HARBOR DREDGING   4

The Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District has a requirement for the rental of a 24-inch to 29-inch Cutterhead Pipeline Dredge, fully operated with attendant plant for maintenance dredging of the Mississippi River and existing harbors within the Memphis District. The dredge will be used to maintain various harbors at any points on the Mississippi River which includes: Elvis Stahr Harbor, Kentucky, Northwest Tennessee Regional Harbor, Tennessee, New Madrid City Harbor, Missouri, New Madrid County Harbor, Missouri; Caruthersville Harbor, Missouri; Osceola Harbor, Arkansas; Wolf River Harbor, Tennessee, Memphis Harbor/McKellar Lake, Tennessee; Helena Harbor, Arkansas, and Helena Harbor Phillips County, Arkansas. The dredge shall be not less than 24-inch nominal diameter discharge and have a manufacturer's horsepower rating for continuous operation of not less than 3,200 brake horsepower. Dredges larger than 29-inch will be considered, however, the estimated output will be based on the quantity shown for a 29- inch dredge. The work required consists of making or enlarging dredge cuts, construction of fills, construction of new harbor channels and dredging in various channels and harbors. The Contractor shall deliver the dredge and attendant plant ready for operation in the vicinity of McKellar Lake Harbor, Memphis, TN (Mile 725 AHP), or to any other work site as may be directed. This project will be advertised as an Unrestricted Procurement with Hubzone Evaluation Preference for small business concerns. For the purpose of this procurement to qualify as a small business concern, in addition to being independently owned and operated and not dominate in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, the concern must have had average annual sales receipts for the preceding three fiscal years not exceeding $39.5 million. Also, a firm must perform at least 40 percent of the volume dredged with its own equipment or equipment owned by another small dredging concern. The supplies or services to be procured in this solicitation are classified under NAICS 237990. The total estimated value of this project will be a ceiling value Not to Exceed (NTE) $30,000,000 which includes a base and two (2) one-year option periods to perform the maintenance dredging at these navigation projects. Solicitation will be issued on/about 4 March 2021 and bid opening date will be on/about 6 April 2021. A copy of this solicitation may be downloaded from betaSam at www.beta.sam.gov. Offerors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM), including the NAICS code they are bidding under, in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the SAM Internet address is: http://www.sam.gov. For additional information regarding this solicitation please contact Sequoria Wilson at (901) 333-3602.