Horseshoe cove, maintenance dredging, 6-foot project, entrance channel and turning basin, dixie county, florida

A Pre-Proposal Conference will be held on Friday, 19 Oct 2018 from 10:00am - 11:00am, EST via teleconference. The call-in number is: 877-402-9753 and the ACCESS CODE is: 6546236. *Please utilize Security Code: 2873. It is requested that an email be sent to Timothy.G.Humphrey@usace.army.mil to confirm attendance by your organization.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK:

The project work consists of dredging shoal material from Horseshoe Cove and a portion of the Turning Basin and disposal of material into the designated upland disposal facility. The required depth for Horseshoe Cove is 6 feet with one foot of allowable over-depth.
The solicitation will consist of a Base and one Option as follows:

The Base work includes maintenance dredging of shoal material from Horseshoe Cove Entrance Channel and Turning Basin from station 100+00 to station 183+00 and disposal of material into the designated upland disposal facility located on average 1.9 statute miles from the project site. Work also includes environmental species observers, turbidity monitoring, bird monitoring, sea turtle trawl sweeping and relocation, mobilization, and operation and maintenance of the disposal area at the direction of the Contracting Officer.

Option A

Option A consists of maintenance dredging of the remaining Horseshoe Cove Turning Basin from station 183+00 to station 190+73.6.

The contractor shall begin performance within 45 calendar days and complete performance within 215 (Base 161 plus Option A 54) calendar days after the Notice to Proceed (NTP). The performance period is mandatory.

PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS:

The Invitation for Bid (IFB) will be issued on or about 5 October 2018 and bids will be due on or about 6 November 2018.

NAICS Code 237990, size standard $27.5 million.

Magnitude of construction is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00.

THIS PROCUREMENT IS A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE.

NOTE: TO BE CONSIDERED A SMALL BUSINESS, A FIRM MUST PERFORM AT LEAST 40 PERCENT OF THE VOLUME DREDGED WITH ITS OWN EQUIPMENT OR EQUIPMENT OWNED BY ANOTHER SMALL BUSINESS (13 CFR 121).

The IFB will be issued in electronic format only and will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website (Fed Biz Opps) at https://www.fbo.gov In order to receive notification of any issued amendments, interested parties must register as an interested vendor on the Federal Business Opportunities website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. Please be advised, if you are not registered, the Government is not responsible for providing you with notification to any changes to this solicitation. You must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible to receive an award from this solicitation. For additional information, please call 866-606-8220 or visit the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov/.

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