Calcasieu River & Pass, La. Maintenance Dredging FY20 Mile 5. 0 TO Mile 17. 0

NOTE:  THIS IS A SYNOPSIS, NOT A SOLICITATION.  PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME; THEREFORE NO QUESTIONS OF A TECHNICAL OR CONTRACTUAL NATURE WILL BE ACCEPTED OR ANSWERED UNTIL THE SOLICITATION IS ISSUED. INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS SYNOPSIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

This is an UNRESTRICTED procurement. NAICS Code: 237990. This solicitation, W912P820B0048, is anticipated to be issued as an Invitation for Bid (IFB).  The resulting contract shall be a firm fixed price (FFP) Contract Award. The solicitation will be issued on or about 10 August 2020.  The anticipated bid opening date is set for 09 September 2020; however, actual date of bid opening will be determined upon the solicitation advertisement date.

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 20 subcontracting goals are for specified percentages of the contractor's total planned subcontracting amount to be placed with the following: Small Business 44.92%; Small Disadvantaged Business 13.25%; Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business 8.00%; Woman Owned Small Business 7.87%; and HUBZONE Small Business 12.00%.

The work consists of removal of material from within the Calcasieu River Ship Channel; satisfactory disposal of the material within the designated Confined Disposal Facilities adjacent to the Calcasieu River and Pass; all as shown on the drawings. Removal of material from within Devil’s Elbow and Cameron Loop is included as Optional Work. The work also includes retention dike construction, surveys, optional ditching and draining of disposal areas, and all operations incidental thereto. The estimated value of this work is between $30,000,000.00 and $40,000,000.00.

The Government will not provide written paper copies of the solicitation. Telephone 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 FBO which is now located at (beta.sam.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 FBO. 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 https://www.sam.gov .

The point of contact for this procurement is Shermeka L. Showers at 504-862-2239 or Shermeka.L.Showers@usace.army.mil.  The secondary point of contact is Charles R. Zammit at 504-862-1164 or Charles.R.Zammit@usace.army.mil.