Chincoteague Bay Channel Dredging

Bid Opening is not extended and remains 15 April 2019 at 02:00 PM EDT..

ProjNet Bidder Inquiry Submission Period is hereby extended from 22 March 2019 to 8 April 2019 at 02:00 PM EDT.
Bid Opening date is not extended and remains 15 April 2019 at 02:00 PM EDT..

Response Date for Solicitation W91236-19-B-0004 is 15 April 2019 at 02:00 PM Eastern Day Time (EDT).

W91236-19-B-0004 SOLICITATION DUE DATE IS 15 APRIL 2019 AT 02:00 PM Eastern Day Time (EDT).

Advertisement date of Solicitation will be on or about 1 March 2019 with a Bid opening date of on or about 5 April 2019..

A. Solicitation Schedule:

1. Pre-solicitation Notice: 20 November 2018
2. Anticipated Solicitation Notice: 17 December 2018
3. Anticipated Bid Opening Date: 17 Jan 2019

B. Contract Type:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Norfolk District intends to issue a solicitation for a Total Small Business Set Aside, firm fixed price, Invitation for Bid (IFB) with Definitive Responsibility Criteria (DRC). The action will utilize FAR Part 14, Sealed Bidding procedures.

C. Project Description:

The Chincoteague Bay Channel is located in Accomack County, Virginia in the town of Greenbackville. An approach channel 6 feet deep and 60 feet wide from that depth in Chincoteague Bay to an L-shaped harbor of the same depth, 60 feet wide and 1500 feet long at Greenbackville, Virginia. The dredging work consists of dredging to a required depth of 6 feet; one additional foot of paid overdepth dredging will be allowed. It is estimated that approximately 9,900 cubic yards of maintenance dredged material, to include allowable overdepth, will be removed. All dredging depths are referenced to Mean Lower Low Water. Hydraulic pipeline dredging will be required to complete the project. Dredged material will be placed into a government furnished upland site adjacent to the federal navigation channel. In accordance with the plans and specifications, the Contractor will be responsible to insure all portions of the placement area, dikes, drainage piping and spillbox are adequate and in proper working order before commencement of dredging operations. The catwalk access, spillbox weirboards and effluent pipeline are in disrepair and will require rehabilitation/replacement. The current spillbox's outfall pipeline is 24" ID Corrugated Metal Pipe (CMP). The replacement design is to sleeve a smaller 18" ID high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipeline through existing CMP and attach at spillbox with a new flange or face-plate. Placement area maintenance shall include excavation, backfill and compaction of animal burrows along dike system, removing woody debris from inside upland area with offsite disposal and clearing phragmites inside upland area in preparation of maintenance dredging.

D. Definitive Responsibility Criteria (DRC):

The specific and objective standards established to inform the Contracting Officer's responsibility in accordance with FAR 9.104-2. These criteria assess whether the apparent low bidder can demonstrate the expertise and specialized facilities needed for adequate contract performance. The inability of a contractor otherwise eligible for award to demonstrate minimally acceptable experience as measured by the DRC may result in the Contracting Officer determining the contractor is not responsible.

The DRC must be provided in the form of a written detailed narrative, with a page limitation that shall not exceed three (3) pages for each listed DRC.

The written narrative for each DRC listed below must demonstrate a bidder's successful completion of at least one (1) year total project experience within the past five (5) years of the date of this solicitation for Items #1 and #2, and experience on at least one (1) project for Item #3 of the definitive responsibility criteria listed.

The bidder shall provide the following:

a.) Contract number and name of agency for each project provided as experience;
 Period of performance of the contract;
b.) Brief description of the work performed under the contract;
c.) Bidders may use one or more projects to demonstrate past experience.

If a subcontractor was used to complete a work component of a bidder's project experience, bidders shall provide the following:

a.) Name of the subcontractor;
b.) Contract number and name of agency for each project provided as experience;
c.) Period of performance of the contract;
d.) Brief description of the work performed under the contract;
e.) Subcontractor experience will show successful completion of at least one (1) year total project experience within the past five (5) years of the date of this solicitation for Items #1 and #2, and experience on at least one (1) project for Item #3 of the definitive responsibility criteria listed.

E. The Definitive Responsibility Criteria is provided as follows:

1) Shallow Draft Dredging. Project experience in hydraulic pipeline dredging in bay and coastal environments comparable (size and scope) and consistent with the scope of work described in the drawings and specifications sections contained in Division 35 - Waterway and Marine Construction, included as part of this Solicitation.

2) Disposal Facility Management during Dredge Material Placement. Project experience comparable and consistent with the scope of work described in the drawings and specifications sections contained in Division 01 - General Requirements, particularly 01 57 20 Environmental Protection; and Division 35 - Waterway and Marine Construction, included as part of this Solicitation, including management of water quality effluent and site facilities during dredge material placement.

3) Rehabilitation of a Confined Dredge Material Disposal Facility. Project experience comparable and consistent with the scope of work described in the drawings and specifications sections contained in Division 31 - Earthwork, included as part of this Solicitation including earthwork and repair of the spillbox and outfall pipeline.

F. Construction Time:

a.) Begin performance within 15 calendar days and complete all work within 90 calendar days of receipt of Notice-to-Proceed (NTP).
b.) Should the total quantity of material to be paid for and actually removed under this contract exceed the quantity from the Bidding Schedule, then additional time will be allowed at the rate of one day for each 500 cubic yards in excess of the estimated quantity.
c.) In the appropriate Section of your Clauses, please insert the following Contract Clauses. The first Clause listed was created and directed for use by higher authority. By their direction, all current dredging solicitations are to contain the Clause. Also, the other Clauses are provided for your convenience as a reminder they are referenced in our Technical Specifications and need to be included in your Contract Clauses where appropriate.

G. Magnitude of Job: $750,000 to $1,500,000

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