About this opportunity
AI summaryThe United States Army Corps of Engineers seeks small business dredging contractors for regular, reoccurring, and emergency dredging requirements across coastal harbors, inland rivers, canals, and connecting channels nationwide. Contractors will execute maintenance and new work dredging, place dredged material, maintain placement sites, conduct surveying, and provide required environmental observers under task orders over a five-year ordering period. The agency will host a Virtual Industry Day via Teams on January 12, 2027, with RSVPs due by 9:00 AM Eastern Time on January 11, 2027. Interested parties must submit all pre-event questions and comments through ProjNet by 11:00 AM Eastern Time on January 4, 2027. Evaluation will rely on draft source selection criteria including technical capability and past performance. Technical capability requires proof of ownership of at least one operational cutter suction dredge with a minimum 10-inch discharge diameter or mechanical dredge with at least a 5-cubic-yard bucket. Offerors must also submit three relevant maintenance dredging projects performed within the last six years at depths between 6 and 50 feet.
Scope of work
- Mobilization and demobilization of dredge plant and support vessels
- Maintenance and new work dredging
- Dredged material placement including beach nourishment, open-water placement, CDFs, DMDFs, and beneficial use
- Confined Disposal Facility (CDF) and Dredged Material Disposal Facility (DMDF) maintenance
- Upland placement site maintenance, groundskeeping, and other earthwork
- Hydrographic surveying or other work connected with dredging and placement requirements
- Provision of necessary environmental required protected species observers (PSOs) or environmental surveys
How proposals are evaluated
| Criterion | Weight / scoring |
|---|---|
| FACTOR 1: Technical Capability | Not specified |
| FACTOR 2: Past Performance | Not specified |
Minimum qualifications
- Ownership of at least one cutter suction dredge (10-inch discharge diameter or larger) or mechanical dredge (5 cubic yard bucket or larger)
- Leased dredges are not acceptable
- Dredges under construction or undergoing major reconstruction will not be considered
- Three past performance examples within the last six years of recent and relevant maintenance dredging projects for the dredge type submitted
- Experience dredging Navigation Channels, Rivers, Harbors, or Inland Waterways with depths ranging from 6 feet to 50 feet
- Documentation related to EM 385-1-1 requirements such as Floating Service Naval Architecture Analysis (NAA)
Documents to include with your response
- Dredge documentation including type, certification of minimum requirements, and proof of ownership
- Three past performance examples
- Floating Service Naval Architecture Analysis (NAA) documentation
- Surety letter of commitment confirming bonding capacity meets a specified minimum amount
Key dates
- Questions or comments due
- 04 January 2027 at 1100 ET
- RSVP deadline
- 9AM ET 11 January 2027
- Virtual Industry Day Meeting
- 12 January 2027 from 1300ET to 16:00ET
How to submit
- Method
- Electronic via www.projnet.org
- Instructions
- Submit comments or questions on www.projnet.org using Bidder Inquiry Key PV63ES-IJ49PU. RSVP for the Virtual Industry Day via email.
Contract details
- Term
- 5-year ordering period
- Set-aside / preference
- Small Business
- Place of performance
- Various coastal harbors, inland rivers, canals, and connecting channels throughout the United States
- Insurance and bonding
- Letter of commitment from a surety that confirms bonding capacity meets a specified minimum amount may be required
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- W912PM27RA007
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Buying office
- Dept of the Army › W074 Endist Wilmington
- Notice type
- Special Notice
- Responses due
- Jan 12, 2027, 4:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Oct 29, 2026
- NAICS
- 237990 · Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
- Product/service code
- Z1KF
- Set-aside
- Small Business Set Aside - Total
- Place of performance
- Wilmington, NC, 28401
- Contracting contact
- Rosalind Shoemaker
rosalind.m.shoemaker@usace.army.mil - Additional contact
- Elizabeth Trimble
Elizabeth.m.Trimble@usace.army.mil
Source: SAM.gov. Read the official notice for the complete description and current instructions.
Incumbent and award research
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Market context
Awards in the same category (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction). This is not this requirement's award history.
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