Maintenance Dredging, James River, IDIQ

**Please note that a sources sought for this action was previously posted to FBO.Gov under No. W91236-18-B-0031. Due to the new Fiscal Year, the Solicitation No. is W91236-19-B-0002. **
THIS PROCUREMENT IS 100% SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESS
The Norfolk District, Army Corps of Engineers is contemplating a Firm Fixed Price, Construction contract, SATOC (Single Award Task Order Contract) (IDIQ) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract with Task Orders for Maintenance Dredging of the James River Federal Navigation Channel.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK:
This will be a SATOC (Single Award Task Order Contract) (IDIQ) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract with Task Orders. The base contract and two (2) option years will not exceed a total contract capacity of $30,000,000. The contract duration is 365 calendar days (Base Year) from receipt of Notice to Proceed with 365 calendar days consecutive for each option year, if exercised.
The NAICS code applicable to this requirement is 237990, with a small business size standard of $27.5 million.
The James River Federal Navigation Project consists of maintenance dredging and disposal of dredged material by hydraulic dredge and pipeline at various shoal locations on the James River Federal Navigation Channel, spanning from Rocklanding Shoal to the Richmond Harbor locks. The work includes maintenance dredging to require depths ranging from 18 to 26 feet mean lower low water (MLLW) with one foot allowable overdepth at each respective dredging depth unless indicated otherwise in the issued Task Order. Overall, the dredging involves approximately 3,950,000 cubic yards of material, including allowable overdepth dredging and estimated accretion to December 2022. Due to the anticipated window of availability to perform dredging operations, the Contractor shall be required to dredge, on average, a minimum of 7,500 cubic yards per day. In addition, the Contractor will be required to achieve pumping distances exceeding 10,000 linear feet. The Contractor shall place the dredged material in the designated Government-furnished upland or overboard placement areas as identified in the Task Order.

CONSTRUCTION TIME:
*For each task order issued, the Contractor shall begin performance within 10 calendar days of receipt of Notice to Proceed (NTP). Period of performance for each task order will be variable based on scope of work issued within each task order. Period of performance will be based on a rate of dredging and placing 7,500 cubic yards per day.

DREDGING AND DREDGE RELATED MARINE WORK:
The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of EM 385-1-1. If the Contractor is a currently accepted participant in the Dredging Contractors of America (DCA)/United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Dredging Safety Management Program (DSMP), as determined by the DCA/USACE Joint Committee, and holds a current valid Certificate of Compliance for both the Contractor Program and the Dredge(s) to be used to perform the work required under this contract, the Contractor may, in lieu of the submission of an Accident Prevention Plan (APP),
a. make available for review, upon request, the Contractor's current Safety Management System (SMS) documentation,
b. submit to the Contracting Officer the current valid Company Certificate of Compliance for its SMS,
c. submit the current dredge(s) Certificate of Compliance based on third party audits, and
d. submit for review and acceptance, site-specific addenda to the SMS as specified in the solicitation.

THIS IS A 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE PROCUREMENT.

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 contractor 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. Bid bonds will be required with bid submittals. In addition, the awardee must be found responsible in accordance with FAR 9.1.

The solicitation will be available in electronic format only. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be available. Other methods of requesting a package will not be honored. This solicitation will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website at http://www.fbo.gov. The proposal due date shall be at least 30 days after the RFP is posted on the FBO website. IT IS THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OFFEROR TO CONTINUALLY VIEW THE WEBSITE FOR CHANGES.

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.

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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 certifications in ORCA are current, complete, and accurate as of the date of signature, or list any changes.

Inquires may be directed to Stormie Wicks by email at Stormie.B.Wicks@usace.army.mil and cc'd Eartha D. Garrett at Eartha.D.Garrett@usace.army.mil. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE HONORED.

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