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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is issuing a Sources Sought Announcement for a maintenance dredging project located in Scarborough River, Scarborough, ME. This announcement is to determine the interest, availability, and capability of HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, and Small Business concerns as described below. The NAICS code for this procurement is 237990. The project is planned to be issued on or about May 19, 2023. The construction will occur in the fall/winter of 2023/24 and is expected to take 3 to 4 months to complete. The estimated construction cost is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.

The proposed work consists of hydraulically dredging approximately 100,000 cubic yards (cy) of sandy material from the 8-foot entrance channel, 6-foot inner channel, and 6-foot anchorage (below Mean Lower Low Water) and placing the material on Western Beach. Sandy shoal material dredged from the project will be pumped approximately 6,000 ft to Western Beach which is just north of the 8-foot entrance channel in Scarborough, ME. Of the 100,000 cy project total, approximately 65,000 cy is required dredging with the remaining 35,000 cy considered 1-foot of allowable overdepth. The work in this area will require significant coordination around the tide as the Scarborough River sees tide ranges of over 9 feet during normal tide cycles. Dredging and disposal operations will be performed between November 1, 2023 and March 14, 2024 to meet environmental time of year (TOY) restrictions.

In order to accomplish all dredging requirements within the specified dredging window it is expected that the Contractor will need to meet a production rate of 30,000 CY per 30 calendar days. Environmental coordination and permitting has been completed by the U.S. Army of Engineers, New England District.

Interested firms should demonstrate their project experience, by providing two (2) projects within the last ten years, which meet the following requirements:

• Dredging by hydraulic cutterhead means in tidal waters with depths of 8 feet or less, demonstrating a minimum production rate of 30,000 cubic yards in one consecutive 30-day period.

• Experience with placement of dredged material on a beach disposal site during the winter months of November through March.

Interested firms should submit a capabilities package to include the following: business classification (i.e. HUBZone, etc.), type of equipment the firm is proposing to use on the project, and two (2) example projects performed by the firm in the last ten (10) years (including Points of Contact for those projects) showing experience with the proposed equipment at the production rate listed above. Please indicate the team subcontractor(s) (if any), including their prior experience and qualifications meeting the same qualifications listed above, which will be used to support the bidder's effort. Firms may use subcontractor experience to demonstrate experience with the requirements, but the role and work performed by each team member (prime and subcontractors) on projects demonstrating that team member's experience shall be the same as the role for that team member for this project. Bid bond will need to be provided with the bid.

Responses are limited to twenty pages and due by November 23, 2022. Responses should be sent electronically to Tyler.S.Maryak@usace.army.mil. The Government will not pay for any material provided in response to this market survey nor return the data provided. This notice is for information purposes only and is not a request to be placed on a solicitation mailing list nor is it a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a solicitation. The results of this survey will be considered to be in effect for a period of one year from the date of this notice.