Solicitation
Pass-A-Grille-Pass, Maintenance Dredging, Pinellas County, Florida
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryOnly the nine firms named in the notice, which hold contracts awarded under U.S. Army solicitation W912EP25R0010, can bid on this maintenance dredging of Pass-a-Grille Pass, Pinellas County, Florida. The Army's Jacksonville engineer district will have the work done and the excavated material placed on the Pass-a-Grille Beach Placement Area. The Price Target Range is $5,000,000.00 to $10,000,000.00, and proposals are due November 20, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern. More in the summary
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Only the nine firms named in the notice, which hold contracts awarded under U.S. Army solicitation W912EP25R0010, can bid on this maintenance dredging of Pass-a-Grille Pass, Pinellas County, Florida. The Army's Jacksonville engineer district will have the work done and the excavated material placed on the Pass-a-Grille Beach Placement Area. The Price Target Range is $5,000,000.00 to $10,000,000.00, and proposals are due November 20, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern.
Who can bid (4)
- Limited competition: only nine named contract holders can bid, not every business that meets the set-aside.
- Hold one of the nine contracts awarded under solicitation W912EP25R0010: AGM Marine Contractors Inc. (W912EP25D0011); AHTNA Marine and Construction Company LLC (W912EP25D0012); Atlantic and Gulf Dredging and Marine LLC (W912EP25D0013); Coastal Dredging Co., Inc. (W912EP25D0014); Cottrell Contracting Corporation (W912EP25D0015); Next Generation Logistics LLC (W912EP25D0016); Southern Dredging Co, Inc. (W912EP25D0017); Southwind Corporation Corp. (W912EP25D0018); Waterfront Property Services LLC Gator Services (W912EP25D0019).
- Small business (the work is a total small business set-aside; size standard $37 million).
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- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM).
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Oct 20, 2026.
- Serious: Only nine named contract holders can bid. Firms that do not hold one of the nine W912EP25D0011 to D0019 contracts cannot send a proposal.
- Worth checking: Large job for a small business. The price target range runs from $5 million to $10 million, so bonding, equipment and dredging capacity matter.
- Worth checking: Notice type wording differs from SAM.gov. SAM.gov lists a Solicitation with a response date, while the text says it is posted for informational purposes as a notice of intent to order.
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- Minor: Pre-proposal conference on November 4, 2026. A teleconference at 10:00 AM EST; attendance is requested to be confirmed by email by 1:00 PM EST on November 3, 2026. The notice does not call it mandatory.
- Minor: Incidental work beyond dredging. Munitions and explosives of concern construction support, vibration monitoring and beach tilling add cost and subcontracting needs.
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What they want
- Do maintenance dredging within Pass-a-Grille Pass as shown in the drawings.
- Transport the excavated material and place it on the Pass-a-Grille Beach Placement Area, just north of the channel.
- Do incidental work: munitions and explosives of concern (MEC) construction support, environmental monitoring and water quality monitoring.
- Do beach fill quality control, screening, vibration control and monitoring, and beach tilling.
- Start work within 60 calendar days of the Notice to Proceed (NTP) and finish 120 calendar days after receiving it.
- Contract type
- Order under existing contracts (notice of intent to order)
- Period of performance
- 120 calendar days after receipt of the Notice to Proceed (NTP); start work within 60 calendar days of NTP
- Place of performance
- Pass-a-Grille Pass, with material placed on the Pass-a-Grille Beach Placement Area north of the channel (title: Pinellas County, Florida)
- Estimated value
- Price Target Range between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00
- Contract vehicle
- Contracts W912EP25D0011 through W912EP25D0019, awarded under solicitation W912EP25R0010
- Offers due
- November 20, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern
What to include when you submit
- The solicitation is issued in electronic format only on SAM.gov.
- Register as an interested vendor on SAM.gov to get notice of amendments.
- Email Nicole.M.Batista-Cruz@usace.army.mil and Ruth.C.Rodriguez@usace.army.mil by 1:00 PM EST on November 3, 2026 to confirm your organization will attend the pre-proposal conference.
Not in the notice text
- The RFP itself (evaluation factors, submission method, drawings and bonding) is not in this notice text.
- The notice does not say whether there is a site visit; it mentions only the pre-proposal conference by teleconference.
- The notice does not say which wage rule applies (a Davis-Bacon wage determination, the federal construction wage rule).
- The notice text does not say how proposals are to be submitted.
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. The notice also names requirements: More open small business set-asides under NAICS 237990
- Limited competition: only nine named contract holders can bid, not every business that meets the set-aside.
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Construction contracts over $2,000 pay at least the local Davis-Bacon wage rates, from the wage determination in the solicitation. Price your labor from it: How to price a government contract, and how Davis-Bacon differs from the Service Contract Act.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- W074 ENDIST Jacksnvlle, Jacksonville, FL
- Product/service code
- Z1KF · Maintenance of Dredging Facilities
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237990)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026 · Solicitation (this version)Due Nov 20, 2026
- Oct 5, 2026 · PresolicitationDate Nov 20, 2026
- Related notices
Other notices that name this solicitation, or that this one names.
- Banana River, Maintenance Dredging, Brevard County, Florida · GROUP1-26-R-J005Posted earlier Aug 11, 2026 · Due Aug 20, 2026
- Everglades Harbor, Maintenance Dredging, Collier County, Florida. · GROUP1-26-R-J006Posted earlier Aug 5, 2026 · Due Aug 21, 2026
- Pass-A-Grille-Pass, Maintenance Dredging, Pinellas County, Florida · W912EP26X1C2KPosted earlier Jul 1, 2026 · Due Jul 31, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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