Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Maintenance Dredging

This is a Sources Sought Notice and is for market research purposes only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS, OR BIDS.

The Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Philadelphia District, is interested in awarding one (1) Firm Fixed Price Contract for the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Maintenance Dredging. This requirement will consist of maintenance dredging at various locations along the Inland Waterway Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and Upper Chesapeake Bay.

Description of work: The project base work shall include dredging of the canal from Station 00+000 to Station 250+440. From Station 99+000 to Station 250+440 dredging will be required to a distance of 25 feet outside the channel limits where shoaling occurs along the channel edge within the authorized channel limits. Dredging will be required to a depth of 36’ MLLW (Datum) plus 1’ allowable over depth within the contract work limits shown on the drawings from station 00+000 to station 250+411, with no side slopes delineated and/or paid for. This is a contour dredging project.

The estimated Magnitude of Construction of the project is $10,000,000 to $25,000,000. The period of performance is 120 days. Solicitation Number W912BU24B0016 is anticipated to be issued on or about 30 April 2024 with a proposal due date occurring at least 30 days after the Solicitation. Performance and Payment Bonds will be required for 100% of contract award.

This Market Survey is being conducted to determine if there are adequate HUBZone, 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned, Women-Owned, and general Small Business contractors for the above-described work. The NAICS Code for this project is currently projected to be 237990: Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction - Dredging and Surface Cleanup Activities subset which has a small business size standard of $37 Million. In accordance with Footnote 2 of the U.S. Small Business Administration Table of Small Business Size Standards, to be considered small for purposes of Government procurement, a firm must perform at least 40 percent of the volume dredged with its own equipment or equipment owned by another small dredging concern.

All interested Small Business contractors should submit a narrative demonstrating their experience in the specified work, as well as their technical capabilities. Please include size/classification of your firm, bonding capacity (single project and aggregate), details of similar projects including completion dates, references, and contract amounts. Narratives shall be no longer than FIVE (5) pages. Additionally, the Government welcomes industry feedback into the NAICS Code currently projected for this requirement.

Responses shall be sent to Molly Gallagher at Molly.Gallagher@usace.army.mil on or before 5 April 2024 1:00 p.m. Eastern. Responses to this source sought announcement will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions.