Rye Harbor Maintenance Dregding

Rye Harbor Maintenance Dredging, Rye, New Hampshire

Pre-Solicitation Notice

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District will be issuing an Invitation for Bids for the Maintenance Dredging of the Rye Harbor Federal Navigation Project, located in Rye, New Hampshire.

This procurement is set aside for small business concerns.  The NAICS code for the work is 237990. Dredging operations are expected to take 3 to 4 months to complete and shall occur between November 15 and March 15 during the years dredging is performed, to minimize impact to natural resources in the area.  The estimated construction cost is $1,000,000 to $5,000,000.  Any responsible source meeting this standard may submit a bid to be considered by the New England District.

The location of work to be performed under this contract shall be within the Congressionally-authorized Rye Harbor Federal Navigation Project, located in Rye, New Hampshire.  Approximately 60,000 cubic yards (CY) of fine sand and silt will be dredged from the 10’ channel, 8’ channel, 8’ anchorage, 6’ anchorage, and 8’ State anchorage.  All depths refer to the plane of Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW).  All of the material to be dredged will be transported by scow and placed at either the Cape Arundel Disposal Site (CADS).  It is expected that the dredging contractor will need to maintain a dredging production rate of at least 20,000 CY per month to be successful in performing the work of this contract.

This is not an invitation for bids at this time. The solicitation requirements and contract documents, to include instructions for submission and the response date, will be available on or about 29 June, 2020.  Neither telephonic, mailed nor faxed requests for hard copies of this solicitation will be accepted. The solicitation will only be available online; in order to download the solicitation, offerors must access the Federal Business Opportunities website at beta.SAM.gov.  All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the New England District.  Additional questions may be emailed to the Contract Specialist, Guesley Leger, at Guesley.Leger@usace.army.mil.