About this opportunity
AI summaryThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District seeks information from industry to assess capabilities for maintenance dredging of the Texas City Ship Channel Main Channel and Main Turning Basin. The scope requires maintenance dredging using a pipeline or hopper dredge, with work completing within 240 calendar days. The estimated construction price ranges between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000. All interested members of industry, including small businesses, are eligible to submit responses for planning purposes. Respondents must email their submissions to Sarah Eisele and Jeremy Babb by November 07, 2026, at 10:00 AM CDT. Submissions must include firm details, UEI and CAGE numbers, small business status, joint venture info, bonding capacity, and at least three project examples from the past 5 years. Firms must also be registered in SAM.gov.
Scope of work
- Perform maintenance dredging with a pipeline or hopper dredge of the Texas City Ship Channel Main Channel and Main Turning Basin
- Prime contractor dredging of deep draft navigation channels utilizing a pipeline or mechanical dredge
- Construction work on Dredged Material Placement Areas
Minimum qualifications
- Active registration in SAM.gov
- Compliance with USACE Safety and Health Requirements Manual (EM 385-1-1)
- Compliance with all Federal, State and local laws, ordinances, codes and regulations
Documents to include with your response
- Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code
- Name of firm with address, phone, fax, email address, and point of contact
- Statement indicating whether firm will bid if set-aside for small business programs
- Firm Joint Ventures, Mentor Protégé, and teaming arrangement information
- Demonstrated capability and description of at least 3 comparable projects from past 5 years
- Firm bonding capacity level per contract and aggregate construction bonding level in dollars
Key dates
- Response Date
- November 07, 2026 at 10:00 AM (CDT)
- Anticipated solicitation issuance date
- on or about June 2027
- Estimated proposal/bid due date
- on or about July 2027
- Estimated award date
- on or about August 2027
How to submit
- Method
- Instructions
- Email response to designated agency representatives no later than November 07, 2026 at 10:00 AM (CDT).
Contract details
- Term
- 240 calendar days
- Estimated value
- Between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000
- Place of performance
- Texas City Ship Channel Main Channel and Main Turning Basin, Texas
- Insurance and bonding
- Performance and Payment Bonds required within 5 calendar days after award; Bid Bond 20% of total bid amount, Performance and Payment Bond 100% of contract amount
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- W912HY27X1CT1
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Buying office
- Dept of the Army › W076 Endist Galveston
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Nov 7, 2026, 11:00 AM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Oct 28, 2026
- NAICS
- 237990 · Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
- Product/service code
- Z1KB
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- Place of performance
- Galveston, TX
- Contracting contact
- Sarah Eisele
sarah.m.eisele@usace.army.mil
4097663036 - Additional contact
- Jeremy Babb
jeremy.babb@usace.army.mil
Source: SAM.gov. Read the official notice for the complete description and current instructions.
Incumbent and award research
Likely prior awards for this requirement
Likely matchAwarded by the same buying office (W912HY) with descriptions matching "texas city", performed in TX. The notice does not name its current contract, so confirm before relying on it.
| Vendor and award | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| INLAND DREDGING COMPANY, L.L.C.W912HY25CA007 · THIS AWARD IS BEING ISSUED FOR FY25 TEXAS CITY SHIP CHANNEL, TEXAS, MAIN CHANNEL AND TURNI | $7.2M | Mar 16, 2026 |
| ORION MARINE CONSTRUCTION, INC.W912HY22C0010 · FY22 TEXAS CITY CHANNEL, TEXAS MAIN CHANNEL, TURNING BASIN, INDUSTRIAL CANAL, INDUSTRIAL C | $11.6M | Feb 21, 2025 |
| MIKE HOOKS, LLCW912HY20C0024 · FY2020 TEXAS CITY SHIP CHANNEL, MAIN CHANNEL&TURNING BASIN PIPELINE DREDGING, GALVESTON CO | $5.8M | Oct 31, 2020 |
| THE DUTRA GROUPW912HY20F0031 · TASK ORDER FOR GALVESTON HARBOR&TEXAS CITY CHANNEL, HOPPER DREDGING. | $7.9M | Jul 18, 2020 |
Market context
Awards in the same category (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction). This is not this requirement's award history.
Recent similar awards: Department of Defense, NAICS 237990, performed in TX
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|---|---|---|
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| MCCARTHY BUILDING COMPANIES, INC.W912HY24C0006 · HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT SEG3, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS | $179.7M | Nov 2, 2027 |
Top vendors in this category: Department of Defense, NAICS 237990, since Oct 1, 2024
2,592 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
- 1. THALLE CONSTRUCTION CO INC$2.2B
- 2. DRAGADOS/HAWAIIAN DREDGING/ORION JV$1.8B
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- 5. TPC-NAN A JOINT VENTURE$606.1M
Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.