Maintenance dredging to be performed on federal navigation channels in Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida, by a 20-24 inch cutterhead pipeline dredge, with dredged material disposed into open water and upland sites.

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In-House Advance Notice
(Construction Contract) 1. Project No.
W91278-16-B-0002 2. Date of Notice
10 March 16 3. Date Solicitation Documents Available (Approx.)
15 April 16

IN-HOUSE DISTRIBUTION ONLY
4. BIDS/OFFERS TO BE RECEIVED BY
(at place specified for receipt of offers)
A. TIME

2:00 P.M. B. DATE

17 May 2016    5.TIME FOR COMPLETION (Calendar days)

425 DAYS
6A. ISSUING OFFICE (Name, address, and ZIP Code)

COMMANDER
U.S. ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT, MOBILE
P.O. BOX 2288 ROOM 1009/PLANS ROOM
MOBILE, ALABAMA 36628-0001

RETURN NOTICE TO THIS ADDRESS 7. PROJECT TITLE AND LOCATION

IDIQ CONTRACT FOR RENTAL OF 20-24 INCH CUTTERHEAD PIPELINE DREDGE FOR DREDGING IN ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI, AND FLORIDA

6C. TELEPHONE NO. (INCLUDE AREA CODE)
251-441-5592


Internet Web Advertised Solicitation

THIS PROJECT IS ADVERTISED ON AN UNRESTRICED BASIS.

10. ESTIMATED COST RANGE PROJECT
A. FROM
$25,000,000.00 B. TO
$ 100,000,000.00 11. Offers Covering the Project Restricted to Small Business Yes___ No_X__
Subcontracting Plan Required Yes_X__ No ___
13. DESCRIPTION OF WORK (Physical Characteristics)
Maintenance dredging to be performed on federal navigation channels in Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida, by a 20-24 inch cutterhead pipeline dredge, with dredged material disposed into open water and upland sites.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 237990.

Field Office:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Irvington Site Office
Attn: Mr. Stephen Reid
7861 13th Street
Irvington, AL 36544-2899
Phone 251-957-6019
Stephen.h.reid@usace.army.mil


Project Manager: Donald A. Greene 251-694-3730 Donald.A.Greene@usace.army.mil

Contract Specialist: Nathan J. Fry 251-690-2536 nathan.j.fry@usace.army.mil

Requisition Purchase Request No. W31XNJ60567513

NOTES

Note No. 1: All prospective contractors and their subcontractors and suppliers must be registered in Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) before they will be allowed to download solicitation information. Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ prior to award of this contract. Solicitation documents, plans and specifications will only be available via FedBizOpps. Registration for plans and specifications should be made via FedBizOpps Internet Homepage. If you are not registered, the United States Government is not responsible for providing you with notifications of any changes to this solicitation. The solicitation will be available only as a direct download. This solicitation will not be issued on CD-ROM. Neither telephonic, mailed, nor fax requests will be accepted. Registration should be completed one week prior to the issue date. It is therefore the Contractor's responsibility to monitor the website daily for the solicitation to be posted, and for any posted changes or amendments to this solicitation. The plans and specifications and all notifications of changes to this solicitation shall only be made through this posting and modifications hereto. Plans and specifications will not be provided in a printed-paper format; however, the Government reserves the right to revert to paper medium when it is determined to be in the Government's best interest. NOTE: This solicitation is in .pdf format and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. Adobe
Acrobat Reader may be downloaded free of charge at http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.

Note No. 2: All bid forms, bid bonds, and other normal documents required for the bid submittal, including amendments to the bid submittal, shall be in paper medium. Electronic medium for the bid submittal documents will not be allowed.

Note No. 3: Critical path method (network analysis system) is not required.

Note No. 4: For this job, a small business is defined as having average annual receipts of less than $27,500,000 for the past
three years. To be considered small for purposes of Government procurement, a firm must perform at least
40 percent of the volume dredged with its own equipment or equipment owned by another small dredging concern.

Note No. 5: It is anticipated that this solicitation will not have bid options. However, optional bid items
may be added if it is determined to be in the Government's best interest.

Note No. 6: All advertisements of Mobile District projects will be through the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps). Detailed information on this and other Mobile District Projects (Ordering Solicitations, Points of Contact, Synopsis of Work, etc.) are available on the Internet at: https://www.fbo.gov.

Note No. 7: The request for information (RFI) process for bidder inquiries during the advertisement period will be through the ProjNet internet based system, and specifics will be contained in the RFP solicitation package available exclusively from FedBizOpps. Other forms of communicating RFIs to the Government will not be honored. The Government will try to respond to all questions. However, responses may not be furnished to all questions and particularly those received late in the advertisement period (0-10 days prior to bid opening.)

Address questions concerning downloading of plans/specifications to Plans Room at phone number 251-441-5592.