Sources Sought
Mary Rhodes Pump Station: Emergency Streambank Erosion Protection
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W912HY27BA001
Due in 6 days
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District is asking industry whether it can protect the Mary Rhodes Pump Station in Bay City, TX from Lower Colorado River bank erosion. This is a Sources Sought (market survey), not a solicitation; no contract is awarded from it. The Corps plans a firm-fixed-price sealed bid later, and the set-aside type will depend on the responses.
Watch out for
- Not a solicitation. No award comes from this notice; you can only register interest now and must watch SAM.gov for the real solicitation.
SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED
- Bonding required fast. Performance and payment bonds are due within 5 days of award, so you need surety capacity lined up before bidding.
Bonding Requirements: Performance and Payment Bonds are required within 5
- Large, specialized river work. Over 2,000 feet of heavy stone placement on a river bank requires proven experience; at least 3 comparable projects are requested in the response.
provide at least 3 examples.
- Quick start after notice to proceed. Work must begin within 10 days after receiving the Notice to Proceed, so mobilization of equipment and stone must be ready.
calendar days after award and the contractor shall begin work within 10 calendar
- Short response window. Responses are due October 13, 2026, about a week after posting.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment.
- Sources Sought - Mary Rhodes Pump Station Emergency Streambank Erosion Protection.pdf
Full brief
What they want
- Rebuild and slope the eroding riverbank at the pump station
- Place longitudinal fill stone toe protection along about 2,015 feet, with no less than 16.7 tons of launchable stone per linear foot
- Build riprap tiebacks about every 250 feet, each extending about 50 feet landward with a 3-foot-thick riprap layer
- Steepest rebuilt slope about 2H:1V along the tiebacks; about 44 feet from toe bottom to tieback top
- Comply with USACE EM 385-1-1 safety manual and all federal, state and local rules
- Contract type
- Planned firm-fixed-price stand-alone contract, sealed bidding under FAR 14
- Place of performance
- Bay City, TX, USA
- How they'll choose
- Not stated for the future solicitation; planned as sealed bidding (FAR 14). Sources sought responses are reviewed to decide acquisition strategy and set-aside.
- Offers due
- 2026-10-13 12:00 PM Central Time (response to this Sources Sought)
- How to submit
- Email to Ashley Griffin, Contract Specialist (Ashley.l.griffin@usace.army.mil) and Mirian Tudor, Contracting Officer (mirian.r.tudor@usace.army.mil)
What to include when you submit
- Include your UEI and CAGE code from SAM registration
- Include firm name, address, phone, email and point of contact
- State whether you would bid if set aside for Small Business, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, EDWOSB or WOSB
- Include joint venture, mentor-protege or teaming arrangement information
- Describe your capability to perform work of this size and complexity, or comparable work in the past 5 years
- Give at least 3 project examples with description, customer name and dollar value
- Missing required information may exclude the firm from review
- Anticipated solicitation issue about 7 December 2026; proposals due about 7 January 2027
You must have
- Must be registered in SAM.gov to be eligible for award
must be registered in SAM.gov to be eligible for award of Government contracts.
- Performance and payment bonds are required after award
Bonding Requirements: Performance and Payment Bonds are required within 5
- NAICS 237990 small business size standard is $45,000,000
237990 which has a small business size standard of $45,000,000.00.
- Small businesses must follow the limitations on subcontracting (no more than 85% of the amount paid, excluding materials, to non-similarly-situated subcontractors)
that the firm will not pay more than 85% of the amount paid by
- If set aside for 8(a), the firm needs a bona-fide office in the area where the work is performed
Should the acquisition be set-aside for the 8(a) program, 8(a) firms are reminded
- Large businesses must submit a small business subcontracting plan if awarded under full and open competition
Not in the notice text
- Contract period or performance duration
- Estimated contract value or magnitude
- Final set-aside decision (depends on responses)
- Evaluation factors for the future sealed-bid solicitation
- Drawings and specifications; these are not part of this notice
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 13, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 1, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Solicitation
- W912HY27BA001
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army
- Office
- W076 Endist Galveston
- NAICS
- 237990
- Product/service code
- Z2KB
- Business type
- Construction & renovation
- Place of performance
- Bay City, TX
- Contracting contact
- Ashley Griffinashley.l.griffin@usace.army.mil4097663182
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Please see attached for details about this procurement.
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