Harbor Dredging

Title of Work: FY24 Harbor Dredging

Project Description: The Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District has a requirement for the rental of a 24- inch to 29-inch Cutterhead Pipeline Dredge, fully operated with attendant plant for maintenance dredging of the Mississippi River and existing harbors within the Memphis District. The dredge will be used to maintain various harbors at any points on the Mississippi River which includes Elvis Stahr Harbor, Kentucky, Northwest Tennessee Regional Harbor, Tennessee, New Madrid City Harbor, Missouri, New Madrid County Harbor, Missouri; Caruthersville Harbor, Missouri; Osceola Harbor, Arkansas; Wolf River Harbor, Tennessee, Memphis Harbor/McKellar Lake, Tennessee; Helena Harbor, Arkansas, and Helena Harbor Phillips County, Arkansas. The dredge shall be not less than 24-inch nominal diameter discharge and have a manufacturer’s horsepower rating for continuous operation of not less than 3,200 brake horsepower. Dredges larger than 29-inch will be considered, however, the estimated output will be based on the quantity shown for a 29- inch dredge. The work required consists of making or enlarging dredge cuts, construction of fills, construction of new harbor channels and dredging in various channels and harbors. The Contractor shall deliver the dredge and attendant plant ready for operation in the vicinity of McKellar Lake Harbor, Memphis, TN (Mile 725 AHP), or to any other work site as may be directed.

NorthAmericanIndustryClassificationSystem: 237990- Dredging and Surface Cleanup Activities.  For the purpose of this procurement to qualify as a small business concern, in addition to being independently owned and operated and not dominate in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, the concern must have had average annual sales receipts for the preceding three fiscal years not exceeding $37M.

AcquisitionStrategy:The procurement will be advertised as Unrestricted Procurement with HUBZone Evaluation Preference.

WorkLocation:The work shall primarily be located in Elvis Stahr Harbor, Kentucky, Northwest Tennessee Regional Harbor, Tennessee, New Madrid City Harbor, Missouri, New Madrid County Harbor, Missouri; Caruthersville Harbor, Missouri; Osceola Harbor, Arkansas; Wolf River Harbor, Tennessee, Memphis Harbor/McKellar Lake, Tennessee; Helena Harbor, Arkansas, and Helena Harbor Phillips County, Arkansas but may be anywhere within the Memphis District boundaries.

Magnitude of Work: More than $10,000,000.00

Contract Duration: 3 years (no options)

Request for Proposal: Will be issued on or about 1 November 2023

Bid Opening Date: On or about 30 November 2023

The resulting solicitation will be established as a Single Award Task Order Contract. The Solicitation Number will be W912EQ24B0001. A copy of this solicitation may be downloaded from Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment(PIEE) the Web Site at  https://piee.eb.mil. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any other pertinent information and for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract, nor does it obligate the Government to pay for proposal preparation costs.

Vendors seeking to do business with the Memphis District must complete a vendor registration on https://piee.eb.mil/ , as you will be required to submit proposals through the PIEE Solicitation Module. Please note that it is imperative that the e- mail address you used to register in System for Award Management(SAM) website at https://sam.gov MUST be the same e-mail address used to register in PIEE. There are 10 general steps a vendor must follow to register and use PIEE application modules. A complete list can be viewed at the following site: https://piee.eb.mil/xhtml/unauth/web/homepage/vendorGettingStartedHelp.xhtml#step1

For additional information regarding this solicitation please contact Sequoria Chatmon at (901) 544-0973.