Philadelphia to Sea/Wilmington Harbor Consolidated Dredging

 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, intends to award a firm fixed contract that consists of Maintenance dredging under this contract.

Contractor will conduct pre- and post-placement condition surveys for each section. The contractor will be required to request surveys two working days prior to completing or beginning a dredging section. The following work assignment and specification quantities should be advertised with one unit price for the maintenance dredging for Marcus Hook, Deepwater Point, New Castle, Cherry Island/Bellevue Ranges and a second unit price in the base bid for maintenance dredging of Wilmington Harbor/Christiana River. Option 1, Liston Range, shall be another unit price and add 45 days to the contract period of performance if awarded. Option 2, Reedy/Baker Ranges, shall be another unit price and add 30 days to the contract period of performance if awarded. All dredging will be performed to the specified required depth plus 1' allowable over depth. The maintenance dredging shall be performed as contour dredging. The contract will provide for dredging up to 25' outside the channel edge in the Delaware River.

BASE BID WORK ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER LINE ITEM:

                                                                                             AVAILABLE               AVAILABLE

RANGE                       STATION TO STATION                    TO 46’ (CY)             TO 47’ (CY)

Marcus Hook                117+000 to 129+000                          750,000                 900,000  ~36days   

Cherry Island/Bellevue 158+000 to 161+750

                                      166+500 to 171+500                          250,000                  350,000   ~18days 

Deepwater Point            187+000 to 200+000                          750,000                 900,000    ~45days                                                                         

New Castle                    225+000 to 237+500                          750,000                900,000     ~45days 

TOTALS                                                                                2,500,000              3,050,000       ~144days

BASE BID WORK ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE CHRISTIANA RIVER LINE ITEM:

                                                                                                AVAILABLE             AVAILABLE

DEPTH +1ft                    ACCPTENCE SECTION            TO DEPTH (CY)    TO OVERDEPTH (CY)

35+1ft                                            AS-1                                    175,000                       200,000

38+1ft                                            AS-2                                    275,000                       315,000

38+1ft                                            AS-3                                    100,000                       115,000

38+1ft                                            AS-4                                    100,000                       120,000 TOTALS                                                                                    650,000                       750,000

OPTIONS/DEPTH         STATION TO STATION         TO DEPTH (CY)        TOOVERDEPTH    

Liston Range (45+1)      278+750 to 283+500 red only;

                                       283+500 to 291+000                          500,000                       600,000      

Reedy/Baker Ranges (45+1)  259+900 to 267+100                  135,000                       235,000  

1.  The following disposal areas will be available for this contract:

Pedricktown South

Killcohook Area #3

Reedy Point South

Artificial Island

a. Drawings for the disposal areas will specify that the contractor shall ensure the discharge end of the dredge pipe extends 40 feet past the interior crest of the containment dike. This forty-foot length of pipe shall be sufficiently and safely supported along the entire length of the pipe by timber cribbing, a compacted earthen embankment, or other means approved by the Contracting Officer’s Representative.

b. The specifications of the sluice discharge pipes shall require that all three pipes located at the Pedricktown South CDF be temporary extended to reach the mean low water line at a minimum during the duration of the contract.

2.The Water Quality Certificate is issued through the Nationwide Permit 16 (2017) by the State of Delaware. Delaware has generically issued WQC and CZM for this nationwide permit. This applies to all federal projects and O&M dredging in waters of Delaware and is valid for 5yrs.

3. The contractor will be assessed liquidated damages for each of delay. The daily rate will be determined at a later date.

4. The Corps will perform before dredging surveys for each section. The contractor will be required to request surveys two working days prior to completing or beginning a dredging section. Survey control data sheets will be provided by Survey Branch.

5. This procurement will be advertised as UNRESTRICTED. The estimate range for this procaurement is between $25M to $100M.

6. The period of performance is 170 days.

7. This is not a request for proposals at this time, the solicitation requirements and documents will include instructions for submission and the response date, will be available on or about 29 July 2021.

8. Neither telephonic, mailed nor faxed requests for hard copies of this solicitation will be accepted. The solicitation will only be available online; in order to download the solicitation offerors must access the official U.S. government website for people who make, receive, and manage federal awards. The website is (https.sam.gov ).