Cape Cod Canal Dredging. Bourne/Sandwich, MA   2

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District will be issuing an Invitation for Bids (IFB) for dredging of the Federal Navigation Project (FNP) at the Cape Cod Canal, Massachusetts. This will be an unrestricted invitation for bid (IFB) requiring a hydraulic hopper dredge to perform the dredging work and heavy equipment to perform the beach fill grading. The NAICS code for this procurement is 237990 with a size standard of $37M. The estimated construction cost is expected to range from $5,000,000 - $10,000,000.

This project has a hopper dredge (with pump-out capability) only requirement and consists of maintenance dredging and advance maintenance dredging to remove approximately 80,000 cubic yards (cy) of clean sand and gravel from areas in the authorized, 32 foot deep by 500 foot wide, main-ship channel (Canal); the 25-foot-deep East Mooring Basin (EMB), and the 32-foot-deep West Mooring Basin (WMB) features of the Cape Cod Canal, FNP along with the placement of dredged material in a beach fill design on Town Neck Beach in Sandwich, MA. Dredging in the Canal and the EMB and WMB will be to a maximum elevation of -40' Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) and remove approximately 80,000 cubic yards of sand and gravel. The material dredged from the FNP will be hauled to the east end of the Canal and pumped directly onto Town Neck Beach in Sandwich, MA. where it will be graded. Additional work requested by the Town of Sandwich including sand fence placement and dune plantings will be included as an optional bid item. The dredging and dredged material placement work is expected to take 6-8 weeks to complete. The available work window for the dredging and placement of dredged material is from 1 October 2023 to 15 March 2024.

This is not an invitation for bids at this time. The solicitation requirements and contract documents to include instructions for submission (which may include definitive responsibility criterion) and the response date will be available on or about July 17, 2023. Neither telephonic, mailed nor fax requests for hard copies will be accepted. The solicitation will only be available online; in order to view the solicitation offerors must access the System for Award Management website (www.sam.gov). To download the solicitation, offerors must access the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (https://piee.eb.mil/), solicitation module. Amendments, if any, to the solicitation will be made available at the PIEE website. Registrants are responsible for the accuracy of the information on the SAM.gov Registration List. 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 Elizabeth.k.glasgow@usace.army.mil. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service.