Maintenance Dredging, Hudson River, NY Federal Navigation Project, Port of Coeymans Dredge Area

The New York District (NAN) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) proposes to perform maintenance dredging of the Hudson River, NY City to Waterford, New York, federal navigation project.  The dredged material shall be transported to and placed into a government furnished upland dredge material placement site (DMPS) at Houghtaling Island, New Baltimore, NY.  The proposed maintenance dredging will require the removal of approximately 64,000 cubic yards of critical shoals from the Federal Navigation Channel (FNC) at the Port of Coeymans; Coeymans, New Baltimore, and Schodack, NY. The dredge area is located at Reaches 17-19 and is approximately 2 miles from the Houghtaling Island DMPS.  Dredging is required to a depth of -32 feet COE Mean Low Water (COE MLW) project datum plus 1-foot allowable overdepth.  The dredge material is expected to consist primarily of sand and silt.

Dredging at the Port of Coeymans area will require the use of a mechanical dredge with a closed clamshell environmental bucket.  The contractor may also require the use of hopper barges, tugboat(s) and attendant plant to perform dredging, transport and unloading/placement operations. The contract requires the preparation of the existing Houghtaling Island DMPS prior to the start of dredge material placement operations; including dike repairs, berm removal and the grading of material within all placement cells.  All necessary permits required for the dredging and dredged material placement will be provided by the government; however, a New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Project Access Permit for Schodack State Island State Park will be acquired by the contractor.  The contractor will be required to meet all conditions pertaining to the dredging and dredge material placement as specified in these permits.  Water Quality Certification restrictions prohibit performing any in-water dredging work earlier than September 1st or later than November 30th.  The contractor will be required to commence work within five (5) calendar days after receipt of the Notice to Proceed and shall prosecute work diligently to substantially complete all work within the time periods provided.

The work is estimated to cost between $1,000,000 and $10,000,000.  Plans and Specifications for the subject project will be available 26 May 2022, with bid opening on/about 28 June 2022.  It is the intention of the Government to award on 01 July 2022 and issue the NTP on/about 15 July 2022.

Liquidated Damages are to be $1,349.30 per calendar day of delay until all work under the contract is accepted.

Proposals will be submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Contracting Division, Room  16- 300, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278-0090.  All questions must be submitted in writing via email (Microsoft word format) to the Contract Specialist.  The media selected for the issuance of this solicitation and amendments shall solely be at the discretion of the Government; accordingly, the medium utilized for this project is the Internet.  Paper copies of this solicitation, and amendments, if any, will not be available or issued. In accordance with DFARS 252.204-7007, all vendors who want access to the solicitation must be registered with System for Award Management (SAM), located at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/, and Contract Opportunities, located at https://beta.sam.gov/, in order to safeguard acquisition related information for all Federal Agencies. Interested parties may download and print the solicitation at no charge from the Contract Opportunities website at https://beta.sam.gov/.

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Point of Contact is Orlando Nieves, Contract Specialist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 16- 300, New York, NY 10278-0090. Email:  Orlando.Nieves@usace.army.mil.