Virginia Beach Hurricane Protection

***Please note that the Solicitation Number is W9123619B0015.****Pre-Solicitaiton DODAAC W91235 posted in error. A helpdesk ticket will be requested to correct.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Norfolk District, Army Corps of Engineers is contemplating a Firm Fixed Price, Construction contract, for VIRGINIA BEACH HURRICANE PROTECTION PROJECT, VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIAThe proposed procurement listed herein is unrestricted, and will be solicited as a Firm Fixed Price, Invitation for Bid (IFB)DESCRIPTION OF WORK:The Virginia Beach Hurricane Protection Project will provide dredging and placement of approximately one million cubic yards of sand from a specific borrow site which is located within a 5.6 mile stretch of the eastern Atlantic Ocean Channel (AOC) and the eastern 5.2 miles of the Thimble Shoal Channel (TSC). The work shall be performed by a hopper dredge with all dredged material used as beach nourishment between Rudee

Inlet and 89th Street of the Virginia Beach oceanfront. Approximately 1 million cubic yards will be placed directly on the beachfront in an area approximately 5 miles long and 100 feet wide.CONSTRUCTION TIME:For the base contract bid items, begin performance within 10 calendar days and complete all work within 120 calendar days of receipt of Notice to Proceed (NTP).NO dredging is to be conducted between 1 September 2019 and 14 November 2019.The magnitude of construction is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00.Liquidated Damages are to be assessed at $985.00 per day of delay.The NAICS code applicable to this requirement is 237990, with a small business size standard of $27.5 million.DREDGING AND DREDGE RELATED MARINE WORK:The Contractor shall comply with all safety provisions of EM 385-1-1. If the Contractor is a current participant in the Dredging Contractors of America (DCA)/United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Dredging Safety Management Program (DSMP), as determined by the DCA/USACE Joint Committee, and holds a current valid Certificate of Compliance for both the Contractor Program and the Dredge(s) to be used to perform the work under this contract, the Contractor may, in lieu of the submission of an Accident Prevention Plan (APP),1) Make available for review, upon request, the Contractor's current Safety Management System (SMS) documentation,2) Submit to the Contracting Officer the current valid Company Certificate of Compliance for its SMS,3) Submit the current dredge(s) Certificate of Compliance based on third party audit, and submit for review and acceptance, site-specific addenda to the SMS as specified in the solicitation.Proposals shall include sufficient detailed information to allow complete evaluation. The Government reserves the right to reject any and all offers. Offerors are reminded that while the Government may elect to consider data obtained from other sources, the burden of proof of acceptability rests with the Offeror.The solicitation will be available in electronic format only. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be available. Other methods of requesting a package will not be honored. This solicitation will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website at http://www.fbo.gov on/about February 2019. The proposal due date shall be at least 30 days after the RFP is posted on the FBO website.IT IS THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OFFEROR TO CONTINUALLY VIEW THE WEBSITE FOR CHANGES.All prospective contractors are required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to contract award. Offerors and contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-866-606-8220 or via the Internet at https://www.sam.gov. Representations and Certifications Applications apply to this solicitation. Representations and Certifications may be completed online via the SAM. The Point of Contact for this requirement is Stormie Wicks, Email: Stormie.B.Wicks@usace.army.mil; Phone: 757-201-7215.