Marsh Restoration for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP)

Marsh Restoration at Dredged Material Containment Area 1S (DMCA 1S)

W912HN-21-B-5002

NAICS: 237990

Size Standard: $39.5M

This synopsis is for the Marsh Restoration at Dredged Material Containment Area 1S (DMCA 1S). This acquisition is being offered as an unrestricted competitive solicitation and will result in a Fixed Price Contract Award. The magnitude of this requirement per FAR 36.204 is more than $10M.

Project Location: Savannah Harbor is located at Savannah, Chatham County on the northern coast of Georgia and the southern coast of Jasper County, South Carolina. The project is located within a designated area on Onslow Island (Northing: 782,928.2516; Easting: 974,087.2680), within the Savannah River at the confluence of the Front River and Middle River and is within the boundaries of the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge. The site is owned and managed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Access to the project site is by water only.

Project Description: The contractor will complete the restoration of approximately 29 acres of brackish marsh, including excavation of material and creation of feeder creeks to enable tidal connectivity on the site. During excavation for marsh restoration, feeder creeks will be excavated to tie into adjacent bodies of water. The extent of the marsh restoration areas will begin at the toe of excavated 3H:1V cut slopes. Some additional, incidental work should be anticipated to establish vegetation across the face of the 3H:1V cut slopes.  The final elevation for the marsh restoration is approximately +7.6’ mean lower low water (mllw). The project includes installation and removal of silt fence and other erosion control measures, clearing and grubbing, marsh restoration and feeder creek excavation, and removal/disposal of excavated materials from the site. 

Savannah River channel dredging operations will be ongoing during this contract and there may be commercial or Government contractor vessel traffic near the project site during the construction period. The location of excavated material disposal will be coordinated by the Government to include disposal in the Government’s upland dredged material containment areas located along the Back River and in-water disposal in the Sediment Basin area of the Back River.

The estimated construction duration for the Marsh Restoration at DMCA 1S is 360 calendar days after issuance of the Notice to Proceed.

Evaluation Criteria: The contract will be solicited and procured using Sealed Bidding Procedures under FAR Part 14.

NOTE: This solicitation will be issued in electronic format only and is anticipated to be available on or about April 19, 2021. Please note that the bid opening date will be specified in the solicitation when issued. No additional media (CD-ROM, floppy disks, faxes, etc.) will be provided. Any prospective Offeror must register in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov. After completing SAM registration, interested Contractors and their subcontractors must then register at https://www.beta.sam.gov to obtain solicitation documents, plans and specifications for this solicitation. Contractors that have an existing account should be able to use their existing logins to search for the solicitation number once it is released at https://www.beta.sam.gov. It is the Offeror’s responsibility to check the Internet address provided as necessary for any amendments that may be posted to this solicitation. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be available. Other methods of requesting a package will not be honored. Contractual Questions should be forwarded to Contract Specialist, SFC Kassandra Robinson at Kassandra.N.Robinson@usace.army.mil or to the attention of Contracting Officer, Whittni Hiscox at Whittni.C.Hiscox@usace.army.mil. The contracting office address is 100 West Oglethorpe Avenue, Savannah Georgia, 31401.