Solicitation
FORT PIERCE HARBOR MAINTENANCE DREDGING, ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W912EP26BA015
Due in 7 days
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The Army Corps of Engineers (Jacksonville District) wants a dredging contractor to do maintenance dredging of Fort Pierce Harbor in St. Lucie County, Florida and place the sand on Fort Pierce Beach. The work is a base plus two options, with a target price of $5 million to $10 million. There is no set-aside.
Watch out for
- Large, specialized marine job. A $5 to $10 million dredging project needs dredge equipment and marine crews that most small businesses do not own.
TARGET PRICE RANGE: Between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00.
- Bonding required. Performance and payment bonds must be provided, which takes bonding capacity.
give the required performance and payment bonds within the time specified in the offer
- No pipeline to the beach from offshore. Because of hardbottom areas, material must be offloaded inside the South Jetty, which limits how the work can be done.
offshore pipeline access to the beach site is prohibited
- Dates do not line up. The text says completion is based on getting the notice to proceed by 10 December 2027, which is after the 2027 completion dates, so the schedule needs clarifying.
The completion date is based on the assumption that the successful offeror will receive the notice to proceed by
- Environmental conditions and monitoring. Sea turtle trawl sweeping, water quality and vibration monitoring add cost and compliance work.
sea turtle trawl sweeping (hopper dredges only)
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Full brief
What they want
- Maintenance dredging of Fort Pierce Harbor
- Place dredged material on Fort Pierce Beach, offloading inside the South Jetty of Fort Pierce Inlet
- Environmental and water quality monitoring
- Sea turtle trawl sweeping (hopper dredges only)
- Screening, beach tilling and beach fill quality control
- Construction support, and vibration control and monitoring
- Period of performance
- Start within 60 calendar days after Notice to Proceed; be off the beach by 30 May 2027 and complete all contract work by 30 June 2027. Work is divided into a base and two options.
- Place of performance
- Fort Pierce Harbor and Fort Pierce Beach, St. Lucie County, Florida
- Estimated value
- Target price range between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00
- Offers due
- BIDS DUE: 16 October 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT
What to include when you submit
- Performance and payment bonds are required when the contract is signed
You must have
- Performance and payment bonds
give the required performance and payment bonds within the time specified in the offer
- Small business size standard for NAICS 237990 is $37 million (no set-aside is used)
SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD: $37 million.
Not in the notice text
- Contract type and how bids are evaluated
- How and where to submit bids
- Details of the base and option work
- Bond amounts
- Whether a site visit or pre-bid meeting is planned
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 16, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 7, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- W912EP26BA015
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army
- Office
- W074 Endist Jacksnvlle
- NAICS
- 237990
- Product/service code
- Z2KF
- Business type
- Construction & renovation
- Contracting contact
- Meredith Gonzalezmeredith.c.gonzalez@usace.army.mil
- Versions
- 7 (amended since first posted)
Full notice text from SAM.gov
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Project work includes maintenance dredging of Fort Pierce Harbor with excavated material being placed onto Fort Pierce Beach. Due to the extensive hardbottom areas located offshore of the fill area, offshore pipeline access to the beach site is prohibited. Offloading the beach fill will be done inside the South Jetty of Fort Pierce Inlet, as shown on the drawings. A staging area and beach access to the beach placement area are located at the end of Seaway Drive and near the south jetty pumpout location. Work also includes but is not limited to environmental and water quality monitoring, sea turtle trawl sweeping (hopper dredges only), screening, beach tilling, beach fill quality control, construction support, and vibration control and monitoring. Work will be divided into a base and two options. BIDS DUE: 16 October 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. NAICS CODE: 237990, OTHER HEAVY CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION. SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD: $37 million. TARGET PRICE RANGE: Between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The Contractor shall be required to (a) commence work under this contract within SIXTY (60) calendar days after the date the Contractor receives the Notice to Proceed (NTP), (b) prosecute the work diligently, and (c) complete the entire work ready for use, and be off the beach, not later than 30 May 2027, with 30 June 2027 for the entire contract work. The time stated for completion shall include final cleanup of the premises. The completion date is based on the assumption that the successful offeror will receive the notice to proceed by 10 December 2027. The completion date will be extended by the number of calendar days after the above date that the Contractor receives the notice to proceed, except to the extent that the delay in issuance of the notice to proceed results from the failure of the Contractor to execute the contract and give the required performance and payment bonds within the time specified in the offer.
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