Quillayute River Hydraulic Dredging FY15, La Push, WA

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The point-of-contact for administrative or contractual questions is Contract Specialist Caroline Mueller at email: Caroline.B.Mueller@usace.army.mil. Please no phone calls. All questions must be submitted in writing to the above point-of-contact.

FOR INFORMATION ONLY:
This Synopsis/Pre-Solicitation Notice is ONLY A NOTIFICATION that a solicitation is anticipated and forthcoming. All questions regarding this Synopsis/Pre-Solicitation should be submitted in writing via email to Ms. Mueller at the email indicated above.

Construction Project:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Seattle District requires maintenance hydraulic cutterhead suction dredging of approximately 70,000 cubic yards of sediment from the Quillayute River Channel and Boat Basin and disposal of the dredged material at three nearby designated disposal sites. The dredged material shall be confined in a basin, surrounded by a berm constructed from onsite material by the Contractor. Work would begin 1 September 2015 and all in-water work must be completed by 28 February 2016. The purpose of the project is to ensure a navigable waterway for vessel traffic in the Quillayute River Federal Navigation Channel. The project is located on the Pacific Northwest coast and is subjected to periodic flooding river conditions with strong currents, both river and tidal, and high winds.

The magnitude of construction is estimated to be between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. The resulting contract will be firm-fixed-price.

Solicitation number W912DW-15-B-0014 will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website, www.fbo.gov, on or about 19 June 2015. The solicitation will be an Invitation for Bids. Bids will be due no sooner than 30 calendar days after actual solicitation issuance date. See the solicitation for details about bid opening. The NAICS code for this procurement is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction - Dredging and Surface Cleanup Activities, and the associated small business size standard is $27,500,000 in average annual receipts. The solicitation is unrestricted and open to both large and small business concerns.

The solicitation documents for this requirement will be issued in electronic format only and will be made available online via the FBO website at www.fbo.gov under the subject solicitation number. NO CD's OR HARD COPIES WILL BE AVAILABLE. Offerors are responsible for checking for any update(s) to the Notice/Solicitation. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offeror's inability to access the document(s) posted at the referenced website. To obtain automatic notifications of updates to this notice, you must log in to www.fbo.gov and add the solicitation to your Watchlist . If you would like to list your firm so others can see you are an interested vendor, you must click the Add Me To Interested Vendors button in the listing for this solicitation on www.fbo.gov.

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