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Market Research and Sources Sought Notice for information on capability and availability of potential contractors to perform dredging within the boundaries of Sand Island Beneficial Use Area (SIBUA) i... Market Research and Sources Sought Notice for information on capability and availability of potential contractors to perform dredging within the boundaries of Sand Island Beneficial Use Area (SIBUA) in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile County, Alabama. 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 dredges capable of performing the work 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 one future procurement in fiscal year 2022 for unit price of dredging equipment to perform dredging of SIBUA. This future requirement for unit price dredging equipment will be for different size categories of ocean certified dredges and for different types of dredges adequate to perform the work described below. The requirement will be for a dredge capable of working in offshore sea conditions in locations similar to bar/entrance channels. The work will consist of dredging designated assignments within SIBUA to regain capacity within the site and placing the material in shallower areas to the northwest. The above requirement must be complete with crew, management staff and support equipment including pipelines, booster pumps, tugs, various other floating plants as would normally be expected to support a large dredging operation. The solicitation will be for the award of a stand-alone “C” contract. The magnitude of construction for this project is between $10M and $25M. The proposed construction duration will be 14 months after the Notice of award of the contract. 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 projects). 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: Discharge diameter, suction diameter, year manufactured and/or major overhaul, ladder length, spud lengths, draft, horsepower of main engine and any booster pumps, max/min dredging depths, max/min width of channel the dredge can efficiently operate, hopper capacity (hopper dredge only). NO RESPONSES WILL BE ACCEPTED BY FAX OR MAIL. ALL RESPONSES MUST BE E-MAILED to Sara Logsdon at sara.g.logsdon@usace.army.mil. Submittals are due no later than 2:00 PM local Mobile, AL time on 16 February 2022. 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.