Intracoastal Waterway Jacksonville to Miami, Florida, 10-Foot Project Vicinity of Bakers Haulover Inlet Dade County, Florida

Project work consists of maintenance dredging in the vicinity of Bakers Haulover Inlet, Cuts DA-9 to 10 feet required depth plus 2 feet allowable over-depth in the IWW, and the material, estimated to be 25,000-45,000 CY is to be placed on the beach just south of the inlet onto Bal Harbor Beach. The work also includes turbidity monitoring and manatee observation. All work shall be performed by hydraulic cutter-suction dredge with discharge area of approximately 1000 ft. x 75 ft. on Bal Harbor Beach. The contractor should note the following conditions:

IWW in the vicinity of Bakers Haulover Inlet experiences significant wave action and is in a high traffic area with many recreational boats and a high leisure visitation of the adjacent sand island areas that can cause a safety concern of dredging in the area. The proposed dredge must allow best water for boat passage for the 125' wide channel. The project area is environmentally sensitive with restrictions on turbidity (0 NTU above background) and is adjacent to Johnson's Seagrass.

The estimated performance period is 60 days from issuance of Notice To Proceed.

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

THIS ACQUISITION IS RESTRICTED TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND WILL BE ISSUED AS AN INVITATION FOR BID (IFB). 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

This solicitation will be issued on or about 13 July 2017 with bids due on or about 24 August 2017. Solicitation will be issued in electronic format only and will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website: https://fedbizopps.gov/. In order to receive notification of any amendments to this solicitation, interested vendors must REGISTER AS AN INTERESTED VENDOR on the Federal Business Opportunities website. If you are not registered, the Government is not responsible with providing you with notification of any changes to this solicitation. You must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to receive an award from this solicitation. The SAM website can be located at https://www.sam.gov. NAICS Code 237990, size standard $27.5 million.