Maintenance Dredging, Thimble Shoal Channel, Hampton Roads, Virginia

THIS PROCUREMENT IS AN UNRESTRICTED PROCUREMENT. The Norfolk District, Army Corps of Engineers has a requirement to award a construction contract for Maintenance Dredging at Thimble Shoal Channel, Hampton Roads, Virginia.

The project consists of dredging portions of the Thimble Shoal Federal Navigation Channel. The work in Thimble Shoal consists of maintenance dredging to a required depth of 51 feet MLLW with one foot of allowable overdepth. The dredging involves approximately 651,800 cubic yards of material, including allowable overdepth dredging and estimated accretion to November 2016.

The work shall be performed by a hopper dredge with all dredged material transported and placed in the designated Government-furnished placement area at Dam Neck Ocean Disposal Site.

THIS IS AN UNRESTRICTED 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.

The magnitude of construction is estimated to be between $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. NAICS Code 237990 applies to this procurement.

The reciept time for bids is NLT 1100, 19 September 2016.

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

Inquires may be directed to Quincy McNeil by email at quincy.a.mcneil@usace.army.mil. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE HONORED.

THIS PROCUREMENT IS AN UNRESTRICTED PROCUREMENT. The Norfolk District, Army Corps of Engineers has a requirement to award a construction contract for Maintenance Dredging at Thimble Shoal Channel, Hampton Roads, Virginia.

The project consists of dredging portions of the Thimble Shoal Federal Navigation Channel. The work in Thimble Shoal consists of maintenance dredging to a required depth of 51 feet MLLW with one foot of allowable overdepth. The dredging involves approximately 651,800 cubic yards of material, including allowable overdepth dredging and estimated accretion to November 2016.

The work shall be performed by a hopper dredge with all dredged material transported and placed in the designated Government-furnished placement area at Dam Neck Ocean Disposal Site.

THIS IS AN UNRESTRICTED 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.

The magnitude of construction is estimated to be between $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. NAICS Code 237990 applies to this procurement.

The solicitation will be posted on or about 19 August 2016.

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

Inquires may be directed to Quincy McNeil by email at quincy.a.mcneil@usace.army.mil. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE HONORED.