South Atlantic Division Regional Harbor Dredging Contract FY21

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

FOR

Regional Hopper Dredge for USACE South Atlantic Division

This is a Sources Sought/Request for Information only. This is NOT a Solicitation Announcement, nor is it a

Request for Proposal. This request does not obligate the Government in any contract award.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, is conducting research to determine the market capabilities of potential contractors to perform maintenance dredging (Hopper) for (4) dredging projects.  The areas of consideration for these dredging services are:  Brunswick Harbor, Georgia; Savannah Harbor, Georgia; Wilmington Harbor, North Carolina; and Morehead City Harbor, North Carolina.

Brunswick Harbor, Georgia

Estimated Quantity: 2,000,000 CY

Environmental Window:  December 1 – March 31

The work for Brunswick Harbor for maintenance dredging will require a hopper dredge(s).  The dredge(s) must have the capability to dredge fine sands and silts to a depth of -40 MLLW and to transport the dredged sediment up to 15 miles to the dump location.  Dredged material shall be placed in the Brunswick Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (ODMDS).  Disposal shall be within a specific area within the Brunswick ODMDS identified by USACE in conjunction with EPA, Region 4 in order for disposal monitoring to be effective.  The bin restrictions for the Brunswick ODMDS are as follows:

Reach                                                    Bin Restriction

-19+000 to -23+000                            11,500 cy

-23+000 to -28+000                            8,860 cy

-28+000 to -33+500                            9,300 cy

-33+500 to -56+500                            7,000 cy

Savannah Harbor, Georgia

Estimated Quantity: 735,000 CY

Environmental Window:  December 1 – March 31

The work for Savannah Harbor for maintenance dredging will require a Hopper dredge(s). The dredge(s) must have the capability to dredge fine sands and silts to a depth of -51 MLLW and to transport the dredged sediment up to 15 miles to the dump location.  Dredged material shall be placed in the offshore disposal areas. Disposal shall be within a specific area within the Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (ODMDS) identified by USACE in conjunction with EPA, Region 4 in order for disposal monitoring to be effective.  The bin restriction for the Savannah ODMDS is 12,500 cubic yards.  

Wilmington Harbor, North Carolina

Estimated Quantity: 720,000 CY

Environmental Window:  December 1 – March 31

The work for Wilmington Harbor Outer Ocean Bar shall consist of maintenance dredging of Wilmington Harbor Baldhead Shoal Channel Reach 3, Southport Channel and Battery Island Channel.  The maintenance dredging will require removal and disposal of shoaled material that has accumulated in the channels since they were last dredged.  The dredging shall be performed by hopper dredge.  Dredging depth is 44’ plus 2’ of allowable over depth.  The Government furnished disposal area is the Wilmington Harbor Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site.

Morehead City Harbor, North Carolina

Estimated Quantity: 600,000 CY

Environmental Window:  January 1 – March 31

The work consists of maintenance dredging of the Morehead City Harbor Cutoff and Range A. The work will consist of removal and disposal of shoaled material that has accumulated in the channels since they were last dredged. Dredging by hopper dredge will be allowed for this work. Dredging depth is 45 feet plus 2 feet of allowable overdepth. Disposal of dredged material will be in the Nearshore Placement Area. The environmental window for disposal in the Nearshore Placement Area is 1 December to 30 April. If weather and/or wave conditions prohibit safe disposal in the Nearshore Placement Area, the Contractor will be allowed to place dredged material in the Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (ODMDS). However there will be a limit on the number of loads allowed to be placed in the ODMDS.

All interested firms with 237990 as an approved NAICs code have until 18 March 2020 at 4:00 p.m. to submit the following information:

- Name & Address of your Firm

- Point of Contact (Name/Phone/E-mail)

- Current SAM

The contract period of performance will begin in the year 2020 and extend to 2021.   The estimated magnitude of this project is between $25,000,000.00 and $50,000,000.00, The NAICS Code for this project is 237990 Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction and the size standard is $30 Million. [NOTE: Dredging - To be considered small for purposes of Government procurement, a firm must perform at least 40 percent of the volume dredged with its own equipment or equipment owned by another small dredging concern.]

Responses to this Sources Sought Announcement will be used by the government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All interested businesses, regardless of size should submit a narrative demonstrating their Specialized Experience in similar type contracts, Past Performance, Key Personnel. Capability statements should include size/classification of your firm, bonding capacity, bonding availability, details of similar projects, and the completion dates, references and contract amounts for the similar projects listed.

SURVEY OF THE DREDGING INDUSTRY

The following confidential survey questionnaire is designed to apprise the Corps of prospective dredging contractors' project execution capabilities. Please provide your response to the following questions. All questions are in regard to the Brunswick Harbor, Savannah Harbor, Wilmington Harbor, and Morehead City Harbor dredging projects.

General:

1) Have you ever worked on dredging jobs similar in nature to this project? If so, please describe the project and for whom the work was performed. Identify a point of contact and phone number, as a reference of relevant experience.

2) What percentage of work (volume of material dredged, transported and ultimately placed) can you perform with your own equipment or equipment owned by another contractor?

3) Have you performed dredging within the waters of Wilmington Harbor, Brunswick Harbor, Savanna Harbor, or Morehead City Harbor?

4) Would you be bidding on this project as a sole contractor, prime contractor with subcontractor(s) or as a joint venture?

5) Is there a dollar limit on the size of contract that you would bid? If so what is that limit?

6) What is the largest dredging contract, in dollars, on which you were the prime contractor?

7) What is your bonding capacity per contract? What is your total bonding capacity?

Equipment:

8) What type of dredge equipment do you own and / or operate that is suitable for the work described? Please list each piece of equipment capable of performing each type of work described.

9) Identify which dredge(s), including support equipment (tugs, crew boats etc.), you would employ on this project. Also, for each dredge, identify the maximum digging depth.

Narratives shall be no longer than 20 pages.  The requested information shall be submitted electronically to:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Attn: Ros Shoemaker and Karri L. Mares

E-mail: rosalind.m.shoemaker@usace.army.mil and karri.l.mares@usace.army.mil

The email should be titled:  Regional Hopper Dredge, Sources Sought

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS SUCH.

Do not send hard copies of advertising or promotional materials. Please ensure that all responses are comprehensive and provide a name and point-of-contact for your firm for follow-up by this office or the procuring contracting officer. If you have responded to any previous e-mail messages or had other communications with our office regarding preliminary market research for this project, please be advised that it will be necessary for you to respond to this e-mail and the questions contained therein. Any responses involving teaming agreements should delineate between the work that will be accomplished by the Prime Contractor and work accomplished by the teaming partner

All information is to be provided on a voluntary basis at no charge to the Government. There is no entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs related to or arising out of responding to this request for information. All information provided becomes property of the Government. There is no guarantee, expressed or implied, that the market research for this acquisition will result in any guarantee of award or acquisition strategy.