Great Lakes Dredging Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC)

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Detroit District is seeking contractors with the capability to provide dredging and construction services under the Great Lakes Dredging MATOC. The total cumulative amount of the contract is anticipated not to exceed $180 million in contract capacity for a five (5) year ordering period.

Individual task orders to be issued from this MATOC includes maintenance dredging and associated construction services within the boundaries of the USACE Great Lakes districts which include Buffalo, Chicago, and Detroit Districts. Individual task orders shall be awarded on a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) basis and shall not exceed $6 million. Task orders require contractors to mobilize dredge to the project location and dredge between the upstream and downstream limits shown on the respective plans.

Placement of dredged materials may include; shoreline as beach nourishment, within Confined Disposal Facilities (CDFs), Dredged Materials Disposal Facilities (DMDFs), or as indicated in the task order. CDF, DMDF, site work, surveys, environmental compliance, and other associated work. may be required as indicated in the task order plans and specifications. Demobilization once complete. The contractor will be responsible for all labor, equipment, and materials associated with each respective task order.

The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this work is 237990 (Exception), Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction, which has a small business size standard of $37 million (dredging) in average annual receipts. The Government intends to make an award to each and all qualifying offerors.

A qualifying offeror is an offeror determined to be a responsible source, submits a technically acceptable proposal which conforms to the requirements of the solicitation, and the Contracting Officer has no reason to believe would be likely to offer other than fair and reasonable pricing. In accordance with FAR 15.304(c)(1)(ii)(B), cost or price will not be an evaluation factor for award of base contracts. Price will become an evaluation factor for award at the task order level. The Request for Proposal (RFP) is intended to be issued as a 100% set-aside for small businesses and the government intends to award to all qualifying offerors.

General Information:

Anticipated Solicitation Posting Date: January/February 2025 Preproposal Conference date: A virtual pre-proposal conference will be held during the solicitation period. The solicitation notice will include the information for the event.

Anticipated Proposal Due Date: March/April 2025 The solicitation package materials, documents, drawings, specifications, and attachments to the anticipated solicitation will be available only electronically and via the PIEE Solicitation Module and/or SAM.gov which is free of charge. Hard copy documents will NOT be supplied by the Government to any interested parties as a result of this pre-solicitation notice or the upcoming solicitation.

Please note the Government will not be maintaining a bidders list during the solicitation period. However, vendors are strongly encouraged to review the "Interested Vendors List" found on sam.gov for this requirement. In order for interested contractors to conduct business with the Federal Government, contractors must be registered in the System for Award Managment (SAM) prior to any award. Contractors can access SAM free of charge at www.sam.gov.