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00.

The Government will not provide written paper copies of the solicitation. Telephone, written, facsimile, or e-mail requests for the solicitation package will not be honored. Potential contractors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any amendments.

The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on FedBizOps (www.fbo.gov ). You will need Adobe Reader for .pdf files (www.adobe.com ) in order to open most files posted by the New Orleans District. You are encouraged, for marketing purposes, to register as an Interested Vendor in FedBizOps (www.fbo.gov). This can be done by clicking on the solicitation title and clicking on the button that says Register as an Interested Vendor and entering your business information. Offerors are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administration Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet . Offerors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) to receive a Government contract award. You may register online at http://www.sam.gov .

The Contract Specialist for this procurement is Edith M. Brandon at 504-862-1047; or by e-mail at edith.m.brandon@usace.army.mil.