Renourishment of Roosevelt-Lewes Beach fill

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Action Code: Sources Sought

Class Code: Z

Subject: Market Research- Renourishment of Roosevelt Inlet to Lewes Beach, Town of Lewes, Delaware

Solicitation No.: W912BU22B- Renourishment of Roosevelt to Lewes Beach

Set-Aside Code: Small Business

Response Date: 2 March 2023

Place of Performance: Lewes, Delaware in Sussex County

Description:  This resubmission corrects response date to reflect 2 March 2023.

This is a Sources Sought Notice and is for information purposes only.

******************THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS, OR BIDS.*********************

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, intends to award a firm fixed contract to perform renourishment of Roosevelt Inlet to Lewes Beach, Lewes, Delaware in Sussex County.

The beach fill project extends from the southeast side of Roosevelt Inlet for a length of 1,400 ft. The beach fill project provides flood and coastal storm damage reduction to the community of Lewes Beach. The authorized beach design template includes a minimum 15-ft berm at elevation 8.0 ft NA VD extending at a slope of 1 V: lOH above MHW, and a dune with 25-ft crest width at elevation 14 ft NA VD. The minimum 15-ft design berm width is measured from the seaward toe of the design dune. This authorized design provides a total beach width ( dune base and berm width) of 100 ft to the berm crest at elevation 8.0 ft NAVD.

The intended borrow areas for this beachfill includes the offshore borrow area, located approximately ¼-mile offshore. The project will include a base bid, which includes restoring each project to the design template and up to two options, for placement of additional sand as advanced nourishment. The contract period of performance is 120 calendar days.

The NAICS Code for this project is 237990 Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction and the small business size standard is $39.5 Million. Estimated cost range of the project is $1 - $5 Million dollars. This project will be completed via dredge, not via truckload.

Solicitation will be issued on or about 5 June 2023 with a bid opening date occurring at least 30 days after the Solicitation.

Responses to this Sources Sought Announcement will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. Narratives are requested with the following information, which shall not exceed a total of eight (8) pages.

1. Offeror's name, address, points of contact with telephone numbers and e-mail addresses.

2. Business size/classification to include any designations as Small Business, HUBZone, ServiceDisabled Veteran Owned, 8(a), Women-Owned small businesses shall be indicated on first page of submission.

3. Provide construction bonding level per single contract/task order. Provide the aggregate sum total construction bonding level. Provide both capabilities which must be expressed in U.S. dollars; along with current available bonding capacity.

4. Description of capability to perform similar or same projects listed above, manage subcontractors, prepare and comply with various environmental and construction permits, and capacity to execute this project with other ongoing construction contracts.

5. Past performance/experience on projects of similar scope and magnitude, describing no more than five (5) projects that are at least 50% construction complete within the past five years. The past performance information should include project title, location, general description of the construction to demonstrate relevance to the proposed projects, the Offeror's role, dollar value of contract, and name of the company, agency or government entity for which the work was performed with contact information (reference name, phone number and e-mail address).

Responses should be sent to Frederick Conway, at frederick.conway@usace.army.mil on or before March 2,  2023, at 3:00 PM EST.