FY21 Duwamish River Dredging

This Synopsis/Pre-Solicitation Notice is ONLY A NOTIFICATION that a solicitation is anticipated and forthcoming. All questions regarding this Synopsis/Pre-Solicitation should be submitted in writing to the Point of Contact(s) indicated below.Construction Project:The magnitude of construction is estimated to be between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. The resulting contract will be firm-fixed-price.The Corps of Engineers (USACE), Seattle District, proposes to perform maintenance dredging in sections of the Upper Duwamish waterway navigation channel via a mechanical clamshell dredge. The Duwamish River navigation project is located in Seattle, WA. The federal project consists of a 3,300 feet long channel and 500 feet long and 250 feet wide for the settling basin. The authorized project depth is -15 feet MLLW.  The proposed action will remove approximately 100,000 cubic yards (CY) of accumulated sediment from segment A of the channel and settling basin (stations 254+00 to 275+56) to the

project depth, plus two (2) feet allowable overdepth. Segment B of the channel (stations 242+00 to 254+00) will be dredged to project depth plus one (1) foot allowable overdepth.  Material will be removed with a clamshell dredge with dredged material loaded onto bottom‐dump barges for placement at Dredged Materials Management Program’s Elliott Bay Open Water Disposal Site. Interested parties should be familiar with the weather and river conditions for this project location, including an understanding of the tides and currents in the work area. Dredging would begin no sooner than 1 December 2021 and all in-water work must be completed by 15 February 2022.See the solicitation for details about bid submission and virtual bid opening. The NAICS code for this procurement is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction, and the associated small business size standard is $30,000,000 in average annual receipts. The solicitation will be a total small business set aside.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 an offeror's inability to access the document(s) posted at the referenced website. To obtain automatic notifications of updates to this notice, you must log in to www.SAM.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, you must click the ‘Add Me to Interested Vendors’ button in the listing for the solicitation on www.SAM.gov.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.