Definitive Contract W912DQ25C1005

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) awarded a $7,797,395.00 firm-fixed-price contract to Michels Construction, Inc., a large for-profit construction company, to conduct a water injection dredging (WID) demonstration project at Tuttle Creek Lake in Kansas. The 856-calendar-day contract, which has no set-aside designation, requires the contractor to design and construct a modified WID system and perform between 100 and 700 active dredging hours over the course of 2025 and 2026. The objective is to assess the effectiveness of the WID technology at various downstream discharges and pool elevations. This demonstration project is part of the USACE's efforts to explore the use of WID in a reservoir/lake environment, as the technology is typically used in rivers and harbors.