Y--PRE-SOLICITATION CONFERENCE for Dredging and Beachfill, Delaware River Main Channel Deepening, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware

A Pre-Solicitation Conference for all interested contractors will be conducted on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 in the Planning Division Conference Room (7th floor) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District located in the Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3390, starting at 1:00 pm. Attendees may participate in-person or via teleconference. The teleconference number is 888-431-3632 and the Access Code is 2138645. All attendees, whether attending in-person or via teleconference, must pre-register for the conference by submitting their name and company affiliation to Ms. Sandi Fletcher at [email protected]. A brief description of the project is as follows: The Conference will be held for the Delaware River Main Channel Deepening (DRMCD) Project which will consist of new work dredging within the Delaware River dredging within the Delaware River main navigation channel and placement of the dredged material on Broadkill Beach, Delaware, for nourishment of the existing beach and dune system; a) Dredging work shall include dredging of the Miah Maull and Brandywine Ranges of the Delaware River main channel from Station 432+200 to Station 512+000; b) Dredging shall be required to a depth of 45 feet MLLW plus 1-foot allowable over depth within the contract work limits; c) The side slope dredging requirements for this project are 3H to 1V within the dredging contract work limits; d) The beachfill work shall include the placement of approximately 1,900,000 cubic yards of dredged material covering a total of approximately 15,000 linear feet of beach; e) All material for the beachfill work shall be obtained from the Delaware River main channel; f) Award of this contract is subject to the availability of funds.