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Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Maintenance Dredging, 44, 45 and 47-Foot Project, Camden County, Georgia This is announcement constitutes a Source Sought Synopsis. This announcement seeks information ... Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Maintenance Dredging, 44, 45 and 47-Foot Project, Camden County, Georgia This is announcement constitutes a Source Sought Synopsis. This announcement seeks information from industry and will only be used for preliminary planning purposes. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR BIDS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. The Jacksonville District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking interest from prospective bidders for a potential fiscal year (FY) 2022 award of the aforementioned project. The purpose of this synopsis is to gauge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of the Dredging Community, to include Small Businesses, as the Government must ensure there is adequate competition amongst the potential pool of responsible contractors. The proposed project will be a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract. The Jacksonville District anticipates the issuance of an Invitation for Bid (IFB). No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to said synopsis or any follow-up information requested. The Jacksonville District of the US Army Corps of Engineers is seeking interested bidders for a project that consists of work divided into a Base and three Options. For the base and dredging options, this contract incorporates two feet of allowable overdepth throughout. Work also includes Bird Monitoring and Standby Time. Base work consists of maintenance dredging the locations to required depths indicated in the table below and shown on the drawings. The placement of the dredged material will be at Disposal Area 1 (D/A-1) and Disposal Area 2 (D/A-2) as shown on the drawings and as directed by the Contracting Officer. Additional Base work also includes bird monitoring and standby time. LOCATION REQUIRED DEPTH Station 31+800 to Station 48+175 44-foot, 45-foot and 47-foot. Upper Turning Basin 45-foot Site Six North 39-foot Magnetic Silencing Facility (MSF) 44-foot North Explosive Handling Basin 44-foot and 47-Foot Site Six Operating area South and 45-foot Medium Auxiliary Repair Dock (ARDM) Yoke Area Explosive Handling Wharves (EHW) 47-foot Refit Wharves 47-foot Dry Dock Caisson Gate Sill and 46-foot Dry Dock Caisson Gate Mooring Facility Port Security Barrier Monitoring Area 47-foot Option A: Work consists of supplying additional field cut weir riser boards as requested by the Contracting Officer. Option B work consists of secondary maintenance dredging. The locations and required depths are indicated in the table below and shown on the drawings. The placement of the dredged material will be at the Disposal Area 1 (D/A-1) and Disposal Area 2 (D/A-2) as shown on the drawings and as directed by the Contracting Officer. Option B work also includes mobilization and demobilization, bird monitoring and standby time. LOCATION REQUIRED DEPTH Site Six Operating area South and 45-foot Medium Auxiliary Repair Dock (ARDM) Yoke Area Explosive Handling Wharves (EHW) 47-foot Refit Wharves 47-foot Dry Dock Caisson Gate Sill and 46-foot Dry Dock Caisson Gate Mooring Facility Site Six North 39-foot Option C work consists of maintenance dredging the locations required depths indicated in the table below and shown on the drawings. The placement of the dredged material will be at the Disposal Area 1 (D/A-1 as shown on the drawings and as directed by the Contracting Officer. Option C work also includes bird monitoring. LOCATION REQUIRED DEPTH Interior of Magnetic Silencing 45-foot Facility (MSF) Magnetic Silencing Facility (MSF) 46-foot South The Estimated Magnitude of construction is between $15,000,000 and $20,000,000. The project will have an estimated period of performance of 335 calendar days after issuance of Notice to Proceed (NTP), including 235 calendar days (including mob/demob) for the Base, 5 calendar days for Option A, 60 calendar days (including 30 calendar days to commence) for Option B, and 35 calendar days for Option C. The stated time is inclusive of 60 calendar days to commence work after NTP. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 237990, Dredging and Surface Cleanup Activities. The Small Business Size Standard for this project is $30.0 million. Anticipated solicitation issuance date is on or about 17 November 2021 and the anticipated response date is on or about 17 December 2021. The official Synopsis citing the solicitation number will be issued on the SAM.gov Contracting Opportunities Website: www.sam.gov. NOTE: To be considered small for purposes of Government procurement, a firm must perform at least 40 percent of the volume dredged with its own equipment or equipment owned by another small dredging concern. Responses to this Sources Sought Notice shall be limited to 5 pages and shall include the following information: Company/Contractor name, address, point of contact, phone number and e-mail address. Company’s interest in bidding on the subject requirement when issued. Company’s capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity (include company’s capability to execute comparable work performed within the past 10 years). Company should provide at least 3 examples which, at a minimum, include the following: Brief description of the project Customer name Customer satisfaction Timeliness of performance Dollar value of the completed projects Offeror shall identify their Small Business classification and Small Business Size _ Small Business _ Small Disadvantage Business _ 8(a) Small Business _ HUB Zone _ SDVOSB _ WOSB If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, firms should address the structure of such arrangement include Joint Venture information, if applicable – existing and potential. Bonding Capacity (construction bonding level per contract and aggregate construction bonding level, both expressed in dollars) via letter from the bonding company. NOTES: DO NOT SUBMIT A RESPONSE TO THIS SYNOPSIS IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO BID ON THIS PROJECT. DO NOT SUBMIT PROPRIETARY AND/OR BUSINESS CONFIDENITAL DATA. Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the work associated with the subject requirement, are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice no later than 28 October 2021 at 12:00PM, Eastern. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice shall be sent to Mr. Frederick L. Cooper via email at Frederick.L.Cooper@usace.army.mil and Ms. Manuela Voicu at Manuela.D.Voicu@usace.army.mil Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response under this sources sought synopsis. You must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), in order to be eligible to receive an award from any Government solicitation. To register, go to www.sam.gov. For additional information visit the website for the Federal Service Desk (www.FSD.gov) which supports SAM or contact them at 866-606-8220 for assistance.