SOLICITATION NOTICE
F -- Ninegret Pond Eelgrass Restoration Progect
- Notice Date
- 4/14/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 115112
— Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army Engineer District, New England, US Army Engineer District, New England, 696 Virginia Road, Concord, MA 01742-2751
- ZIP Code
- 01742-2751
- Solicitation Number
- W912WJ08X0008
- Response Due
- 4/25/2008
- Point of Contact
- Rachael Raposa, 978-318-8249
- Description
- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is issuing a Source Sought Annoucement to determine the interest and availablity of interested firms. The purpose of the Ninigret Pond Eelgrass Restoration project is to restore subaquatic vegetation, in the form of eelgrass, to the east side of the flood tidal shoal of Ninigret Pond, Charlestown, RI. About 17 acres of the flood tidal shoal have been dredged under separate contract to a depth of about 0.75 meters (2.5 feet) below MLW. About 2 acres of eelgrass will be restored in the dredged restoration area through direct seeding methods. Seeding will be done at a minimum density of 3,000 seeds per square meter. A plan shall be submitted to the Corps, within fifteen (15) days of the Notice to Proceed date, which delineates the method and times for harvesting, storing, transporting, and planting efforts. Seeding shall occur during the time period from September to November 2008. Underwater divers, diving from a boat, may be required to remove the plants from the donor beds to harvest seeds and then to plant the seeds. Seed collection can begin as early as May 2008. The contractor shall complete the seeding effort by the end of November 2008. Interested parties shall provide examples (at least one but no more than three) of prior work that demonmstrated experience in planting and seeding in aquatic environments. The examples shall include location, size, and cost of the project as well as a decription of methods used. The examples shall be provided in narrative form as part of the interested party's response letter. 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 than25 April 2008. Responses should be addressed to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, 696 Virginia Road, Concord, MA 01742-2751, ATTN: Rachael Raposa (Contracts Branch). Firms interested shall provide the above documentation, in one original form and one copy. Responses shall be limited to 20 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 survey will be considered to be in effect for a period of one year from the date of this notice.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Engineer District, New England 696 Virginia Road, Concord MA
- Zip Code: 01742-2751
- Zip Code: 01742-2751
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