Vertical Expansion of Site 15G Dredged Material Placement Facility, Logan Township, Gloucester County, and Oldman Township, Salem County, New Jersey   3

This is a Pre-solicitation Notice (Synopsis) and is for informational purposes only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS, OR BIDS.

The Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for one (1) firm-fixed-price construction contract.

Description of Work: Contract work consists of a large-scale earthwork project to construct approximately 18,000 linear feet of earthen embankments at the 15G Dredged Material Placement Facility (DMPF) adjacent to Oldmans Creek and Route 130 in Salem County, NJ. Approximately 500,000 cubic yards of dredged materials must be moved from within the approximately 300-acre site, compacted in lifts and final graded to meet the lines and grades required. Significant experience and expertise with large scale earthwork projects and access to a significant amount of earthmoving equipment and labor will be required to complete all work within an 18-month period of performance. The contract documents will include available date from the latest subsurface investigations and associated geotechnical laboratory testing. A licensed Geotechnical Engineer will be required for the evaluation of this data and assistance in preparation of bid documents as well as work plans that will be required of the successful bidder. The work will also require the installation of three steel sluice structures and associated 30-inch steel outfall pipes for site drainage. The sluice structures and pipes will be provided as Government Furnished Materials.

The contract duration for construction is anticipated at approximately 550 calendar days. In accordance with FAR 36.204 and DFAR 236.204, the Magnitude of Construction for this project is between $10M and $25M. The NAICS Code for this project is 237990 - Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction and the small business size standard is $45 million.

Solicitation No. W912BU24R0043 will be issued as a full and open competition requirement on or about 24 Jan 2024, with a proposal due date of at least 30 days after the solicitation.

The Government intends to award a contract to the responsible offeror whose proposal who is determined fair and reasonable and offers the best overall value to the Government as determined through the Best Value Trade-off process (FAR 15.101-1) with appropriate consideration given to four evaluation factors: Technical Approach, Past Performance, Small Business Participation and Price. Offerors should review the entire solicitation once it is posted. Information within this pre-solicitation notice is subject to change.

The clauses at FAR 52.236-2, Differing Site Conditions and 52.236-3, Site Investigations and Conditions Affecting the work will be included in the solicitation and contract award. Accordingly, offerors are urged to inspect the site where the work will be performed.

Bonding will be required at the time of proposal submission, by separate Bid Bonds: and after award but before Notice to Proceed, Performance and Payment Bonds will be required. Any contract awarded from the solicitation will contain FAR 52.211-12, Liquidated Damages-Construction, and the amount will be published with the solicitation.

Contractors/Vendors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) database to receive a government contract award. Contractors/Vendors may register for SAM online at www.sam.gov or by calling 1-836-606-8220.

The solicitation is anticipated to be issued and provided in an electronic format, free of charge, in Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Solicitation system.

To familiarize vendors with the system, please go to:

https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/xhtml/wbt/sol/index.xhtml

The vendor PIEE registration guide is available at:

https://piee.eb.mil/xhtml/unauth/web/homepage/vendorGettingStartedHelp.xhtml

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