Maintenance Dredging, Little Wicomico River, Northumberland County, Virginia

The proposed procurement is an Invitation for Bid (IFB) construction contract. This proposed procurement is 100% Small Business Set Aside, NAICS 237990, Size Standard $20 Million. The estimated magnitude of construction is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. The solicitation will be posted on or about July 25, 2013. Completion for this project is no later than 45 days after notice to proceed.

It is the Government's intent to solicit and award one contract for the maintenance dredging of Little Wicomico River located in Northumberland County, Virginia. The maintenance dredging of the Little Wicomico River must be performed using a hydraulic pipeline dredge. The proposed work consists of maintenance dredging the outermost 1,000 feet of the Federal channel to the authorized depth of 8 feet Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), plus 2 feet of advanced maintenance dredging and 1 foot of allowable overdepth; and the width of 150 feet. The material will be placed via pipeline, onto a beach area that is inhabited with an endangered species of beetle. The dredge pipeline will be routed to minimize impacts to the habitat of the northeastern beach tiger beetle, which is located along the beach between the placement site and the Federal channel entrance. Care must be taken with the use of heavy equipment on the beach to avoid impacts to the beetles. Approximately 20,000 cubic yards of material consisting primarily of sand, silt, mud, shell and combinations thereof, are to be dredged. The maximum pumping distance is approximately 1.5 miles.

Additional information in accordance with the statement of work is included in the request bid package. All responsible sources may submit a bid which, if timely received, shall be considered by the agency. All questions shall be submitted via email to christina.sale@usace.army.mil. Bids can be submitted via mail to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: Christina Sale, Contracting Division, 10 S. Howard Street, Room 7000, Baltimore, MD 21201-1715. Interested parties may download and print the solicitation at no charge from the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website, https://www.fbo.gov. Please note that all Corps of Engineers acquisitions are considered Sensitive, but Unclassified documents, and require users to have a valid MPIN entered in the FBO system to access packages.

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