Finderne Farms Wetland Mitigation Site, Bridgewater, NJ

Description

The New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) proposes to perform Adaptive Management Measures and Culvert Replacement for the Finderne Wetland Mitigation Site, Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey involves the planting of approximately 6,500 trees, 11,000 shrubs and 18,000 herbaceous plugs at 17 wetland and riparian planting zones ranging in size from 0.7 to 11 acres, installation of deer fencing, goose exclusion and other anti-herbivory measures, removal and disposal of 22 linear ft of crushed 14-inch culvert, construction of a 22 linear ft 15- inch RCP Class V culvert to include concrete headwalls and concrete supportive cradle, fabrication and replacement of interpretive signage. The purpose of the Finderne Farm Wetland Mitigation project was to offset impacts associated with the construction of the Green Brook Flood Risk Management Project. Adaptive Management measures are required to achieve the compensatory mitigation objectives for native plant species density and coverage. The total property size is approximately 179 acres with the mitigation project focused on approximately 130 acres. Overall mitigation actions consisted of the creation, restoration, enhancement, and preservation of various cover types including emergent wetland, scrub-shrub wetland, forested wetland, riparian forest, grassland, and upland forest. In addition, 12 acres of recreational area were developed. The site is owned by Somerset County, which operates it as a park. The Contractor will be required to commence work within five (5) calendar days after the date of receipt by him of the notice to proceed, and to prosecute said work diligently and to complete the basic work ready for use not later than one thousand and fourteen (1,014) calendar days after the receipt by him of the notice to proceed (NTP).The work is estimated to cost between $25,000,000 and $100,000,000. Plans and specifications for the subject project would be available in July 2026, with bid opening in August 2026. It is the intention of the government to award in August and NTP in September. Liquidated Damages of $2,770.00 per calendar day of delay will be assessed to the contractor until all work under the contract is accepted as complete. This is an unrestricted Procurement.