RECOVERY--Y--Construction Dredging (Phase III), 40-Foot Project, Cut-50 Through Lower Terminal Channel, Jacksonville Harbor, Duval County, Florida

The authorized project provides for the deepening of the ship channel from Station 6+53.19 of Cut-50 to Station 65+00 of Terminal Channel to a depth of 40 feet and an expansion of the Chaseville Widener by 100 to 200 feet. To facilitate the authorized project, the Phase III deepening contract will dredge the Federal Channel to a required depth of 42 feet plus 2 feet of allowable overdepth. Total quantity to be dredged from the Federal Channel is approximately 1,508,000 cubic yards (cy). The Phase III contract will also include four (4) Local Service Facilities to be dredged to a required depth of 40 feet plus 2 feet of allowable overdepth. All dredged material will be placed in the west end of Bartram Island (D/A-1 Cell A) which is located an average of 3.5 miles from the dredging location. Materials to be dredged consist of rock, consolidated materials consisting of dense compacted clay or silt, and unconsolidated materials consisting of sand, silty sand, silt and clay. Blasting will not be allowed under this contract.

THIS SYNOPSIS IS BEING UPDATED FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF INDICATING THAT THIS PROJECT WILL BE PARTIALLY FUNDED BY THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA) OF 2009.

PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED ON 14 APRIL 2009 AND ARE UNDER EVALUATION. REVISED PROPOSALS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED ON 8 MAY 2009. HOWEVER, PROPOSALS FROM OFFERORS WHO DID NOT SUBMIT AN INITIAL PROPOSAL ON 14 APRIL 2009 WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AT THIS TIME.

The following statement is hereby incorporated into the previous synopsis:

***A PORTION OF THE WORK UNDER THIS CONTRACT MAY BE FUNDED BY THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009. SUCH WORK WILL BE IDENTIFIED AS BEING RECOVERY ACT FUNDED. ANY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXECUTION OF SUCH FUNDS WILL BE PROVIDED***

Proposal due date of 14 April 2009 remains unchanged by this notice.

Amendment 0005 has been posted to ASFI along with additional questions and answers. Proposal due date has been postponed until 14 April 2009 at 4:00 p.m.

Amendment 0004 has been posted to ASFI. Proposal due date has been re-established as 7 April 2009 at 4:00 p.m.

Amendment 0002 has been posted to ASFI. Proposal due date has been re-established as 24 March 2009 at 4:00 p.m.

The authorized project provides for the deepening of the ship channel from Station 6+53.19 of Cut-50 to Station 65+00 of Terminal Channel to a depth of 40 feet and an expansion of the Chaseville Widener by 100 to 200 feet. To facilitate the authorized project, the Phase III deepening contract will dredge the Federal Channel to a required depth of 42 feet plus 2 feet of allowable overdepth. Total quantity to be dredged from the Federal Channel is approximately 1,508,000 cubic yards (cy). The Phase III contract will also include four (4) Local Service Facilities to be dredged to a required depth of 40 feet plus 2 feet of allowable overdepth. Total quantity to be dredged from the Local Service Facilities is approximately 130,000 cy. The contract will be divided into Base Bid and Optional Bid Items as follows: (1) Base Bid: Federal Channel, Cut-50 Station 6+53.19 to intersection of Cut-52/Cut-53 (approximately 549,000 cy); (2) Option A: Federal Channel, Intersection of Cut-52/Cut-53 to Cut-54 Station 3+50.17 (approximately 275,000 cy); (3) Option B: Federal Channel, Cut-54 Station 3+50.17 to Terminal Channel Station 65+00 (approximately 684,000 cy), Chevron Berth (approximately 39,000 cy) and JPA Berth 8 (approximately 25,000 cy); (4) Option C: Navy Fuel Depot Berth (approximately 50,000 cy); and (5) Option D: NuStar Berth (approximately 16,000 cy). All dredged material will be placed in the west end of Bartram Island (D/A-1 Cell A) which is located an average of 3.5 miles from the dredging location. Materials to be dredged consist of rock, consolidated materials consisting of dense compacted clay or silt, and unconsolidated materials consisting of sand, silty sand, silt and clay. Blasting will not be allowed under this contract.

Magnitude of construction is between $25,000,000.00 and $100,000,000.00. THIS IS AN UNRESTRICTED ACQUISITION. ALL RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE. There will be a price preference for certified HUBZone small business concerns that comply with the requirements in the solicitation as stipulated in FAR 19.1307. The solicitation will be issued on or about 9 January 2009 with proposals due on or about 10 February 2009. Solicitation will be issued in electronic format only and will be posted on the Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) website at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/. In order to receive notification of any amendments to this solicitation, interested vendors must REGISTER AS AN INTERESTED VENDOR on the Federal Business Opportunities website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. If you are not registered, the Government is not responsible with providing you with notification of any changes to this solicitation. You must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration in order to be eligible to receive an award from this solicitation. Call 1-888-227-2423 for more information or visit the CCR website at http://www.ccr.gov. You also must be registered in Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) in order to receive an award from this solicitation. The ORCA website is located at http://orca.bpn.gov. NAICS Code 237990, size standard $20 million.