April 4, 2024

Action Code: Pre-Solicitation/Synopsis

Solicitation No.: W912BU24B0012 – Maintenance Dredging, Delaware River, Philadelphia to Sea and Wilmington Harbor

Set-Aside Code: N/A, Full and Open Competition

Place of Performance: Delaware & Christina Rivers, New Jersey and Delaware

Description of Work:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, intends to award a firm fixed contract to provide Maintenance Dredging River, Philadelphia to Sea and Wilmington Harbor, Christina River.

Contract work consists of maintenance dredging of approximately 2.7 million cubic yards of sediment within the Delaware River, Philadelphia to Sea main navigation channel between Stations 117+000 and 237+500 and approximately 475,000 cubic yards from Wilmington Harbor, Christina River. Work includes hydraulic dredging with placement of the dredged material into the Pedricktown, Killcohook, Delaware City and/or Reedy Point disposal areas. All dredging will be performed to the required depths indicated with 1-foot allowable overdepth. All dredging shall be performed as contour dredging. Before and after dredging surveys for measurement will be performed by the government and shall be requested by the contractor a minimum of two days prior to beginning or completing a dredging section.

The Period of Performance is 210 calendar days. Work on the project is anticipated to begin 30 calendar days after contract award and completed 210 calendar days after commencement of work.

The NAICS Code for this project is 237990 Dredging and Surface Cleanup Activities and the small business size standard is $37.0 Million. Estimated cost range of the project is $25,000,000 - $100,000,000 Million dollars.

Solicitation No. W912BU24B0012 will be issued on or about 30 April 2024 with a bid opening occurring at least 30 days after solicitation. The award will be made as a whole to one bidder in accordance with FAR Part 14 Sealed Bidding Procedures. 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.

Solicitation documents, plans and specifications will only be available via the SAM.gov homepage located at https://www.SAM.gov/. No hard copies will not be available. No written or fax requests will be accepted. It is the contractor’s responsibility to monitor SAM for issuance of the solicitation and monitoring of any amendments once the solicitation is issued. 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. Construction Wage rates will be applicable to the procurement. Affirmative action to insure equal employment opportunity is applicable to the resulting contract. The awarded contract will contain Liquidated Damages at a rate to be specified in the Solicitation.

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

Offerors should review the entire solicitation once posted. Information within this Pre-Solicitation/Synopsis posting is subject to change.

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