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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is issuing a Sources Sought Announcement for dredging of two areas of the Federal Navigation Project (FNP) in the Kennebec River, Maine. Dredging... The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is issuing a Sources Sought Announcement for dredging of two areas of the Federal Navigation Project (FNP) in the Kennebec River, Maine. Dredging of the FNP channel is needed to meet the navigational requirements of surface combatants (Destroyers) being built for the United States Navy at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. This announcement is to determine the interest, availability and capability of Small and Large Business concerns as described below. The NAICS code for this procurement is 237990 with a Size Standard of $32.5M. The solicitation for this project is anticipated to be issued on or about August 15, 2022. The construction is expected to be done in the winter of 2022-2023 and take 4 to 5 weeks to complete. The estimated construction cost is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. This project has a hopper dredge only requirement and consists of removing a total of about 75,000 CY of sand from two areas of the authorized, 27-foot deep, 500-feet wide Federal navigation channel in the lower Kennebec River. Dredging in the vicinity of Doubling Point will be to a maximum elevation of -32’ Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) and remove approximately 50,000 cubic yards of sand. The material dredged from the Doubling Point area will be placed at the previously used in-river disposal area north of Bluff Head in about 95-100 feet of water. Dredging at the Popham Beach area near the river mouth will be to a maximum elevation of -29’ MLLW. Material dredged from the Popham Beach area will be placed in the previously used 500-yard diameter nearshore disposal area located about 0.4 nautical miles south of Jackknife Ledge and in about 40-50 feet of water. Under this contract the successful offeror will be required to provide the equipment (i.e., a hopper dredge) and materials required for the removal of material from the aforementioned areas of the FNP and place the dredged material in-river and offshore. The offeror will be evaluated on past experience in dredging of navigation or other coastal dredging projects and the disposal of dredged material utilizing a hopper dredge Interested firms should submit a capabilities package to include the following: business classification (i.e. HUBZone, etc.); the type of equipment to be utilized for this project; as well as qualifications and specific examples of past experience in performing the work requirements stated above. The project examples must have been performed within the last ten years. The package must show project examples of all of the experience/expertise listed above. However, the experience does not have to be demonstrated on one single project. Please indicate the team subcontractor(s) (if any), including their prior experience and qualifications, which will be used to support the offeror's effort. Please include a Point of Contact and phone number for each project example who may be contacted for further information on contractor's effort and performance. Proof of bonding capability must be submitted with the package. Firms interested shall provide the above documentation via email and are due by 2pm EDT, 06/23/2022. Responses should be emailed to: kyle.k.hall@usace.army.mil Responses are limited to twenty pages. The Government will not pay for any material provided in response to this market survey nor return the data provided. This notice is for information purposes only and is not a request to be placed on a solicitation mailing list nor is it a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a solicitation. The results of this survey will be considered to be in effect for a period of one year from the date of this notice.