THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. THERE WILL NOT BE SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS, OR DRAWINGS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is anticipating a future procurement for a Firm, Fixed Price Construction contract for Milford Haven Federal Navigation project, located in Mathews County, Virginia.
Description of Work:
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District is seeking qualified and experienced firms capable of performing jetty maintenance and maintenance dredging of shoaled areas from the Milford Haven Federal Navigation Channel located in Mathews County, Virginia.
The jetty maintenance will consist of removing the existing stone from approximately 330 linear feet of jetty, driving vinyl sheet piles along the centerline of the jetty to a depth of -14.0 feet mean lower low water (MLLW), installing new bedding and armor stone, and increasing the elevation of the jetty to +6.0 feet MLLW. The armor stone will be VDOT Type I and the bedding stone will be VDOT Class AI.
The dredging will consist of dredging approximately 25,000 cubic yards of sandy material from the 200-foot-wide channel between Stations 32+50 and 45+90 to a required depth of -10.0 feet MLLW with 1-foot of allowable overdepth, for a total project depth of -11.0 feet MLLW in the pay prism. Dredging will be conducted by either hydraulic pipeline or mechanical dredging. Material from dredging shall be beneficially reused at beach placement sites both north and south of the channel. The first placement site, Narrows Point, is located approximately 500 feet north of the channel and will accommodate the placement of approximately 4,000 cubic yards of material. The second placement site, Queens Creek, is located approximately 2,500 feet south of the channel and will accommodate placement of approximately 21,000 cubic yards of material.
The contract is anticipated to be structured with a Base Bid only. The Base Bid will include mobilization and demobilization of all necessary equipment to perform the work.
In accordance with FAR 36.204(g), the estimated construction price range for this project is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. NAICS Code 237990 – Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction applies.
The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this synopsis.
Construction Time:
The work will commence within 30 calendar days of receipt of Notice-to-Proceed (NTP); construction period of performance will be approximately 300 calendar days from issuance of the NTP.
SURVEY OF THE DREDGING INDUSTRY
The following confidential survey questionnaire is designed to apprise the Corps of prospective dredging contractors' project execution capabilities. Please provide your response to the following questions. All questions are in regard to the jetty maintenance and maintenance dredging of the Milford Haven Federal Navigation Channel Project located in Mathews County, Virginia.
- Please provide company’s name, address, point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address.
- Would you be interested in bidding on the solicitation when it is issued? If the answer is No, please explain why not?
- Have you worked on dredging jobs similar in nature, complexity and magnitude to this project within the past 5 years? Have you managed beach renourishment projects of similar magnitude to this project in the past 5 years? If so, please describe the project(s) and for whom the work was performed. Indicate the dollar value of the project(s). Identify a point of contact (s) and phone number, as a reference of relevant experience.
- Have you worked on jetty, breakwater, or revetment construction jobs similar in nature, complexity and magnitude to this project within the past 5 years? Have you managed marine construction projects similar in magnitude to this project in the past 5 years? If so, please describe the project(s) and for whom the work was performed. Indicate the dollar value of the project(s). Identify a point of contact (s) and phone number, as a reference of relevant experience.
- Would you be bidding on this project as a sole contractor, prime contractor with subcontractor(s) or as a joint venture?
- Is there a dollar limit on the size of contract that you would bid? If so, what is that limit?
- What is the largest dredging contract, in dollars, on which you were the prime contractor?
- What is the largest jetty, breakwater, or revetment contract, in dollars, on which you were the prime contractor?
- What is your bonding capacity per contract? What is your total bonding capacity?
- Are you familiar with the safety and health requirements of EM 385-1-1?
This Sources Sought should not be construed in any manner to be an obligation of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District to issues a contract, or result in any claim for reimbursement of costs for any effort you expand responding to this request. No solicitation is currently available. The Government will utilize this information in determining an acquisition strategy.
Please state all of the socio-economic categories in which your company belongs (8(a), Hub-zone, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Woman Owned). Please submit capability packages electronically via email george.jackson@usace.army.mil.
The responses to this Sources Sought must be submitted no later than
27 February 2026 2:00 PM EST via email to Contract Specialist MAJ George Jackson at george.jackson@usace.army.mil and Contracting Officer Tiffany Kirtsey at tiffany.n.kirtsey@usace.army.mil.
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