Dike Raising Killcohook Disposal Area

Contract work consists of a large-scale earthwork project to construct approximately 15,000 linear feet of earthen embankments at Cell 1 of the Killcohook Dredged Material Placement Facility (DMPF) adjacent to the Delaware River in Salem County, NJ.  Approximately 500,000 cubic yards of dredged materials must be moved from within the approximately 300-acre site, compacted in lifts and final graded to meet the lines and grades required.  Significant experience and expertise with large scale earthwork projects and access to a significant amount of earthmoving equipment and labor will be required to complete all work within an 18-month period of performance.  The soils that comprise the available dredged materials are predominately fine-grained in nature (i.e., contain silts and clays of low and high plasticity), with some sand and gravel in limited areas.  As such, these soils are highly susceptible to changes in moisture content which may limit construction activities during periods of wet or freezing weather. Contractor must be able to deal with problems that include seepage of water into excavations, softening of exposed subgrade soils, loss of soil shear strength, etc.  It is anticipated that the existing dredged material proposed to construct the dikes will require consistent and active moisture conditioning to achieve a moisture content near or at optimum to achieve the specified compaction requirements.  Consequently, prudent earthwork techniques such as disking, stockpile management, aeration, promoting positive drainage, limiting construction traffic and allowing for drying days must be utilized to facilitate fill placement and compaction activities. It should be anticipated that protection of exposed excavation subgrades will need to be exercised to minimize disturbance. The contract documents will include all available data from the latest subsurface investigations and associated geotechnical laboratory testing.  A licensed Geotechnical Engineer will be required for the evaluation of this data and assistance in preparation of bid documents as well as work plans that will be required of the successful bidder.  The work will also require the installation of three steel sluice structures and associated 30-inch steel outfall pipes for site drainage.  The sluice structures and pipes will be provided as Government Furnished Materials.  and Solicitation Number W912BU23R0007 will be issued on or about 25 May 2023 with a proposal due date occurring at least 30 days after the Solicitation.  The award will be made based on the best overall (i.e., best value) proposal that is determined to be the most beneficial to the Government, with appropriate consideration given the four (4) evaluation factors: Technical Approach, Past Performance, Small Business Participation and Price.  The period of performance will be 550 calendar days.  Estimated cost range of the project is $10,000,000 to $25,000,000.

Sources Sought:  This is a Sources Sought Notice and is for information purposes only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS, OR BIDS. A Market Survey is being conducted to determine if there are adequate HUBZone, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned, and Small Business contractors for the following proposed work. The Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, is interested in awarding one (1) Firm Fixed Price Contract for Dike Raising Construction, Killcohook Cell 1, Salem County, NJ.

Performance and Payment Bonds will be required for 100% of contract award. The NAICS Code for this project is 237990 and the small business size standard is $39.5 Million. To be considered small for purposes of Government procurement, a firm must perform at least 40 percent of the volume dredged with its own equipment or equipment owned by another small dredging concern. Responses to this sources sought announcement will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All interested HUBZone, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned, Small Business contractors should submit a narrative demonstrating their experience in the specified work, as well as, their technical capabilities. Please include size/classification of your firm, bonding capacity (single project and aggregate), details of similar projects, completion dates, references and contract amount. Narratives shall be no longer than FIVE (5) pages. Responses should be sent to Zaquette Everett at zaquette.everett@usace.army.mil on or before 15 March 2023 11:45 p.m. Eastern.