SOURCES SOUGHT
Y -- Orchard Beach, Bronx, New York Beach Renourishment Project
- Notice Date
- 11/10/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 237990
— Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
- Contracting Office
- US Army Engineer District, New York, CENAN-CT, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278-0090
- ZIP Code
- 10278-0090
- Solicitation Number
- W912DS-10-S-0002
- Response Due
- 11/25/2009
- Archive Date
- 1/24/2010
- Point of Contact
- Ivan V. Damaso, 917-790-8708
- E-Mail Address
-
US Army Engineer District, New York
(ivan.v.damaso@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE USED FOR MARKET ANALYSIS ONLY. NO AWARDS WILL BE MADE FROM THE RESPONSES TO THIS SYNOPSIS. NO SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER RESPONSES WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE ACQUISITION STRATEGIES FOR FUTURE ACQUISITIONS. The purpose of this announcement is to gain knowledge of potential business sources; with specific interest in small business, certified 8(a), certified HUB Zone, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), concerns for work on a construction contract (IFB type procurement). The NAICS Code is 237990 (size standard $4.5 million average annual receipts for preceding three fiscal years). No awards will be made from the responses to this synopsis. No solicitations will be available at this time. Responses will be used to determine appropriate acquisition decisions for future procurements. SURVEY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR INDUSTRY The following is a confidential survey questionnaire designed to apprise the US Army Corps of Engineers, NY District, of prospective dredging/beach renourishment contractors project execution capabilities. Please provide your response to the following questions. At the end of this survey you will be asked to provide your comments. General 1) Have you ever worked on dredging/ beach renourishment jobs similar in nature to these projects? If so, please describe the project and for whom the work was performed. Identify a point of contact and phone number. 2) Have you performed dredging/ beach renourishment within the coastal waters of the New York? 3) Would you be willing to bid on the project described below? If the answer is No, please explain why not? 4) Would you be bidding on this project as a sole contractor, prime contractor with subcontractor(s) or as a joint venture? 5) Is there a dollar limit on the size contract that you would bid? 6) What are the largest dredging/ beach renourishment contract (in dollar amounts) on which you were the prime contractor? 7) What is your bonding capacity per contract? What is your total bonding capacity? 8) Have you worked with environmental window restrictions, e.g., Piper Plover, Sea Turtle? 9) Is your company a small or large business as defined by the SBA? Equipment 10) What type of dredge equipment and land-based equipment do you own and/or operate that is suitable for the work described? For each dredge that you list, please specify its capacity, bucket size(s), pump horsepower, and other salient characteristics. 11) Identify which dredge(s), including support equipment (tug, scows, etc.), you would employ on this project. 12) How many hopper scows do you have available for use? Please list them and provide their capacity. Contractors Comments or Recommendations Please note that this notice is not a commitment on the part of the Government to award a contract as a result of this notice or to pay for any information received. This synopsis neither constitutes a Request for Proposal or Invitation for Bid, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. The Government should not construe this Sources Sought Synopsis as a commitment for any purpose. The Government does not intend to rank submittals or provide any reply to interested firms. BACKGROUND AND INFORMATION FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS The New York District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (District) is in the process of developing the Plans and Specifications for the beach renourishment project Orchard Beach, Bronx, NY. Listed below is the project location and overall scope of work for the project. Orchard Beach, Bronx, NY This project will include the placement of material (beach fill) in Orchard Beach, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, approximately 200,000 CY to 400,000 CY. There is no planned borrow site, the contractor will have to procure sand. This project will also include the repair of the existing groin, approximately 3000 to 4000 tons of stone work using new and existing stone. The Contractor cannot perform work during the period of May 1st through September 30th due to environmental restrictions. The contract value is estimated to be between $7M and $15M. The advertisement and award is projected for the winter of 2009. The Contractor will conform to all local, state, and federal laws while carrying out the dredging of the material from the borrow area and subsequent beach fill placement. The Contractor shall prepare and submit a site-specific magnetometer work plan and the safety and health plan to the government for approval prior to mobilization. The work plan shall contain an UXO (Unexploded ordnance) operation plan detailing the Contractors proposed methodology to complete the magnetometer search and ordnance removal procedures. Prior to the commencement of work for each project, the Contractor shall notify the 1st Coast Guard District, Aids to Navigation Officer, of his proposed operations, including location and duration of operations and request that the information be published in a Notice to Mariners. This notification must be given at least three (3) weeks in advance so that it appears in the Notice to Mariners at least one week prior to the commencement of the beach renourishment operation for each project. The Contractor shall also coordinate all dredging and transportation activities with U.S. Coast Guard Activities New Jersey, Vessel Traffic Service Branch. The Contractor will mark work areas with buoys as coordinated with the USCG. Submit Survey Questionnaires to: Attn: Stephen DiBari, P.E. CENAN EN M Rm. No. 2037 US Army Corps of Engineers, NY District, 26 Federal Plaza New York, NY, 10278 Do not submit Survey Questionnaires to the POC listed in the FedBizOps advertisement. Survey Questionnaires shall not exceed 10 pages. Survey Questionnaires will not be accepted after 4:00 pm on the original response date shown in the advertisement in the FedBizOps. If the original response date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a Federal Holiday, the response date will moved to the next business day. Facsimile transmissions of the qualifications statements will not be accepted. Due to heightened security around 26 Federal Plaza, be prepared to leave ample time to gain entry into the building. If we do not receive an adequate number of qualified respondents (i.e., two or more responsible firms), the solicitation shall be issued on an unrestricted basis and all firms regardless of size shall be eligible and encouraged to compete for this project.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Engineer District, New York CENAN-CT, 26 Federal Plaza, New York NY
- Zip Code: 10278-0090
- Zip Code: 10278-0090
- Record
- SN02002073-W 20091112/091111000219-3e2d9cbef117768961da8fe5f0be795a (fbodaily.com)
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