W912BU23B-Maintenance Dredging of Maurice River

12 June 2023

Action Code: Pre-solicitation/Synopsis

Subject: Maintenance Dredging Maurice River, Cumberland County, New Jersey

Solicitation No.: W912BU23B00014 - Maintenance Dredging Maurice River

Set-Aside Code: Small Business

Place of Performance: Cumberland County, New Jersey

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, intends to award a firm fixed contract for Maintenance Dredging of the Maurice River in Cumberland County, New Jersey.

Contract work will consist of Maintenance Dredging of the Maurice River, New Jersey federal navigation channel to a depth of 8 ft MLLW plus 1 ft of allowable over-depth to clear approximately 62,000 cubic yards of fine-grained sediment from the channel. Beneficial use placement of dredged sediments involving marsh restoration alternatives will be utilized on two 9-acre plots in the Heislerville State Wildlife Management Area.   Option 1 includes dredging and placement of an additional 19,000 cubic yards of fine-grained channel sediments.

The contractor is required to have specialized experience since work requires the beneficial use placement of dredged sediments in sensitive marsh environments on State Wildlife Management Area land.  The contractor must be able to demonstrate prior experience on dredging projects involving beneficial use placement techniques within environmentally sensitive coastal marshes shorelines and wetlands and knowledge of the dynamic conditions that exist for these placements. Due to environmental restrictions, dredging and placement can only occur from 15 September 2023 to 28 February 2024.

This project will include options which will be identified during solicitation.

The awarded contract will contain Liquidated Damages at a rate to be specified in the Solicitation.

Solicitation Number is W912BU23B0014 will be issued on or about 30 June 2023 with a bid opening date occurring at least 30 days after solicitation.  Bonding will be required; at the time of bid opening, by separate Bid Bonds; and after award but before Notice to Proceed, Performance and Payment Bonds will be required. The award will be made as a whole to one bidder in accordance with FAR part 14 Procedures. The contract period of performance is 240 calendar days. In accordance with FAR 36.204, the estimated magnitude of construction of the project is between $1,000,000.00 to $5,000,000.

The NAICS Code for this project is 237990 - Dredging and Surface Cleanup Activities and the small business size standard is $37.0 Million.  To be considered small for purposes of Government procurement, a firm or its similarly situated subcontractors must perform at least 40 percent of the volume dredged with their own equipment or equipment owned by another small dredging concern.

Solicitation documents, plans, and specifications will only be available via the System for Award Management (SAM) located at https://www.sam.gov/. No written or fax requests will be accepted. It is the contractor’s responsibility to monitor SAM for the solicitation posting and any amendments.

The solicitation will contain FAR 52.222-38 Compliance with Veterans’ Reporting Requirements, therefore contractors who have received a Federal Contract of $100,000.00 or greater, except as waived, must have submitted the preceding fiscal year Federal Contractor Veterans’ Employment Report (VETS-100 and/or VETS-100A Report) to be eligible for an award. If you have any questions or concerns regarding VETS-100 or VETS-100A reports please contact VETS-100 customer support at 1-866-237-0275 or via email at VETS100-customersupport@dol.gov. The solicitation will contain FAR provision 52.204-7; therefore a bidder must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award. Davis Bacon rates will be applicable to the construction. Affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunity is applicable to the resulting contract.

Questions regarding this notice should be directed to Frederick Conway at frederick.conway@usace.army.mil.