Urgent Beach Nourishment Townsends Inlet to Cape May Inlet

2026-11-03

REQUEST FOR INFORMATIONTHIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ( RFI )/ SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE BEING RELEASED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION ( FAR ) PART 10 : MARKET RESEARCH . This RFI is issued solely for informational , market research , and planning purposes only . It does not constitute an Invitation for Bid ( IFB ), Request for Quote ( RFQ ), or Request for Proposal ( RFP ) or a promise to issue an RFQ / IFB / RFP in the future . No solicitation document exists at this time . Issuance of this notice does not constitute any obligation on the part of the Government and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government , implied or otherwise , to issue a solicitation or award a contract . In addition , respondents are advised that the United States Government is under no obligation to pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in response to this RFI . At this time , proprietary information is not being requested , and respondents shall refrain from providing proprietary information in response to this RFI . The specifications for this requirement will only be available upon solicitation issuance . Requirement : The U . S . Army Corps of Engineer ( USACE ), Philadelphia District ( NAP ), anticipates a requirement for the urgent nourishment of Townsends Inlet to Cape May Inlet in Cape May County , NJ . The estimated magnitude of this project is between $ 20 , 000 , 000 and $ 35 , 000 , 000 . Description : Contract work consists of a base bid to hydraulically place approximately 800 , 000 to 1 , 200 , 000 cubic yards of beachfill along the Atlantic Ocean coastline in the Boroughs of Avalon and Stone Harbor , Cape May County , New Jersey . The project area encompasses approximately 6 , 800 feet along the oceanfront of Avalon Borough and 14 , 500 feet along the oceanfront of Stone Harbor Borough . The contract work may also consist of up to 4 - 6 separate options to place additional amounts of beachfill per option , if awarded , in locations within and outside of the Base bid areas . In the Borough of Avalon , options , if awarded , will be for quantities ranging from approximately 50 , 000 to 400 , 000 cubic yards . Options for Stone Harbor , if awarded , will be for quantities ranging from 50 , 000 to 250 , 000 cubic yards . The project work for the Base Bid and Options , if awarded , also may include , in addition to beachfill planting dune grass and installing sand fencing . The beachfill material for this contract must come from the authorized borrow areas , which are shown on the contract drawings , located in Townsends Inlet and Hereford Inlet . The construction is to be completed no later than Wednesday 01 July 2026 . The anticipated North American Industrial Classification System ( NAICS ) code is 237990 , Dredging and Surface Cleanup Activities , with a SBA Size standard of $ 37 . 0M . Survey : The Government is issuing this notice to determine a competitive basis . This is not a solicitation and the items listed herein are subject to change or eliminated from the requirement . This survey is for market research purposes only . Only prospective contractors capable of performing this type of work should respond to this Request for Information . Your response to this survey is requested by 1 : 00 PM Eastern Time , March 12th , 2025 . Please send by email to Molly . Gallagher @ usace . army . mil and Brandon Mormello at Brandon . R . Mormello @ usace . army . mil Include in the title " Sources Sought -" Urgent Beach Nourishment Townsends Inlet to Cape May Inlet " as the subject line in email communications . All submitted responses must be in either Microsoft Word or Adobe pdf format . 1 .) Name of your firm : 2 .) CAGE / Unique Entity Identifier : 3 .) Point of Contact , Phone Number , and E - mail Address : 4 .) List three ( 3 ) projects completed within fifteen ( 15 ) years of the date of this notice that demonstrates experience , as a prime contractor or subcontractor , for beach renourishment . a .) Project Name : Contract Number ( if applicable ): Year Completed : Was the project completed on time ? Prime or Subcontractor : Type and percentage of work self - performed ( based on contract value ): Dollar Amount : General description of project : b .) Project Name : Contract Number ( if applicable ): Year Completed : Was the project completed on time ? Prime or Subcontractor : Type and percentage of work self - performed ( based on contract value ): Dollar Amount : General description of project : c .) Project Name : Contract Number ( if applicable ): Year Completed : Was the project completed on time ? Prime or Subcontractor : Type and percentage of work self - performed ( based on contract value ): Dollar Amount : General description of project : 5 .) Are you a Small Business classified under the above NAICS code ? If so , do you fall into a sub - category ( e . g . HubZone , 8 ( a ), SDVOSB , WOSB , etc .)? 6 .) For this requirement , what percentage of this work would you subcontract ( reference FAR 52 . 219 - 14 , Limitations on Subcontracting )? 7 .) What type of work requirements will you subcontract out to small businesses ? 8 .) Do you plan to subcontract to only small businesses ? 9 .) If the answer to question 8 is “ yes ”, are these small businesses with a sub - category ( e . g . e . g . HubZone , 8 ( a ), SDVOSB , WOSB , etc .)? 10 .) What is your bonding capacity per contract ? 11 .) What is your aggregate bonding capacity per contract ? 12 .) If this requirement is advertised , do you anticipate submitting a proposal ?

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