Maintenance dredging, hoskins creek, tappahannock, VA.

A dredging contract is required to restore navigation to maintained depth within the Hoskins Creek Federal Project in support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District. The project consists of refurbishing the existing upland placement site and maintenance dredging Hoskins Creek Federal Navigation channel to a required depth of 10 feet MLLW. One foot of overdepth dredging will be allowed Dredged material will be disposed in approved upland disposal site in Essex County. The dredging involves approximately 52,000 cubic yards of material, including allowable overdepth dredging and estimated accretion to April 2015. The Government intends to award a firm fixed price contract using INVITATION FOR BID WITH PRE-AWARD SURVEY and procedures outlined in FAR 36 and FAR 14. Pre-award survey will determine contracts responsibility in accordance with FAR 9.104 and 9.106. Bidders will be evaluated on both pre-award survey and conformance to the solicitation and price. The Government reserves the right to reject any or all Bids; and to award the contract to other than the lowest total price and to award to the bidder submitting the lowest bid determined by the Government to be responsible. The contract duration is 120 calendar days . The magnitude of construction is estimated to be between $1,000,000.00 to $5,000,000.00. The solicitation will be posted on/about 25 February 2015. The receipt date for Bids is 27 March 2015 by 10:00 a.m. NAICS CODE 237990 ($27.5M) applies to this procurement . Bid bonds will be required with bid submittals. Search on W91236% for solicitations issued by Norfolk District. No hard copies will be available. Prospective contractors must be registered Vendors with https//www.fbo.gov in order to download plans and specifications. Prospective contractors must be registered in the DOD System for Award Management (SAM) database in order to obtain access to FEDBIZOPPS. It is incumbent upon vendors to monitor FEDBIZOPPS for the release of the solicitation, specification, drawings, and all subsequent amendments. SAM Registration must also be ACTIVE and current to be eligible for contract award. Information on registration and annual confirmation requirements may be obtained by calling 1-866-606-8220 or via the Internet at http://www.sam.gov. Lack of registration in the SAM database will prevent access to FEDBIZOPPS and will make a Bidder ineligible for award. NOTE: Online Representations and Certifications Applications (ORCA) apply to this solicitation. With ORCA, vendors have the ability to enter and maintain representations and certification information, via the Internet at http://orca.bpn.gov; therefore, vendors no longer have to submit representations and certifications with bid. Instead, this solicitation contains a single provision that will allow vendor to either certify that all representations and certification in ORCA are current, complete, and accurate as of the date of signature, or list any changes.