Houghtaling Island, Town of New Baltimore, Hudson River, NY

The New York District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (District) is preparing plans and specifications for site preparation services at the existing federally owned upland dredged material placement site located on Houghtaling Island, Town of New Baltimore, Hudson River, NY.

The purpose of the Houghtaling Island Expansion and Realignment project is to increase the capacity of the site by constructing a new containment cell, and rearranging the drainage structures at the site to produce a new north to south flow pattern, in preparation for a proposed maintenance dredging project of the Hudson River federal navigation channel in CY 2020.

Work to be performed includes:

1. An estimated 800 LF of new earthen dike will need to be built to a finished top elevation of 50 ft. NGVD88 in order to close the perimeter of new Containment Cell A.4. The source of all dike construction material is located within the interior footprint of new Containment Cell A.4.

2. The construction of a 150-200 LF earthen spur dike in existing Containment Cell A.3.

3. The clearing, grubbing and disposal of approximately 1.5 acres of mixed hardwoods for the construction of new Containment Cell A.4.

4. The establishment of a new exterior effluent pipeline corridor from existing Containment Cell A.2 to the Hudson River. This would require the selective clearing, and disposal, of approximately 0.2 acres of trees and shrubs.

5. The fabrication, delivery and installation of a new exterior effluent weir in Containment Cell A.2.

6. The removal, and repositioning or relocation of two existing interior weirs in existing Containment Cells A.2 and A.3.

7. Furnish and install geomembrane at all weirs

8. The removal and disposal of felled tree material from three existing disposal pits located on the interior east side of the new Containment Cell A.4.

9. The cutting and mulching in place of small diameter woody growth in existing Containment Cell B.2.

10. The temporary modification of the existing exterior weir in Containment Cell A.3 to make it watertight, in order to prevent the seepage of water and solids into adjacent exterior areas

11. Deliver As-Built survey of entire project site at completion and acceptance of required contract work.

The period of performance for this project will be 60 days from the Notice to Proceed date. The specifications will be posted electronically via the Federal Business Opportunity website at www.fbo.gov. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 237990. The magnitude of this construction is estimated to cost between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.

This project will be 100% set aside for Small Business only. It is anticipated that the plans and specifications will be posted electronically on or about 10 July 2019 via the Federal Business Opportunity website at www.fbo.gov, with a bid opening approximately 30 days later. Any and all amendments shall be likewise posted. Hard copies will not be available. It is the contractor's responsibility to monitor the FedBizOps web-site for any amendments. Bidders are required to be registered in the Central Contractor Registry (see www.ccr.gov). Award will be made to the lowest responsible bidder.

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