Maintenance Dredging of Jones Inlet, NY Federal Navigation Project

The New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) proposes to perform maintenance dredging of Jones Inlet, New York, Federal Navigation Project, including dredging the deposition basins. The dredged sand would be placed in a beneficial manner as beach nourishment along the downdrift beach (Point Lookout Beach, Nassua County New York) west of the inlet, between groin 1 and just west of groin 6. The project is scheduled to be dredged to a depth of -14 feet Mean Lower Low Water plus 2 feet allowable overdepth. The proposed maintenance dredging would remove approximately 750,000 cubic yards of sand from the Jones Inlet channel and deposition basins with placement at Point Lookout shoreline.

The purpose of the proposed work is to alleviate the effects of shoaling and maintain the authorized project dimensions, thereby providing safe and economical use of the Jones Inlet waterway by commercial and recreational boating interests while providing beneficial use of the dredged sand. Between maintenance operations, the bypassed sand placed at the feeder beach would be carried by littoral drift to feed down drift beaches. The maintenance operation would thus serve to place sand trapped in the channel back into the normal littoral movement that naturally replenishes the western beaches, while maintaining a safe channel for navigation. The proposed work can be accomplished by large pipeline dredge and must meet US Coast Guard criteria for an “ocean going vessel”.

The Contractor will be required to commence work within five (5) calendar days after thedate of receipt by him of the notice to proceed, and to prosecute said work diligently andto complete the basic work ready for use not later than eighty nine (89) calendar days after the receipt by him of the Notice To Proceed (NTP). The contractor is required to maintain an integrated production of at least 12,000 cubic yards per calendar day. The work estimated to cost between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000. Plans and specifications for the subject project would be available in May 2022, with bid opening in June 2022. It is the intention of the Government to award in July 2022 and issue the NTP in October 2022. Liquidated Damages of $2,610.00 per calendar day of delay will be assessed to the contractor until all work under the contract is accepted as complete.

This is an unrestricted Procurement