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Notice ID:W912BU22B0005
Action Code: Pre-Solicitation Notice (Synopsis) Subject: Maintenance Dredging, Delaware River, Philadelphia to Trenton Solicitation No.: W912BU22B0005 Set-Aside Code: UNRESTRICTED Response Date: 12 Fe...
Action Code: Pre-Solicitation Notice (Synopsis) Subject: Maintenance Dredging, Delaware River, Philadelphia to Trenton Solicitation No.: W912BU22B0005 Set-Aside Code: UNRESTRICTED Response Date: 12 February 2022, 3:00 PM EST Place of Performance: Falls Township, PA The Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, intends to award a firm fixed price contract for Maintenance Dredging, Delaware River and the Fairless Turning Basin, Philadelphia to Trenton Project. Description of Work: Contract work consists of maintenance dredging of approximately 400,000 cubic yards of sediment within the Delaware River, Philadelphia to Trenton main navigation channel between the Turnpike Bridge (Sta 97+000) and just North of the Fairless Turning Basin (Sta 123+700) as well as within the Basin. There will be an Option to dredge just above the basin between Stations 123+700 and 124+700. Work includes hydraulic dredging with placement of the dredged material into the Biles Island Disposal Area in Falls Township, Pennsylvania. The base contract dredging in the Delaware River as well as within Fairless Turning Basin, will be required to a depth of 41’ MLLW (Datum) plus 1’ allowable overdepth. The Option, if awarded will include dredging only to a depth of 25’ MLLW plus 1’ allowable overdepth. The base contract period of performance is 120 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed (NTP) with an additional 30 days added if Option 1 is awarded. Contractor must be prepared to commence actual dredging within ten (10) days of the Notice to Proceed (NTP). All dredging in the river must be completed between 1 July and 31 December and between 1 July and 15 March in the Basin due to environmental restrictions. The NAICS code for this project is 237990 Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction and the small business size standard is $30.0 Million. Estimated cost range of the project is $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. This acquisition will be made using sealed bidding, a single award will be made as a whole, to the lowest priced, responsive bidder determined to be responsible in accordance with FAR Part 14 Procedures. Issue date for the Invitation For Bids (IFB), Solicitation No. W912BU22B0005 will be issued on or about 10 March 2022 as an UNRESTRICTED advertisement with a bid opening date occurring at least 30 days after the Solicitation. Offerors should review the entire solicitation once it is posted. 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. Performance and Payment Bonds will be required for 100% of contract award. Any contract awarded from the solicitation will contain Liquidated Damages, FAR 52.211-12 -- Liquidated Damages – Construction, the amount will be published with the solicitation. SITE VISIT: The clauses at 52.236-2, Differing Site Conditions, and 52.236-3, Site Investigations and Conditions Affecting the Work, will be included in any contract awarded as a result of this solicitation. Accordingly, bidders are urged and expected to inspect the site where the work will be performed. A site visit may be scheduled after the release of the solicitation. Bidders wishing to attend a site visit must contact the POC identified in the solicitation within 5 days of the posting date of the solicitation. Attendance is not mandatory. Solicitation documents, plans, and specifications will only be available via the SAM homepage located at https://sam.gov/content/opportunities. Registration for plans and specifications should be made via https://sam.gov/content/opportunities and hard copies will not be available. No telephone or fax requests will be accepted. It is the contractor’s responsibility to monitor FBO, https://sam.gov/content/opportunities, for 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. Liquidated Damages will be specified in the actual solicitation. Affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunity is applicable to the resulting contract. Responses should be sent to Susan Li at Susan.Li@usace.army.mil.
