Beach Replenishment-Lower Cape May Meadows

Original Set Aside: 8(a) Set-Aside (FAR 19.8). The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, intends to award a firm fixed contract that consists of surveying, excavating and placing approximately 164,000 cubic yards of sand within the Lower Cape May Meadows. This project may include Options. Contractor will conduct pre- and post-placement condition surveys. These are beach survey lines (35 lines) that extend 3,000 feet into the water. Contractor will also place approximately 164,000 CY of sand. The sand will be excavated from 2 adjacent areas of the beach at Cape May Point State Park and The Nature Conservancy’s Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge. The sand will be moved and placed at 2 locations: the Cove Beach in the City of Cape May (114,000 CY) and Saint Pete’s Beach in the Borough of Cape May Point (50,000 CY). Contractor will be required to do before and after surveys every 50 feet in the excavation area (101 lines), and every 100 feet in the placement areas (22 lines). These surveys will be to wading depth only. Contractor will be paid based on the quantity excavated as calculated by the before and after surveys.

Division 31 -	Earthwork, Erosion and Sedimentation Controls.
Division 33 -	Utilities, Storm Drainage Utilities, Ponds and Reservoirs.
Division 35 -	Waterway and Marine Construction, Shoreline Protection, Waterway Construction and Equipment.