Federal Maintenance Dredging, 18-Foot Federal Channel, Housatonic River, Stratford, with Placement of Dredged Material onto Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison.

>>>>>>SEE W912WJ-17-B-0002<<<<<< The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be issuing an Invitation for Bid for Maintenance Dredging of the 18-foot channel in the Housatonic River, Stratford, CT. This project consists of the dredging of approximately 185,000 to 300,000 cubic yards of clean fine-grain sand from the authorized 18-foot-deep and 200-foot-wide Federal channel, with disposal/placement directly onto Hammonasset Beach State Park, about 33 miles away. Dredging will be done by either mechanical means or by hopper dredge. A booster pump or unloader or similar equipment will be needed to pump the sand directly onto the beach from the scow or hopper. The estimated dredge window is October 1 to January 31. Dredging operations will be permitted 24 hours per day and 7 days per week. It is the Government's intent to contract this work to an offeror who can demonstrate dredging production by mechanical means or with a hopper dredge at least 80,000 cubic yards in a consecutive 30-day period during cold-weather months (October through January) with disposal/ placement onto a beach. The experience must be on at least one past project. This requirement will be included in the solicitation as a definitive responsibility criterion, to be demonstrated by the low bidder following the bid opening and prior to award. The project estimated to be is between $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. The Government may also include additive bid items in the bid schedule for this project. This is not a request for proposals at this time, the solicitation requirements and contract documents to include instructions for submission and the response date will be available on or about July 11, 2016. Neither telephonic, mailed nor faxed requests for hard copies of this solicitation will be accepted. The solicitation will only be available online; in order to download the solicitation, offerors must access the Federal Business Opportunities website (www.fbo.gov). All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the New England District. Additional questions may be emailed to the Contract Specialist at [email protected]