Action Code: Sources Sought
Subject: Market Research – Lower Cape May Meadows, Cape May Point, New Jersey - Beachfill
Solicitation No.: W912BU24B0005 – Lower Cape May Meadows, Cape May Point, New Jersey - Beachfill
Response Date: 20 December 2023
Place of Performance: Cape May Point, New Jersey
Description of Work: This is a Sources Sought Notice and is for informational and market research purposes only.
THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS, OR BIDS.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, intends to award a firm fixed contract that consists of surveying, excavating, and placing approximately 88,000 cubic yards of sand as part of the base award within the Lower Cape May Meadows near Cape May Point in New Jersey. This project may include an option for an additional 45,000 CY.
Contract work will consist of conducting pre- and post-placement condition surveys. These are beach survey lines (35 lines) that extend 3,000 feet into the water. The (88,000 CY) of sand will be excavated from two adjacent areas of the beach at Cape May Point State Park and The Nature Conservancy’s Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge. The sand will be moved to the Cove Beach area in the City of Cape May (88,000 CY). The Option of (45,000 CY) of sand if exercised, will allocate 30,000 CY moved to the Cove Beach area and 15,000 CY moved to Saint Peter’s Beach in the Borough of Cape May Point.
Contractor will be required to do before and after surveys every 50 feet in the excavation area (101 lines), and every 100 feet in the placement areas (22 lines). These surveys will be to wading depth only. Contractor will be paid based on the quantity excavated as calculated by the before and after surveys.
The contractor is required to have specialized experience since work requires the beneficial use placement of dredged sediments in sensitive marsh environments on State Wildlife Management Area land. Contractor must be able to demonstrate prior experience on beachfill projects involving beneficial use placement techniques within environmentally sensitive coastal marshes and wetlands and knowledge of the dynamic conditions that exist for these placements. Due to environmental restrictions, excavating and placement cannot occur between 1 March 2024 to 30 August 2024.
The current estimated Magnitude of Construction is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000 for the base contract work. The period of performance is 150 calendar days for the base work.
The NAICS Code for this project is 237990 Dredging and Surface Cleanup Activities and the small business size standard is $37.0 Million.
Responses to this Sources Sought Announcement will be used by the Government in market research to make appropriate acquisition decisions. Narratives are requested with the following information, which shall not exceed a total of eight (8) pages.
1. Offeror’s name, address, points of contact with telephone numbers and e-mail addresses.
2. Business size/classification to include any designations as Small Business, HUBZone, Service Disabled Veteran Owned, 8(a), Women-Owned small businesses shall be indicated on first page of submission.
3. Description of capability to perform similar or same projects listed above and manage subcontractors if applicable.
4. Past performance/experience on projects of similar scope and magnitude, describing no more than three (3) projects completed within the past five years. The past performance information should include project title, location, general description of the construction to demonstrate relevance to the proposed projects, the Offeror’s role, dollar value of contract, and name of the company, agency or government entity for which the work was performed with contact information (reference name, phone number and e-mail address).
Responses should be sent to Frederick Conway at frederick.conway@usace.army.mil on or before December 20, 2023, at 2:00 PM EST.
