Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

SOLICITAION CANCELLED The authorized project provides for a 60-foot-wide and 4-foot-deep Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) main channel, and the 40-foot wide and 4-foot-deep channel leading to a turning bas... SOLICITAION CANCELLED The authorized project provides for a 60-foot-wide and 4-foot-deep Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) main channel, and the 40-foot wide and 4-foot-deep channel leading to a turning basin. From the channel entrance in Ipswich Bay to the turning basin is approximately 5 nautical miles. The proposed work consists of mechanically dredging approximately 37,000 cubic yards (cy) of sandy and silt material from the 4-foot channel (below Mean Lower Low Water). Approximately 14,000 cubic yards (cy) of sandy material will be placed at the Ipswich Bay nearshore site while the remaining 23,000 cy of silty material will be hauled by scow to placement site in the Isle of Shoals North Disposal Site in Federal waters. Of the 37,000 cy project total approximately 15,000 cy is required dredging with the remaining 22,000 cy considered 1-foot of allowable overdepth to bring the project back to its authorized dimensions. The work in this area will require significant coordination around the tide due to the limited authorized channel depth and tide range of approximately 9.2 feet during normal tide cycles in the Essex River. Dredging and disposal operations will be performed between October 1, 2023 and January 31, 2024 to meet environmental time of year (TOY) restrictions. In order to accomplish all dredging requirements within the specified dredging window it is expected that the Contractor will need to meet a production rate of 15,000 CY per 30 calendar days. Environmental coordination and permitting has been completed by the U.S. Army of Engineers, New England District.