Milford Harbor Federal Navigation Project Dredging

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District will be issuing Invitation for Bids for the Milford Harbor Federal Navigation Project, located in Milford, Connecticut. This procurement is an Unrestricted Invitation for Bid (IFB). The NAICS code for the work is 237990 with a size standard of $37M. Construction is expected to take about 3.5 months to complete. The estimated construction cost is $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. Any responsible source meeting this standard may submit a bid to be considered by the New England District.

This project will require dredging of a 10-foot-deep Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), 100-foot-wide entrance channel, an 8-foot-deep MLLW, 100-foot-wide inner harbor channel, and 8- and 10-foot anchorages of varying width. About 65,000 cubic yards (CY) of material will be dredged from shoaled areas of the FNP. All areas of the FNP, aside from the upstream portion of the 8-ft inner harbor channel, will be dredged to the authorized project depth, plus one foot of allowable overdepth. A mechanical dredge will be used to remove material from the shoaled portions of the channels. The plan includes dredging of approximately 5,000 CY of sandy material from the 10-foot entrance channel for placement at the Bayview Beach Nearshore Site, located approximately 1.5 miles east of the FNP. The remaining 60,000 CY of silty material will be dredged for placement at the Central Long Island Disposal Site (CLDS). The CLDS is located 11 miles southeast of the FNP in the Long Island Sound.

Dredging operations can start on October 1, 2023 for maintenance dredging of the 10-foot entrance channel using a mechanical dredge and placement of material by scow in the nearshore off of Bayview Beach and for dredging silty material mechanically from the 8-foot inner harbor channel and the 8- and 10-foot anchorages and placement in open water at CLDS. All work must be complete by January 17, 2024. In order to accomplish all dredging requirements within the specified dredging window the Contractor will need to meet a production rate of at least 20,000 CY per 30 calendar days.

This is not an invitation for bids at this time. The solicitation requirements and contract documents to include instructions for submission and the response date will be available on or about mid-June 2023. Neither telephonic, mailed nor faxed requests for hard copies of this solicitation will be accepted. The solicitation will only be available online; in order to download the solicitation offerors must access the System of Award Management website (https://beta.sam.gov/). All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the New England District. Additional questions may be emailed to the Contract Specialist at ahmed.ismael@usace.army.mil.