Construction Services - Fish River and Weeks Bay Marsh Restoration

This is a PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE for the construction of the Fish River and Weeks Bay Marsh Restoration project located in Baldwin County, Alabama on Fish River at the Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve property north of US Highway 98. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow up information requests.

The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) plans to solicit and award a contract for the construction of the Fish River and Weeks Bay Marsh Restoration project.

The proposed project will be a competitive, firm-fixed price contract procured in accordance with FAR 14 - Sealed Bidding. This requirement will be a 100% set aside for HUBZone small business concerns in accordance with FAR Subpart 19.13.

The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code for this procurement is 237990, Other Heavy & Civil Engineering Construction. The small business size standard for this NAICS code is $45 Million.

Project Description: This environmental restoration project consists of all work necessary to degrade borrow areas and place material within the previously dredged canals. The material that will be used to fill the previously dredged canals will be obtained from within the project construction site. 

Base Bid-Fill Areas 1&2 consists of on-site excavation and placement of approximately 16,947 cubic yards of clayey-sand fill within two (2) of the previously dredged canals.  Work required to complete the Project Base features include mobilization/demobilization, surveying, clearing and grubbing, debris removal and disposal off-site, canal fill (volume in place), erosion and turbidity control measures, and special construction signage.

Bid Alternative Number 1-Fill Area 3 consists of on-site excavation and placement of approximately 1,003 cubic yards of clayey-sand fill within one (1) of the previously dredged canals. Work required to complete the Bid Alternative Number 1 features include mobilization/demobilization, surveying, clearing and grubbing, canal fill (volume in place), and erosion and turbidity control measures.

Bid Alternative Number 2-Fill Area 2 Expansion Area consists of on-site excavation and placement of approximately 1,580 cubic yards of clayey-sand fill within one (1) of the previously dredged canals. Work required to complete the Bid Alternative Number 2 features include surveying, canal fill (volume in place), and erosion and turbidity control measures.

The estimated period of performance for the completion of the project is 140 calendar days after issuance of the notice to proceed for the Base Bid-Fill Areas 1&2 and additional 30 calendar days for Bid Alternative Number 1-Fill Area 3 if exercised and an additional 10 calendar days for Bid Alternative Number 2-Fill Area 2 Expansion Area if exercised.

To be eligible for award, the resultant solicitation will require the Offeror to provide the following:

1. Documentation that it is a firm residing, headquartered or principally engaged as a business in the State of Alabama, or  a Gulf Coast state, in accordance with the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council-Interagency Agreement governing performance under the resultant contract.
2. Certification that the firm will perform services representing at least twenty percent (20%) of the total labor costs under the contract with its own employees.
3. List of proposed equipment that will be used on the project. The awardee will be required to perform with the same or technically equivalent equipment post-award.

Anticipated solicitation issuance date is on or about April 5, 2024, and the estimated proposal due date will be on or about May 6, 2024.  The official solicitation number 1305M324B0001 will be issued under SAM.gov.