Maintenance Dredging, Wilmington Harbor, Christina River, Delaware

Contract work will consist of Maintenance Dredging of the Wilmington Harbor Christina River, Delaware: (a) Dredging will be required to a depth of 35 feet MLLW (Datum) plus 1-foot allowable overdepth within the contract work limits shown on the drawings from Station 0+000 to Station 1+650, with no side slopes delineated and/or paid for along the South Channel edge (box cut). Dredging will be required to a distance of 25 feet outside the North Channel edge when required dredging depths exist inside the channel along the perimeter of the North edge, with no side slopes delineated and/or paid for; (b) Dredging will be required to a depth of 38 feet MLLW (Datum) plus 1-foot allowable overdepth within the contract work limits from Station 1+650 to Station 6+236, with no side slopes delineated and/or paid for along the South Channel edge (box cut). Dredging will be required to a distance of 25 feet outside the North Channel edge, North turning basin edges, and entrance widening (flare) when required dredging depths exist inside the channel and basin, along the perimeter of the aforementioned North limits, with no side slopes delineated and/or paid for; (c) No side slopes will be specified for this contract. This is a contour dredging job; (d) The use of hopper or mechanical/bucket dredging shall not be permitted under this contract; (e) The Government-furnished disposal area available for use under this contract is Wilmington Harbor South Disposal Area. Solicitation No. W912BU-15-B-0004 will be issued on or about 15 April 2015 with a bid opening date of 19 May 2015 at 11:00 a.m. The period of performance is approximately 40 calendar days; Estimated cost range of this project is $1,000,000.00 to $5,000,000.00; and the NAICS code for this project is 237990 (SIC 1629) with a size standard of $27.5 million dollars. Solicitation documents, plans and specifications will only be available via the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) homepage located at https://www.fbo.gov/. Registration for plans and specifications should be made via FBO Internet homepage and hard copies will not be available. No written or fax requests will be accepted. It is the contractor's responsibility to monitor FBO for any amendments. Also, contractors who receive a federal contract of $100,000.00 are required by legislation (FAR 22.1310(b)) to submit an annual VETS-100 Report on your employment of targeted veterans. Information on submitting your report may be obtained by calling 1-703-461-2460 or by accessing the following Internet website: http://www.vets100.com. All contractors must be registered in the DODs System for Award Management (SAM) database as required by DFARS 204.7300. Davis Bacon rates will be applicable to the construction and bonding is required. Please review all bonds and accompanying documents required to be submitted. Affirmative action to insure equal employment opportunity is applicable to the resulting contract. Liquidated damages will be specified. Award will be made as a whole to one bidder. This procurement is advertised as Unrestricted.