Beach Nourishment Great Egg Harbor Inlet to Townsends Inlet Ocean City, Upper Township, Sea Isle City - Cape May County, NJ   4

This announcement is a Pre-Solicitation / Synopsis of a proposed contract action posted in accordance with FAR Subpart 5.2. Note - The Pre-Solicitation / Synopsis of this requirement originally occurred on May 19, 2023 via a Sources Sought amendment.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District intends to issue Invitation for Bids (IFB) W912BU23B0012 for Beach Nourishment of Great Egg Harbor Inlet to Townsends Inlet in Cape May County, NJ. The project is located on the Atlantic coast of New Jersey. It includes from 34th-59th Streets in Ocean City and the Ludlam Island Communities of Upper Township and Sea Isle City. Ludlam Island extends from Corson's inlet to the north to Townsends Inlet to the south.

The contractor will conduct pre-placement condition surveys and pump/place approximately 1,353,000 cu yds of sand available from two borrow areas: Corson's Inlet and L1, which is approximately three miles offshore of Sea Isle City. The sand placement areas are as follows:

Place 257,000 CY in south Ocean City from about 45th-59th Streets

Place 456,000 CY in Upper Township/Strathmere from Corson's Inlet to about Taylor Ave

Place 252,000 CY in central Sea Isle City from about 29th-53rd Streets

Place 388,000 CY in south Sea Isle City from about 73rd St to Townsends Inlet

Options to place up to an additional 1,071,00 cu yds of sand from the same borrow areas to achieve the full project design template at these same beach locations with additional areas in southern Upper Township and northern Sea Isle City may also be included. Sand must come from the offshore borrow area. Trucking-in sand will not be permitted under this contract. Some additional work will be necessary: dune repair, sand fence placement, dune grass planting, dune crossover repair. The Period of Performance for the base work is estimated at 210 days from Notice to Proceed.

This acquisition will be a Full and Open Competition, Invitation for Bids (IFB). The solicitation will be available for download on or about 20 July 2023 with bids due 30 days after advertisement. The NAICS code for this procurement is 237990. The magnitude of construction is between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000.

Bonding will be required at the time of bid opening, and after award but before Notice to Proceed, Performance and Payment Bonds will be required. The solicitation and awarded contract will contain Liquidated Damages at the rate specified in the solicitation.

Solicitation documents, plans and specifications will only be available via the SAM.gov homepage located at https://www.sam.gov/. Information within this Pre-Solicitation Notice is subject to change with the issuance of the final solicitation. The solicitation will contain FAR provision 52.204-7, therefore a bidder must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database to be eligible for award. Davis Bacon rates will be applicable to this project.

Questions regarding this notice should be directed to Cheley Auguste at Cheley.auguste@usace.army.mil and Brooke Patterson at Brooke.L.Patterson@usace.army.mil.