Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

Class Code: Z Subject: Market Research – Periodic Beach Nourishment – Absecon Island, Atlantic County, New Jersey Set-Aside Code: N/A Response Date: 19 February 2024 Place of Performance: Between Abse... Class Code: Z Subject: Market Research – Periodic Beach Nourishment – Absecon Island, Atlantic County, New Jersey Set-Aside Code: N/A Response Date: 19 February 2024 Place of Performance: Between Absecon Inlet and Great Egg Harbor Inlet, Atlantic County, New Jersey. Description of Work: This is a Sources Sought Notice and is for information purposes only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS, OR BIDS. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, intends to award a firm fixed contract to provide Periodic Beach Nourishment between Absecon Inlet and Great Egg Harbor Inlet, located in Atlantic County, New Jersey. The contract work consists of a Base Bid to place approximately 1,500,000 cubic yards of beachfill material along the Atlantic Ocean coastline of Absecon Island, Atlantic County, New Jersey. The project area encompasses the municipalities of Atlantic City, Ventnor City, Margate City, and Longport Borough. The Contract work will also consist of various separate Options to place additional amounts of beachfill per option, if awarded, in locations within and outside of the Base Bid areas. The Base Bid also includes the construction or repair of pedestrian, vehicle, and ADA accessible dune crossovers; planting dune grass; removal of damaged sand fence and posts; providing new sand fence, split rail fence, and post and rail fence; and the relocation of various existing structures to accommodate the new beachfill and dunes. The Contract work may include separate options to repair or extend existing stormwater outfalls and drainage structures, including pipe support systems, if awarded, in locations within and outside of the Base Bid areas. All beachfill work shall also include the requirements for structures monitoring. The beachfill material for this contract must come from the authorized borrow areas, which are shown on the contract drawings, located within and adjacent to the Absecon Inlet in the Atlantic Ocean, and a separate designated area located approximately 2 – 3 miles offshore of Absecon Island in the Atlantic Ocean. The Period of Performance is 180 calendar days, when all work under the contract must be completed. Solicitation Number W912BU-24-B0008 will be issued on or about 19 March 2024 with bid opening date occurring at least 30 days after the issuance of the Solicitation.The period of performance is 180 calendar days for the Base and Options. Estimated cost range of the project is $25,000,000.00 to $100,000,000 including options. The NAICS Code for this project is 237990 Dredging and Surface Cleanup Activities and the small business size standard is $37.0 Million. Responses to this Sources Sought Announcement will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. Narratives are requested with the following information, which shall not exceed a total of eight (8) pages. Offeror’s name, address, points of contact with telephone numbers and e-mail addresses. Business size/classification to include any designations as Small Business, HUBZone, Service Disabled Veteran Owned, 8(a), Women-Owned small businesses shall be indicated on first page of submission. Provide construction bonding level per single contract/task order. Provide the aggregate sum- total construction bonding level. Provide both capabilities which must be expressed in U.S. dollars; along with current available bonding capacity. Description of capability to perform similar or same projects listed above and manage subcontractors if applicable. Past performance/experience on projects of similar scope and magnitude, describing no more than three (3) projects completed within the past five years. The past performance information should include project title, location, general description of the construction to demonstrate relevance to the proposed projects, the Offeror’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).

Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

26 February 2024 - This Pre-Solicitation was posted on 21 February 2024 with a response date of 7 March 2024; however, the Header of the posting was incorrectly labled as a Sources Sought instead of a... 26 February 2024 - This Pre-Solicitation was posted on 21 February 2024 with a response date of 7 March 2024; however, the Header of the posting was incorrectly labled as a Sources Sought instead of a Pre-Solicitation. Response date (i.e., Synopsis notice period end date) of 7 March 2024 remains unchanged. 21 February 2024 Action Code: Pre-Solicitation/Synopsis Subject: Market Research – Lower Cape May Meadows, Cape May Point, New Jersey Solicitation No.: W912BU24B0005 – Lower Cape May Meadows Set-Aside Code: Small Business Response Date: 7 March 2024 Place of Performance: Cape May Point, New Jersey The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, intends to award a firm fixed contract that consists of surveying, excavating, and placing approximately 88,000 cubic yards of sand as part of the base award within the Lower Cape May Meadows. This project may include an option for an additional 45,000 CY. Contract work will consist of conducting pre- and post-placement condition surveys. These are beach survey lines (35 lines) that extend 3,000 feet into the water. The (88,000 CY) of sand will be excavated from two adjacent areas of the beach at Cape May Point State Park and The Nature Conservancy’s Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge. The sand will be moved to the Cove Beach area in the City of Cape May (88,000 CY). The Option of (45,000 CY) of sand if exercised, will allocate 30,000 CY moved to the Cove Beach area and 15,000 CY moved to Saint Peter’s Beach in the Borough of Cape May Point. Contractor will be required to do before and after surveys every 50 feet in the excavation area (101 lines), and every 100 feet in the placement areas (22 lines). These surveys will be to wading depth only. Contractor will be paid based on the quantity excavated as calculated by the before and after surveys. 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. Contractor must be able to demonstrate prior experience on beachfill projects involving beneficial use placement techniques within environmentally sensitive coastal marshes and wetlands and knowledge of the dynamic conditions that exist for these placements. Due to environmental restrictions, excavating and placement cannot occur between 1 March 2024 to 30 August 2024. The awarded contract will contain Liquidated Damages at a rate to be specified in the Solicitation. Solicitation No. W912BU24B0005 will be issued 1 May 2024 with a bid opening date occurring at least 30 days after the Solicitation. Bonding will be required; at the time of bid opening, by separate Bid Bonds; and after award but before Notice To Proceed, Performance 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 150 calendar days. 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 project is $1,000,000.00 to $5,000,000 for the base contract work. Solicitation documents, plans and specifications will only be available via the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) homepage located at https://www.fbo.gov/. Registration for plans and specifications should be made via FBO Internet homepage and hard copies will not be available. No written or fax requests will be accepted. It is the contractor’s responsibility to monitor FBO 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. 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