Indiana Shoreline Erosion Project: Beach Nourishment Services

DESCRIPTION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Chicago District intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) W912P622B0014 for beach nourishment services to rebuild approximately 1,500 feet of beach front via sand delivery and placement for the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore located in Michigan City, Indiana.

The Contract Duration is estimated at one thousand eight hundred twenty-five (1825) calendar days from date of award.

TYPE OF CONTRACT AND NAICS: This IFB will be for one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) commercial services Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract with a maximum capacity of $15M.  Project specific work will be issued on a Task Order basis. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) for this effort is 484220 — Specialized Freight (except Used Goods).

TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This acquisition will be 100% set-aside for SMALL BUSINESS. 

SELECTION PROCESS: This is a sealed bid Part 14 Procurement.  The bids will be evaluated based on the lowest priced complete offer submitted.

DISCUSSIONS: The Government intends to award without discussions.

ANTICIPATED SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE: The Government anticipates releasing the solicitation on or about 16 September 2022.  Details regarding an Optional Site Visit will be included in the solicitation if one is determined to be provided. Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation. Additional details can be found in the solicitation when it is posted to https://sam.gov/.

SOLICITATION WEBSITE: The official solicitation, when posted, will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found at the Contracting Opportunities website, https:// sam.gov/. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued.  Telephone and Fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored.  Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader.  To download the solicitation for this project, contractors are required to register at the Contracting Opportunities website at http://sam.gov.  Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the Offerors responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.

REGISTRATIONS:

Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the following database:

System for Award Management (SAM): Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the SAM database at http://www.sam.gov to be eligible for a Government contract award. If the Offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity shall have valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. If at the time of award an Offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective Offeror.

Please note that all interested contractors MUST be registered in SAM at the time bids are due.

POINT-OF-CONTACT: The point-of-contact for this procurement is Contract Specialist, Amy M. Phillips, at Amy.M.Phillips@usace.army.mil.  

This announcement serves as the Advance Notice for this project.  Responses to this synopsis are not required.