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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS BID PROTEST GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CO., LLC., ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) THE UNITED STATES, ) ) Defendant. )

No. 08-282 (Judge Braden)

DEFENDANT'S NOTICE OF FILING Pursuant to this Court's Scheduling Order of April 17, 2008, the United States hereby files the administrative record of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Pages 637-638 have been redacted at plaintiff's request because the redacted information is not relevant to this bid protest. Respectfully submitted, JEFFREY S. BUCHOLTZ Acting Assistant Attorney General JEANNE E. DAVIDSON Director

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/s/ Donald E. Kinner DONALD E. KINNER Assistant Director

/s/ Robert C. Bigler ROBERT C. BIGLER Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice Attn: Classification Unit 8th Floor 1100 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Tel. (202) 307-0315 Fax. (202) 514-8624 April 25, 2008 Attorneys for Defendant

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 25th day of April, 2008, a copy of the Defendant's Notice of Filing was filed electronically. I understand that notice of this filing will be sent to all parties by operation of the Court's electronic filing system. Parties may access this filing through the Court's system. /s/Robert C. Bigler Robert C. Bigler

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS BID PROTEST GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CO., LLC., ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) THE UNITED STATES, ) ) Defendant. )

No. 08-282 (Judge Braden)

INDEX TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD

Cover Letter, dated April 23, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Purchase Request, dated November 26, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Source Selection Plan - Not Applicable, dated April 23, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Bid Abstract - Not Applicable, dated April 23, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Synopsis to FedBizOps, dated December 12, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SF 1442 Solicitation Offer and Award, dated January 17, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Bid Schedule, dated January 17, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Section 00100 Instructions to Bidders, dated January 17, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Section 00600 Representations and Certifications, dated January 17, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Section 00700 Contract Clauses, dated January 17, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Section 00800 Special Contract Requirements, dated January 17, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Section 00900 Wage Determination, dated January 17, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Section 01130 Environmental Protection, dated January 17, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

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Section 01440 Contractor Quality Control, dated January 17, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Section 02482 Dredging, dated January 17, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Solicitation Drawings North West Tennessee Harbor, dated January 17, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Amendment 0001, dated January 28, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Amendment 0002, dated February 15, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Amendment 0003, dated February 29, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Amendment 0004, dated March 5, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Amendment 0005, dated April 7, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Amendment 0005 Drawings, dated April 7, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Amendment 0006 Postpones Bid Closing Indefinitely, dated April 17, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Documents from pre-bid or pre-proposal conferences - Not Applicable, dated April 23, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Questions/Clarifications, dated February 12, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 Questions/Clarifications, dated February 19, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 SF 1442 Solicitation Offer and Award with text box showing estimated cost, dated April 23, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 Email from FedBizOps shows successful submission of synopsis, dated December 12, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Email with attached Spreadsheet for Dredge Sources, dated December 14, 2007 . . . . . . . . . 305 Excel Spreadsheet with Dredging Sources, dated December 14, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Email from FedBizOps successful submission of release date on Sol., dated December 27, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Email for meeting on Harbor Dredging contract FY08, dated January 8, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Email on Harbor Dredging Contract Size Specifications, dated January 10, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . 310 Email with bid packages from New Orleans, dated January 11, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Email attachments 3 bid packages from New Orleans, dated January 11, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 2

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Email on Harbor Dredging Solicitation, dated January 15, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387 Email on Harbor Dredging Solicitation with attachments, dated January 15, 2008 . . . . . . . . . 388 Harbor Dredging Solicitation attached examples from MVN, dated January 15, 2008 . . . . . . 389 Harbor Dredging Solicitation has been issued, dated January 17, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416 Solicitation W912EQ-08-B-0001, dated January 17, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 Email from FedBizOps with successful submission of solicitation, dated January 17, 2008 . . 596 Email from FedBizOps with changes to synopsis, dated January 17, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598 Email with attached Amendment 0001, dated January 28, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 Amendment 0001 attachment, dated January 28, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601 Email regarding question from GLDD on non-effective hours, dated February 6, 2008 . . . . . 603 Email response to GLDD on non-effective hours, dated February 6, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606 Email from GLDD on non-effective hours, dated February 6, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 Clarification Letter #1 regarding non-effective hours, dated February 6, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . 609 Email Great Lakes Response, dated February 13, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610 Email Great Lakes Response, dated February 13, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611 Response referencing Pre-Bid Letter No. 2 dated February 13, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612 Email to set meeting for Harbor dredging contract, dated February 14, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613 GLDD pre-bid letter #3, dated February 14, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614 Pre-bid letter # 3 attachment, dated February 14, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615 Email with Pre-bid letter # 4, dated February 14, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 Pre-bid letter # 4 attachment, dated February 14, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617 Email seeking responses to Pre-bid letter # 4, dated February 15, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618 Pre-bid letter # 4 attachment, dated February 15, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620 Email informing GLDD that Amendment 0002 has been issued, dated February 15, 2008 . . . 621

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Email informing Weeks that Amendment 0002 has been issued, dated February 15, 2008 . . . 623 Email confirming response to Pre-bid letter # 4, dated February 15, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 Topographic data drawing attachment for Pre-bid letter # 4, dated February 15, 2008 . . . . . . 627 Email regarding Harbor Dredging Contract completion, dated February 19, 2008 . . . . . . . . . 629 Response back form Chris Atkins, dated February 20, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631 Response to Chris Atkins, dated February 20, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633 Email from GLDD on Pre-bid letter # 5, dated February 25, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635 Pre-Bid Letter # 5 attachment, dated February 25, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636 Email with memo regarding revision of W912EQ-08-B-0001, dated February 25, 2008 . . . . 640 Memo regarding revision of IFB W912EQ-08-B-0001, dated February 25, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . 641 Email with revised tech specs, dated February 26, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643 Technical Specs attachment, dated February 26, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Email letting cost estimator and his response back on 0003 reestablishing the solicitation, dated March 3, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662 Email with attached Weeks Marine agency protest, dated March 4, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 Weeks Marine agency protest attachment, dated March 4, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664 Email setting up a meeting to discuss Weeks agency protest, dated March 4, 2008 . . . . . . . . . 667 Weeks agency protest provided to Great Lakes, dated March 5, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669 Copy of Weeks Protest, dated March 5, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670 Cost Engineer responding to postponement of Sol., dated March 10, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 Email discussing mobilization time from 10 to 14 days, dated March 14, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . 674 Internal question regarding clarification 02 to clearing and grubbing, dated March 18, 2008 . 676 Venture production breakdown from Weeks Marine, dated March 26, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677 Venture production breakdown spreadsheet, dated March 26, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678 Estimates for cubic yardage of materials, dated March 26, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679 4

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Email on Revised bid document, dated April 1, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680 Revised bid document, dated April 1, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681 Email on Vicksburg bid results, dated April 2, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688 Bid results spreadsheet, dated April 2, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 Amendment 0005 Bid Schedule, dated April 2, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695 Bid Schedule, dated April 2, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696 Vicksburg Bid results, dated April 2, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700 Bid results spreadsheet, dated April 2, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701 Email for Revised specs for amendment 0005, dated April 2, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707 Revised specs for amendment 0005, dated April 2, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708 Email on revised yardage for NWTH less 2 foot overdig, dated April 4, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . 750 Email on NWTH yardage, dated April 4, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752 Email that suggest the 2 foot overdig does not need to be included in estimate, dated April 4, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754 Email on Amendment 0005 for CO to review changes, dated April 7, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755 Draft Amendment 0005, dated April 7, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756 Email to let Weeks Marine know of Amendment 0005 release, dated April 7, 2008 . . . . . . . . 813 Memorandum of Record regarding Weeks Production, dated April 7, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814 Records of the results of any bid opening or oral motion auction in which the protester, awardee, or other interested parties participated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817 The protesters', awardees', or other interested parties' offers, proposals, or other responses to the solicitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818 The agency's competitive range determination, including supporting documentatio . . . . . . . . 819 The agency's evaluations of the protester's, awardees', or other interested parties' offers, proposals, or other responses to the solicitation, including supporting documentation . . . . . . 820 Agency's source selection decision, including supporting documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 821 5

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Pre-award audits, if any, or surveys of the offerors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822 Notifications of contract award and the executed contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823 Documents relating to any pre- or post-award debriefing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824 Documents relating to any stay, suspension, or termination of award or performance pending resolution of the bid protest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825 Justifications, approvals, determinations, and findings, if any, prepared for the procurement by the agency pursuant to statute or regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 826 Weeks Marine, Inc. Dredging Protest, dated March 4, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827 Weeks Marine, Inc. Withdrawal of Dredging Protest, dated April 8, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830 Pre-Solicitation Dredging Calculations W912EQ-06-B-0001 Memphis District . . . . . . . . . . . 831 Memphis District Solicitation Bid Schedule and Technical Specification DACW66-99-B-0006 Mississippi River Dredging, dated March 30, 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838 Memphis District Solicitation Bid Schedule and Technical Specification DACW66-00-B-0017 Mississippi River Dredging, dated April 7, 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853 Memphis District Solicitation Bid Schedule and Technical Specification DACW66-01-B-0002 White River Dredging, dated February 9, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865 Memphis District Solicitation Bid Schedule and Technical Specification DACW66-03-B-0004 White River Dredging, dated February 13, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 880 Memphis District Solicitation Bid Schedule and Technical Specification W912EQ-08-B-0006 White River Dredging, dated April 4, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898

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