U. S. Naval Station Mayport, Duval County, Florida, Maintenance Dredging, 50-Foot Project, Entrance Channel and Turning Basin

Project consists of maintenance dredging the following areas: Bar Cut-3, the Mayport Entrance Channel, the Turning Basin, the Destroyer basin, and the Small Boat Basin. All excavated material will be transported and placed in the Jacksonville ODMDS Release Zone "A". Work will also include turbidity and environmental species monitoring. NOTE: The Seagoing Barge Rules (46 USC 2101 et seq.) apply to this project.

The estimated period of performance for the required work is 155 calendar days plus 90 calendar days to establish grass and sodding from issuance of the Notice to Proceed.

Magnitude of construction is between $10,000,000.00 and $18,000,000.00. THIS IS AN UNRESTRICTED ACQUISITION. ALL RESPONSIBLE OFFERORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE.

The Invitation for Bid (IFB) will be issued on or about 28 August 2018 with bids due on or about 12 October 2018. Solicitation will be issued in electronic format only and will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website: https://fedbizopps.gov/. In order to receive notification of any amendments to this solicitation, interested vendors must REGISTER AS AN INTERESTED VENDOR on the Federal Business Opportunities website. If you are not registered, the Government is not responsible with providing you with notification of any changes to this solicitation. You must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to receive an award from this solicitation. The SAM website can be located at https://www.sam.gov. NAICS Code 237990, size standard $27.5 million.

THIS SOLICITATION IS BEING POSTED PENDING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS:
52.232-18 -- Availability of Funds. (Apr 1984)

Funds are not presently available for this contract. The Government's obligation under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer.

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