Craney Island Eastward Expansion (CIEE) Pre-Dredging Phase 1C

This is a pre-solicitation notice. This is NOT a solicitation. Do NOT submit proposals or questions in response to this notice.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Norfolk District (NAO) intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) acquisition for the Craney Island Eastward Expansion (CIEE) Pre-Dredging Phase 1C in Hampton Roads, Virginia. This procurement will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 14, Invitation for Bid (IFB).

The Government intends to award a firm-fixed-price (FFP) contract. The requirement will be solicited as unrestricted. The applicable NAICS code is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction, with a Business Standard of $37M and Product Service Code of Y1KF – Construction and Dredging Facilities.

In accordance with DFARs 236.204(ii), the magnitude of construction for this project is between $25,000,000.00 and $100,000,000.00.

Project Description: Provide labor, material, and equipment to perform the following:

Required work includes new work dredging by mechanical or bucket plant at the southeastern cell of the CIEE. The southeastern cell main dike footprint is being deepened to a required depth of -41 feet mean lower low water (MLLW). Also, the central and southern access channel footprints are being deepened to a required depth of -25 feet MLLW. Two feet of allowable over depth dredging will be part of the contract dredging pay prism for both the main dike and access channel footprints. A main dike footprint not to exceed depth of -46 feet MLLW will be observed for this project. A central and southern access channel footprints not to exceed depth of -30 feet MLLW will be observed for this project. Material removed from the dike footprint will be received by ocean-going scows and placed at the Norfolk Ocean Disposal Site (NODS). The scope requires a 3-year US Environmental Protection Agency USEPA Section 103 concurrence, and the estimated volume to be placed at NODS is 3-million cubic yards.

The Contractor shall be responsible for the following: dredging within the designated areas to the proposed and allowable pay depths, placing the removed material in ocean-going barges, transporting the ocean-going barges with the collected material to NODS, depositing the collected material at NODS, and communicating with the Port of Virginia maritime users to minimize impacts to vessel traffic and other dredging operations.

Period of performance to complete the work is anticipated to be 537 calendar days from Notice to Proceed. There are no time of year restrictions associated with this requirement.

The IFB and accompanying documents will be issued electronically and will be uploaded to SAM.gov.

Prospective bidders are responsible for monitoring SAM.gov to respond to the solicitation and any amendments or other information regarding this acquisition. Prospective bidders are required to be registered in SAM when submitting an offer and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract.