SB Set-Aside for Brazos and CO River Scour Hole Repairs located off of the Gulf IWW in Texas

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District Office requires a contract to fill scour holes within the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) channel with stone, some adjacent to guidewalls at government-owned facilities, as identified by multibeam surveys taken at the Brazos River Flood Gates, Freeport, Texas and Colorado River Locks, Matagorda, Texas. Completion time for Schedule No. 1 is 90 calendar days. Sixty calendar days for the Option if exercised. The estimated award date for this project is sometime late February, 2019. The Solicitation issued will be Firm Fixed Price. The magnitude of this project is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00.

If the contractor fails to complete the work within the time specified, the contractor shall pay liquidated damages in an amount TBD to the Government for each calendar day of delay until the work is completed or accepted. The contractor will be required to provide Performance and Payment Bonds within (5) calendar days after award. The contractor shall begin work within (10) calendar days after acknowledgement of the notice to Proceed. The Solicitation issued will be Firm Fixed Price. The solicitation is advertised as "100% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE". The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code applicable to this project is 237990. The Small Business Size Standard is $36.5 Million.

The Solicitation will be issued on 31 Dec 2018. Response date will be on or about 30 Jan 2019 @ 2:00 PM CST.

ATTENTION TO OFFEROR(s)/CONTRACTOR(s): EFFECTIVE MARCH 22, 2018, YOU MUST SUBMIT A NOTARIZED LETTER APPOINTING THE AUTHORIZED ENTITY ADMINISTRATOR BEFORE YOUR REGISTRATION WILL BE ACTIVATED. THIS REQUIREMENT NOW APPLIES TO BOTH NEW AND EXISTING ENTITIES. MAKE SURE YOUR SAM PROFILE INCLUDES "ALL AWARDS" AND NOT JUST "FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AWARDS" AS THIS OPTION IS ONLY FOR GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. PLEASE VISIT WWW.SAM.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION.

On the solicitation date,all offerors are encouraged to visit the Federal Business Opportunities website at https://www.fbo.gov to view and download the plans, specification and or any amendments for this procurement when they are posted. Plans and specifications will not be available in paper format or on compact disc. To register as an "Interested Vendor", visit https://www.fbo.gov.

Offerors must be registered with the Systems for Award Management (SAM), in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the SAM Internet address is: https://www.sam.gov.The Contract Specialist for this solicitation will be Bill Bondurant, (409) 766-3944; Email: William.bondurant@usace.army.mil . For technical questions about this solicitation, please see the following instructions:

BIDDER INQUIRY - PROJNET
1. Prospective Offerors should submit questions concerning this solicitation via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at www.projnet.org/projnet .

A. To submit and review bid inquiry items, bidders will need to be a current registered user or self register into the system. To self-register, go to the aforementioned web page and click on the BID tab. Select Bidder Inquiry, select agency USACE, and enter the Bidder Inquiry Key for this solicitation listed, your email address,and then click login. Fill in all required information and click create user. Verify that information on next screen is correct and click continue.
***Please Note: Offerors shall only submit one question per inquiry. Inquiries containing multiple questions may be rejected.

B. From this page, you may view all bidder inquiries or add inquiry.

C. Offerors will receive an acknowledgement of their question via email, followed by an answer to their question after it has been processed by our technical team.

D. The Solicitation Number is: W912HY19B0004
The Bidder Inquiry Key is: FBVMEY-96836A

2. The Bidder Inquiry System will be unavailable for new inquires fifteen (15) calendar days prior to offer submission in order to ensure adequate time is allotted to form an appropriate response and amend the solicitation if necessary.

3. Offerors are requested to review the specification in its entirety, review the Bidder Inquiry System for answers to questions prior to submission of a new inquiry.

4. The call center operates weekdays from 8AM to 5PM U.S. Central Time Zone (Chicago). The telephone number for the Call Center is 800-428-HELP.

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District Office requires a contract to fill scour holes within the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) channel with stone, some adjacent to guidewalls at government-owned facilities, as identified by multibeam surveys taken at the Brazos River Flood Gates, Freeport, Texas and Colorado River Locks, Matagorda, Texas. Completion time for Schedule No. 1 is 90 calendar days. Sixty calendar days for the Option if exercised. The estimated award date for this project is sometime late February, 2019. The Solicitation issued will be Firm Fixed Price. The magnitude of this project is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00.

If the contractor fails to complete the work within the time specified, the contractor shall pay liquidated damages in an amount TBD to the Government for each calendar day of delay until the work is completed or accepted. The contractor will be required to provide Performance and Payment Bonds within (5) calendar days after award. The contractor shall begin work within (10) calendar days after acknowledgement of the notice to Proceed. The Solicitation issued will be Firm Fixed Price. The solicitation is advertised as "100% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE". The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code applicable to this project is 237990. The Small Business Size Standard is $36.5 Million.

The Solicitation will be issued on or about 24 December 2018. Response date will be on or about 23 January 2019 @ 2:00 PM CST.

ATTENTION TO OFFEROR(s)/CONTRACTOR(s): EFFECTIVE MARCH 22, 2018, YOU MUST SUBMIT A NOTARIZED LETTER APPOINTING THE AUTHORIZED ENTITY ADMINISTRATOR BEFORE YOUR REGISTRATION WILL BE ACTIVATED. THIS REQUIREMENT NOW APPLIES TO BOTH NEW AND EXISTING ENTITIES. MAKE SURE YOUR SAM PROFILE INCLUDES "ALL AWARDS" AND NOT JUST "FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AWARDS" AS THIS OPTION IS ONLY FOR GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. PLEASE VISIT WWW.SAM.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION.

On the solicitation date,all offerors are encouraged to visit the Federal Business Opportunities website at https://www.fbo.gov to view and download the plans, specification and or any amendments for this procurement when they are posted. Plans and specifications will not be available in paper format or on compact disc. To register as an "Interested Vendor", visit https://www.fbo.gov.

Offerors must be registered with the Systems for Award Management (SAM), in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the SAM Internet address is: https://www.sam.gov.The Contract Specialist for this solicitation will be Bill Bondurant, (409) 766-3944; Email: William.bondurant@usace.army.mil . For technical questions about this solicitation, please see the following instructions:

BIDDER INQUIRY - PROJNET
1. Prospective Offerors should submit questions concerning this solicitation via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at www.projnet.org/projnet .

A. To submit and review bid inquiry items, bidders will need to be a current registered user or self register into the system. To self-register, go to the aforementioned web page and click on the BID tab. Select Bidder Inquiry, select agency USACE, and enter the Bidder Inquiry Key for this solicitation listed, your email address,and then click login. Fill in all required information and click create user. Verify that information on next screen is correct and click continue.
***Please Note: Offerors shall only submit one question per inquiry. Inquiries containing multiple questions may be rejected.

B. From this page, you may view all bidder inquiries or add inquiry.

C. Offerors will receive an acknowledgement of their question via email, followed by an answer to their question after it has been processed by our technical team.

D. The Solicitation Number is: W912HY19B0004
The Bidder Inquiry Key is: FBVMEY-96836A

2. The Bidder Inquiry System will be unavailable for new inquires fifteen (15) calendar days prior to offer submission in order to ensure adequate time is allotted to form an appropriate response and amend the solicitation if necessary.

3. Offerors are requested to review the specification in its entirety, review the Bidder Inquiry System for answers to questions prior to submission of a new inquiry.

4. The call center operates weekdays from 8AM to 5PM U.S. Central Time Zone (Chicago). The telephone number for the Call Center is 800-428-HELP.

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