USACE Ft. Worth Hopper Dredging, Deep Draft Channel, Sabine-Neches Waterway, Texas Jefferson County, Texas, & Cameron Paris, Louisiana Sabine Pass Outer Bar & Bank Channel

The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Ft. Worth District Office requires a contract for maintenance dredging of the Sabine-Neches Waterway, Texas Jefferson County, Texas, and Cameron Parish, Louisiana Sabine Pass Outer Bar and Bank Channel, Hopper Dredging, Deep Draft Channel.

The Solicitation issued will be Firm Fixed Price. This solicitation is subject to the availability of funds. The magnitude of this project is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00. Schedule No. 1 includes maintenance dredging of an estimated quantity of 1,831,000 CY. Completion Time for Schedule No. 1 for this project is estimated at 64 calendar days after acknowledgement of the Notice to Proceed (NTP). Estimated production rate is 30,000 CY/Day. Option No. 1 includes maintenance dredging of an estimated quantity of 820,000 CY. Option No. 1 completion time is an additional 28 calendar days after exercise of the option. Option No. 2 includes maintenance dredging of an estimated quantity of 1,131,000 CY. Option No.2 completion time is an additional 38 calendar days after exercise of option. Options 3 &4 are for sea turtle trawling and relocation. No additional calendar days will be added to the contract for completion of options 3 & 4. The Solicitation is an UNRESTRICTED PROCUREMENT. The Solicitation will be issued on or about 13 JUN 2016. Response date on or about 13 JUL 2016.

ATTENTION TO OFFEROR(s): On July 14, 2014, Small Business Administration (SBA) increased the monetary-based industry size standards to account for inflation. You must update you Representations (Reps) and Certifications (Certs) for the impacted North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes identified with an exclamation point "!"next to the "Small Business" value in the System for Award Management (SAM). Please log into SAM, review, and resubmit your registration to apply the new size standard. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code applicable to this project is 237990. The Small Business Size Standard is $27.5 Million.

All offerors are encouraged to visit the Army's Single Face to Industry Website at Federal Business Opportunities at https://www.fbo.gov to view and download the plans, specification and or any amendments for this procurement. 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 SAM, Systems for Award Management, in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the SAM address is: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ . The Contract Specialist for this solicitation will be Traci D. Robicheaux, at email traci.d.robicheaux@usace.army.mil or phone 409-766-6306 between the hours of 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Holidays. Email is preferred.

Subcontracting goals for the Galveston District are: 41.5% Small Business; 23.5% - Small Disadvantaged Business; 7.5% - Woman-Owned Small Business; 7.92% - HubZone Small Business; 5% - Veteran-Owned Small Business and 5.18% - Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business.