USACE Galveston District, Texas City Ship Channel, Main Channel & Turning Basin Pipeline Dredging, Galveston County, Texas

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District Office requires a contract for: FY20 Texas City Ship Channel, Main Channel & Turning Basin Pipeline Dredging, Galveston County, Texas Pipeline Dredging.

The work consists of Schedule No. 1 and two Options, Schedule No. 1 – Pipeline maintenance dredging of the Texas City Main Channel of approximately 500,000 cubic yards (CY); Option 1 will be the Main Turning Basin of approximately 150,000 CY.  Main Channel material will be discharged into Placement Area SPPA 3-4-5. Main Turning Basin material will be discharged into Placement Area SPPA 2.  24-Hour monitoring of Placement Area during discharge operations will be required.  Dredge material shall be deposited into specified discharge areas. In addition, be advised that Placement Area SPPA 3-4-5 is accessible by water only. Contractors will be required to provide documentation showing sections are cleared when submitting request for Government AD Surveys.

Period of Performance is: Schedule No.1 is 45 calendar days.  Completion time for Option work if awarded is 12 calendar days.  

If the contractor fails to complete the work within the time specified, the contractor shall pay liquidated damages to the Government in the amount of $3,080.58 for each calendar day of delay until the work is completed or accepted.

The Solicitation will be Issued on or about 20 April 2020. Response date will be on or about 20 May 2020 (All bids must be submitted electronically per Section 00 21 00 of the solicitation).

The estimated award date for this contract is projected to be on or about the week of 22 June 2020.

The contractor will be required to provide Performance and Payment Bonds within (5) calendar days after award.  Contractor will be required to furnish Pre-Award documents within 5 days after Bid Opening. 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 order of magnitude for this effort is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00.

The solicitation is advertised as “UNRESTRICTED” full & open competition to both large and small businesses. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code applicable to this project is 237990. The Small Business Size Standard is $30 Million.

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 https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ FOR MORE INFORMATION.

All offerors are encouraged to visit the Beta Sam Gov website at https://beta.sam.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://beta.sam.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/SAM/.

The Contract Specialist for this solicitation will be William (Bill) Bondurant (409)766-3944 or preferably by email: William.Bondurant@usace.army.mil .  
 
For technical questions, please contact: Earnestine Brown-Roach, at (956) 369-1707 or preferably by email at Earnestine.Brown-Roach@usace.army.mil between the hours of 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Holidays.

Subcontracting goals for the Galveston District are: 50.0% - Small Business;
17.0% - Small Disadvantaged Business; 18.0% - Woman-Owned Small
Business; 10.0% - HubZone Small Business; 8.5% - Veteran-Owned Small
Business and 4.0% - Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business.