Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program (MsCIP) Comprehensive Barrier Island Restoration Plan, Phase 1 - Ship Island Restoration

INDUSTRY DAY NOTIFICATION

Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program (MsCIP) Comprehensive Barrier Island Restoration Plan, Phase 1 - Ship Island Restoration

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, will be conducting an industry day to solicit contractor input for final plans and specification development for the initial phase of the MsCIP Comprehensive Barrier Island Restoration Plan. The scope of work for the Phase 1 effort consists of the placement of approximately 6.7 million cubic yards of sand at Ship Island to close the approximately 3.5 mile wide breach known as Camille Cut. The borrow areas for the project are located in the Gulf of Mexico, south of Horn and Petit Bois Islands, approximately 20 - 35 miles from the placement site in water depths of 25 - 60 feet.

The industry day event will be held from 8:30 - 12:30 CST on Thursday, July 31, 2014 at 201 Saint Michael Street, Mobile, AL 36602 in Suite 100. The meeting will consist of a general session with a presentation on the project development followed by an open discussion/feedback period. Additionally, individual 30 minute break out sessions will be held, at the request of the contractor, after the general session is over. Contractor comments and suggestions are strongly encouraged.

The contract will be a quote mark C quote mark type Invitation for Bid (IFB) solicitation and it is tentatively scheduled for advertisement in early December 2014. Contract award is tentatively scheduled for mid-February 2015 with a period of performance of approximately 15 months.

The following items are provided as enclosures for additional project information:
Draft bid schedule and explanation of bid items
Draft contract plans
Boring logs
Summary of the environmental considerations and monitoring requirements
Map that identifies areas that can be used for construction/pipeline access to Ship Island
Report that documents modeling efforts performed to estimate sand losses during closure of the breach

The draft National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation can be found at the following link:

http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/Missions/ProgramandProjectManagement/MsCIPProgram/MsCIPDownloads.aspx

Please email Mr. Justin McDonald at Justin.S.McDonald@usace.army.mil by 17:00 CST on July 24, 2014 if you plan to attend this event. Provide your name, contact information, the company you represent, the number of people in your party who will attend, and whether or not you want to participate in a 30 minute individual break out session.