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The New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) proposes to perform maintenance dredging of Jamaica Bay (Rockaway Inlet), New York, Federal Navigation kr oject. The sand would be dre... The New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) proposes to perform maintenance dredging of Jamaica Bay (Rockaway Inlet), New York, Federal Navigation kr oject. The sand would be dredged from the Inlet and subsequently placed at the Rockaway Ocean Sand Borrow Area – West (ROSBA-West), approximately 6 miles east of Rockaway Inlet. The proposed maintenance dredging would remove approximately 500,000 cubic yards of sand from the Jamaica Bay (Rockaway Inlet) channel. Dredging would be required to a depth of -20 feet Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) plus 1 foot allowable overdepth. The dredged material is expected to primarily consist of sand. Past dredging cycles have been performed by utilizing a small hopper dredge or mechanical dredge with a clamshell bucket. If work were to be performed by the latter, multiple ocean-going barges, tug boats and ancillary equipment would be needed to perform the dredging, transport and placement activities. The dredging and placement would be required to meet all federal, state, and approved local criteria required by the government agencies having jurisdiction where the dredging and placement sites are located. Once the contract is awarded, the contractor will be required to commence work within five (5) calendar days after the date of receipt by him of the notice to proceed, and maintain an integrated production rate of at least 5,000 cubic yards per calendar day for the dredging and placement of the dredged sand. The proposed work is anticipated to take place in the spring/summer/fall of 2021. The work is estimated to cost between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. SURVEY OF THE DREDGING INDUSTRY The following confidential survey questionnaire is designed to apprise the Corps of prospective dredging contractors’ project execution capabilities. Please provide your response to the following questions. All questions are in regard to the Jamaica Bay (Rockaway Inlet) maintenance dredging project. General 1) Have you ever worked on dredging jobs similar in nature to this project? If so, please describe the project and for whom the work was performed. Identify a point of contact and phone number, as a reference of relevant experience. 2) What percentage of work (volume of material dredged and placed) can you perform with your own equipment or equipment owned by another dredging contractor? 3) Have you performed dredging within the coastal waters of New York? 4) Would you be willing to bid on the project described? If the answer is No, please explain why not? 5) Would you be bidding on this project as a sole contractor, prime contractor with subcontractor(s) or as a joint venture? 6) Is there a dollar limit on the size of contract that you would bid? If so what is that limit? 7) What is the largest dredging contract, in dollars, on which you were the prime contractor? 8) What is your bonding capacity per contract? What is your total bonding capacity? 9) Do you have experience with offshore placement of dredged material? 10) Are you familiar with the USACE EM 385-1-1 (Nov. 2014) and all requirements? Deficiencies observed on site will require immediate attention and action to meet all applicable safety codes. Equipmen 11) What type of dredge equipment do you own and / or operate that is suitable for the work described? Please list each piece of equipment capable of performing the work described, i.e. dredging, transportation and final ocean placement of the material. For each dredge that you list, please specify its bucket size(s) / hopper capacity, and any other salient characteristics. 12) Identify which dredge(s), including support equipment (tugs, crew boats, etc), you would employ on this project. Also, for each dredge, identify the maximum dredging depth. 13) Do you own ocean going material scows? If so, how many? Please list the name of the scow, its type (ocean going, bottom dump, etc) and the capacity? 14) Will you be able to meet a production rate of 5,000 cubic yards per calendar day? 15) Do you have Experience with the use of an automated Dredged Material Monitoring System (Black Box/Silent Inspector) or employing a Dredged Material Inspector (DMI)?