W912BU21B-Beach Nourishment Cape May Inlet to Lower Township

                              THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS, OR BIDS.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, intends to award a firm fixed contract that consists of surveying, pumping and placing approximately 491,000 cubic yards of sand within the vicinity of the Cape May Inlet and Lower Township area. This project includes Options.

The project is located on the Atlantic coast of New Jersey, extending from the Cape May Inlet southwest jetty to the 3rd Ave terminal groin in Cape May City. It includes the communities of the City of Cape May and Lower Township, and the US Coast Guard Training Center.

The contract work will consist of a base bid to conduct pre-placement condition surveys and place/ pump approximately 491,000 cubic yards of sand from a borrow area approximately 2.6 miles south of the Cape May Inlet jetties onto the beach at 2 locations: Area 1, the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center (approx 450,000 CY) and Area 2, Wilmington Avenue (approx 41,000 CY).

Options to place additional sand from the same borrow area to achieve the full project design template at these same two beach locations will be included. The options will be as follows: 1 option for 100,000 CY (Area 1), 3 options for 50,000 CY each (Area 1) and 1 option for 10,000 CY (Area 2).

Sand must come from the offshore borrow area. Trucking in sand will not be permitted under this contract. All work under the contract must be completed no later than March 1, 2022.

Solicitation will be issued on or about 24 May 2021 with a bid opening date occurring at least 30 days after the Solicitation. The period of performance is 150 calendar days. Estimated cost range of the project is $10,000,000 to $20,000,000. The NAICS Code for this project is 237990 Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction and the small business size standard is $30.0 Million.

Responses to this Sources Sought Announcement will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. Narratives are requested with the following information, which shall not exceed a total of eight (8) pages.

1. Offeror’s name, address, points of contact with telephone numbers and e-mail addresses.

2. Business size/classification to include any designations as Small Business, HUBZone, Service Disabled Veteran Owned, 8(a), Women-Owned small businesses shall be indicated on first page of submission.

3. Provide construction bonding level per single contract/task order. Provide the aggregate sum total construction bonding level. Provide both capabilities which must be expressed in U.S. dollars; along with current available bonding capacity.

4. Description of capability to perform similar or same projects listed above, manage subcontractors, prepare and comply with various environmental and construction permits, and capacity to execute this project with other ongoing construction contracts.

5. Past performance/experience on projects of similar scope and magnitude, describing no more than five (5) projects that are at least 50% construction complete within the past five years. The past performance information should include project title, location, general description of the construction to demonstrate relevance to the proposed projects, the Offeror’s role, dollar value of contract, and name of the company, agency or government entity for which the work was performed with contact information (reference name, phone number and e-mail address).

Responses should be sent to Frederick Conway, at frederick.conway@usace.army.mil on or before March 26, 2021 at 2:00 PM EST.