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Market Research and Sources Sought Notice for information on capability and availability of potential contractors to perform maintenance dredging of the Mobile Harbor Channel in Mobile, Alabama for th... Market Research and Sources Sought Notice for information on capability and availability of potential contractors to perform maintenance dredging of the Mobile Harbor Channel in Mobile, Alabama for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS and is not a solicitation announcement. The purpose of this Market Research and Sources Sought Notice is to gain knowledge of potential qualified Small Business firms who own mechanical dredges with scows specified below. Responses to this Sources Sought Synopsis will be used by the government in making appropriate acquisition decisions. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, anticipates a future procurement in fiscal year 2020 for the rental and/or unit price of dredging equipment to perform maintenance dredging of the Mobile Harbor, a coastal harbor in southern Alabama. The requirement will be for a mechanical dredge with scows. Equipment will be required to dredge to a depth of 49 feet and be complete with crew, management staff and support equipment including tugs and various other floating plants as would normally be expected to support a large dredging operation. Scows will be required to transport dredged material to the Ocean Disposal Management Site south of Dauphin Island, AL. The solicitation will be an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) single award task order contract (SATOC) with task orders issued for various dredging locations with the maximum contract value not to exceed $24 million. The proposed contract duration will be 14 months after Notice of Award. Sources are being sought for firms with a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code of 237990 with a Small Business Size Standard of $30 Million. Responses are requested with the following information, which shall not exceed a total of eight pages. 1. Bidder’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, or 8(a) shall be indicated on first page of submission. 3. Bonding capability: Please provide a letter from your bonding company to support current bonding capability of at least $10 million (aggregate amount for multiple active task orders). 4. Description of capability to perform the proposed dredging, manage subcontractors, prepare and comply with various environmental permits, and capacity to execute this project with other ongoing dredging contracts. 5. Past performance/experience on projects of similar scope, describing no more than five (5) projects that are at least 50% construction complete within the past five years of the issue date of this Notice. The past performance information should include project title, location, general description of the dredging to demonstrate relevance to the proposed project, the bidder’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). 6. Dredge name and various specifications on the equipment to include: Bucket size, year manufactured and/or major overhaul, spud lengths, draft, max/min dredging depths, scow capacity. NO RESPONSES WILL BE ACCEPTED BY FAX OR MAIL. ALL RESPONSES MUST BE E-MAILED to: Sara Logdon at sara.g.logsdon@usace.army.mil. Submittals are due no later than 2:00 PM local Mobile, AL time 30 April 2020. Submittals will not be returned. Telephonic responses will not be honored. This is not a Request for Proposal, only a Request for Information. No award will result from this Sources Sought. This notice does not constitute any commitment by the Government.