Calcasieu River and Pass, LA, Maintenance Dredging FY23, Mile 17.0 to Mile 36.0, Calcasieu and Cameron Parishes, LA   3

NOTE: THIS IS A SYNOPSIS, NOT A SOLICITATION. SPECIFICATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME; THEREFORE, NO QUESTIONS OF A TECHNICAL OR CONTRACTUAL NATURE WILL BE ACCEPTED OR ANSWERED UNTIL THE SOLICITATION IS ISSUED. INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS SYNOPSIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

W912P823B0060 - Calcasieu River and Pass, LA, Maintenance Dredging FY23, Mile 17.0 to Mile 36.0, Calcasieu and Cameron Parishes, LA (OM23015)

This solicitation will be issued as UNRESTRICTED. The NAICS code for this procurement is 237990.

This solicitation will be issued as an Invitation for Bid (IFB). The resulting contract shall be a firm fixed price (FFP) Contract. The magnitude of construction range for this dredge project is over $10M.

The work consists of removal of material from within the Calcasieu River Ship Channel, and satisfactory disposal within the designated Confined Disposal Facilities adjacent to the Calcasieu River and Pass; all as shown on the drawings. Removal of material from within Devil's Elbow, the A4 Turning Basin, the Turning Basin at Mile 36.0, and reaches from the main channel, is included as optional work. The work also includes retention dike construction, surveys, and optional ditching and draining of disposal areas, and all operation incidental thereto. (The estimated time of completion is 290 calendar days after receipt of Notice to Proceed. The solicitation will include 47 drawings).

This solicitation will be issued on or about 9 August 2023 with an anticipated bid opening date of 12 September 2023; however, actual bid opening date will be determined upon the solicitation advertisement date.

When posted, the solicitation will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found on the System of Award Management System (SAM) website, https://sam.gov. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued. Therefore, telephone and Fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Contractors must register at the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov to download the solicitation for this project. If/when issued, Amendments will be posted to the above-referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments before closing; therefore, the bidders must check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.

Bidders shall maintain an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://www.sam.gov to be eligible for a Government contract award. If a bidder is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database at the time of award, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective bidder. Bidders are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administration's Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet.

The Contract Specialist for this solicitation is Lauren A. Gandolfi at (504)862-2466 (lauren.a.gandolfi@usace.army.mil).