Grays Harbor Outer Harbor- Maintenance Dredging

FOR INFORMATION ONLY: This Pre-Solicitation Notice is ONLY A NOTIFICATION that a solicitation is anticipated and forthcoming. All questions regarding this Pre-Solicitation notice should be submitted in writing via email to the listed Point of Contact(s). Construction Project: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Seattle District, proposes to conduct maintenance dredging (mechanical clamshell) in the Entrance and Pt. Chehalis reaches of the Grays Harbor Outer Harbor, Grays Harbor, WA. Up to 300,000 cubic yards (CY) of dredged material may be dredged and disposed of via bottom-dump barge in the Point Chehalis Open Water Disposal Site. Minimum project dredge depth is -46 feet MLLW (-42 authorized depth plus 2 feet allowable overdepth) and maximum project dredge depth is -48 MLLW (advance maintenance). The total length of dredging cannot exceed 25 days. The dredge and disposal areas are located in between the North and South Jetties, between Ocean Shores and Westport. WARNING: The project area is subject to rough ocean marine conditions, with potential for swells, high wave energy, and tidal currents. Tidal currents can reach 4 knots in this reach of the channel. In the entrance channel significant wave height can reach 6 feet. Dredge equipment must be of size and stability to be able to dredge, transport and dispose in this highly dynamic project area. Dredging may start on or after 1 August 2019 and must be completed by 30 October 2019. The magnitude of construction is estimated to be between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. The resulting contract will be firm-fixed-price. Solicitation number W912DW19B0010 will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website, www.fbo.gov, on or about 11 June 2019. The solicitation will be an Invitation for Bids (IFB). Bids will be due no sooner than 30 calendar days after actual solicitation issuance date. See the solicitation for details about bid opening. The NAICS code for this procurement is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction, and the associated small business size standard is $27,500,000 in average annual receipts. The solicitation will be full and open competition. The solicitation documents for this requirement will be issued in electronic format only and will be made available online via the FBO website at www.fbo.gov under the subject solicitation number. NO CD's OR HARD COPIES WILL BE AVAILABLE. Offerors are responsible for checking for any update(s) to the Notice/Solicitation. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for a bidder's inability to access the document(s) posted at the referenced website. To obtain automatic notifications of updates to this notice, log in to www.fbo.gov and add the solicitation to your Watchlist. If you would like to list your firm so others can see you are an interested vendor, click the ‘Add Me To Interested Vendors' button in the listing for this solicitation on www.fbo.gov. The FBO Response Date listed elsewhere in this pre-solicitation notice is for FBO archive purposes only. It may have no relationship to the actual solicitation due date. The solicitation due date and time will be contained in the solicitation and any solicitation amendments that are issued. IMPORTANT NOTICE: All contractors proposing on Department of Defense (DoD) solicitations must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award of a contract. The purpose of this database is to provide basic business information and capabilities to the Government. The SAM website can be accessed at www.sam.gov. Contractors are encouraged to register as soon as possible. All new contracts can be made ONLY to contractors who are registered in SAM. This requirement applies to all DoD contract awards.