Port Freeport Harbor Improvement Project Reach #2, Bend Easing Mechanical Excavation in Brazoria County, Texas.

3 Mar 2022 - AVAILABILITY OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATION ON THE PROCUREMENT INTEGRATED ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENT (PIEE), SOLICITATION MODULE. DASA(P)POLICY 21-81, DATED 20 AUGUST 2021 - Contractors may view and/or download the Invitation for Bid (IFB) and all amendments at the Solicitation Module of the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) suite at https://piee.eb.mil/ .

Plans and specification will not be available in paper format or on compact disc.  It is the offeror’s responsibility to monitor the PIEE Solicitation Model daily (using the above link) for plans, specification, and amendments to the solicitation.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District Office requires a contract for Port Freeport Harbor Improvement Project Reach #2, Bend Easing Mechanical Excavation in Brazoria County, Texas.

Please NOTE this solicitation requires offerors to enter a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) score in the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) prior to responding to this solicitation.  The NIST score is a responsiveness item. Bids/offers from contractors with a NIST score in SPRS will be considered responsive and evaluated/considered for award.  Those without a NIST score in SPRS will be deemed NON-RESPONSIVE and thus not evaluated/considered for award.  

Project Information: Schedule No. 1, Mechanical excavation of dry earthwork (bend easing area).  The “dry” excavation for the bend easing area will impact approximately 14.6 acres.  Work includes hauling and dumping of material to nearby Port owned tract of land.     

Completion Time:  Schedule No. 1 completion time is 224 calendar days/2,300 yards per day.  

If the contractor fails to complete the work within the time specified, the contractor shall pay liquidated damages to the Government in the amount of $2,800.00 for each calendar day of delay until the work is completed or accepted.

The contractor will be required to provide Performance and Payment Bonds within (3) calendar days after award.  The contractor shall begin work within (10) calendar days after receipt of the notice to Proceed.  

The Solicitation issued will be Firm Fixed Price.  The magnitude of this project is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. 

The solicitation is advertised as “Unrestricted”. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code applicable to this project is 237990.  The Small Business Size Standard is $39.5 Million. 

The solicitation will be issued on or about 15 March 2022.  Response date will be 15 April 2022.   (All bids must be submitted electronically per Section 00 21 00 of the solicitation).  RECOMMEND OFFERS BE SUBMITTED AT LEAST “2 HOURS” PRIOR TO “RESPONSE TIME” TO ALLOW FOR ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION.  The estimated award date for this project is May 2022.
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The Contract Specialist for this solicitation will be Ms. Lucille Smith, (409) 766-3845; E-mail:   Lucille.r.smith@usace.army.mil .  For technical information about this solicitation, please contact Mr. Cesar Ramos; Email:  Cesar.Ramos@usace.army.mil or Ms. Sara Clark; Email:  Sara.A.Clark@usace.army.mil between the hours of 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Holidays.