SOURCES SOUGHT
F -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is issuing this Sources Sought Announcement to determine the interest of small business contractors for the Ninigret Pond Eelgrass Restoration Project.
- Notice Date
- 11/21/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 115112
— Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating
- Contracting Office
- US Army Engineer District, New England, 696 Virginia Road, Concord, MA 01742-2751
- ZIP Code
- 01742-2751
- Solicitation Number
- W912WJ-06-X-0002
- Response Due
- 12/5/2005
- Archive Date
- 2/3/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is issuing this Sources Sought Announcement to determine the interest and availability of small business contractors. The purpose of the Ninigret Pond Eelgrass Restoration project is to restore subaquatic vegetation, in the form of eelgrass, to the flood tidal shoal of Ninigret Pond, Charlestown, RI. About 40 acres of the flood tidal shoal will have been dredged under separate contract to a depth of about 0.75 meters (2.5 feet) below MLW. Eelgras s will be restored in the dredged restoration areas through a combination of direct planting and seeding. The restored beds will be planted in mosaics of patches (at a 0.5 ratio ) throughout the restoration area to mimic natural beds and to allow the beds to coalesce through succession. Monitoring of the effort by the Government will take place for two consecutive growing seasons to determine the success of the project. Work shall be completed no later than September 10, 2008. The estimated cost of this wor k is between $1,000,000.00 to $5,000,000.00. The solicitation shall be made available via the Internet on or about 2/14/06. Interested Small Businesses who are capable of performing this work should submit a written notice to this office demonstrating yo ur ability and experience planting and seeding in aquatic environments. This 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. Responses are required no later than 5 December 2005. Responses should be addressed to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, 696 Virginia Road, Concord, MA 01742-2751, ATTN: David Dilks (Contracts Branch). Firms interested shall provide the above documentation, in one origin al form and one copy. Responses shall be limited to 5 pages and shall include your small business status, if any. The government will not pay for any material provided in response to this market survey nor return the data provided. The results of this s urvey will be considered to be in effect for a period of one year from the date of this notice.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Engineer District, New England 696 Virginia Road, Concord MA
- Zip Code: 01742-2751
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 01742-2751
- Record
- SN00935676-W 20051123/051121212044 (fbodaily.com)
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