Rhodes Point Navigation Improvement Project, Rhodes Point, Smith Island, Somerset County, Maryland

This proposed procurement is a competitive 100% Small Business Set-Aside procurement under NAICS 237990 "Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction" with a size standard of $36,500,000.00.

Project Description: The purpose of the project includes but is not limited to navigation improvements to the federally maintained channel at Sheep Pen Gut. Secondarily, the project will stabilize the highly erodible western shoreline below the Sheep Pen Gut Channel and beneficially use dredged material for wetland restoration. The project is expected to improve access to Chesapeake Bay from the Smith Island towns of Rhodes Point and Tylerton, protect the Sheep Pen Gut channel from shoaling, and beneficially use dredged material for the restoration of the eroded wetland along the western shoreline of Smith Island below the Sheep Pen Gut Channel.

Work will include dredging, building 2 stone jetties, shoreline sills, and wetland fill and creation. This project requires working in the Chesapeake Bay during winter months to avoid environmental closure periods. This means working by boat when the water is very rough. Contractor must be experienced with laying large (Armor) stone by boat, and with dredging in a difficult environment.

The magnitude of construction is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00.

Additional information in accordance with the statement of work will be included in the request for proposal (RFP) package.

This will be a Two Step Sealed Bid Process. The two-step procedure is designed to obtain the benefits of sealed bidding by awarding a contract to the lowest price, responsive, and responsible offeror. A firm fixed-price contract will be awarded to the responsive and responsible Bidder, whom the Government determined had an acceptable Step-One proposal, conforms to the solicitation, is fair and reasonable, and bids the lowest overall price.

Step One under this bidding process consists of the request for, submission, evaluation, and (if necessary) discussion of a technical proposal. Only one technical proposal may be submitted by each offeror. The proposals are evaluated for technical acceptability. The technical proposal shall not include prices or pricing information. Offerors should submit proposals that are acceptable without additional explanation or information. The Government may make a final determination regarding a proposal's acceptability solely on the basis of the proposal as submitted. The Government may proceed with the second step without requesting further information from any offeror; however, the Government may request additional information from offerors of proposals that it considers reasonably susceptible of being made acceptable, and may discuss proposals with their offerors. Negotiations or discussions are held, if necessary. A notice of unacceptability will be forwarded to the offeror upon completion of the proposal evaluation and final determination of unacceptability.

In Step Two, the normal sealed bid process will be followed. Only bids based upon technical proposals determined to be acceptable, either initially or as a result of discussions in Step One, will be considered for award. Each bid in the second step must be based on the bidder's own technical proposal. Each bidder shall comply with the specifications and the bidder's technical proposal.

It is anticipated that Phase 1 will be released on or about June 29, 2017 with proposals due on or about July 27, 2017.

Phase 1 of the solicitation will be provided in an electronic format, free of charge, to all authenticated account holders of Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) System. To familiarize vendors with the system, please download the Vendor guide by logging into https://www.FBO.gov. The media through which the Government chooses to issue this solicitation will be the Internet only. This solicitation will not be issued in paper.

Phase 2 of the solicitation will only be available to those offerors selected to advance to Phase 2.

Vendors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) database to receive a government contract award. Vendors must also be registered in Representations and Certifications Applications (included in SAM). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code applicable (237990 listed above) to this acquisition must be in vendor's SAM registration. Note: Update SAM profile to include all applicable NAICS Codes associated with your company. Vendors may register for SAM online at www.sam.gov or by calling 1-866-606-8220.