Indefinite Delivery Contract W911XK26DA008

The Great Lakes Dredging Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) is a five-year indefinite delivery contract awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Morrish-Wallace Construction, Inc., doing business as Ryba Marine Construction CO., with a ceiling value of $180 million and ultimate completion date of December 29, 2030. The contract is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside under North American Industry Classification System code 237990 and supports the Army Corps of Engineers' civil works mission across three districts: Buffalo, Chicago, and Detroit. Ryba Marine Construction, a small disadvantaged business and SBA-certified HUBZone firm headquartered in Cheboygan, Michigan, is expected to deliver comprehensive dredging and marine construction services to maintain navigable waterways and critical harbor infrastructure throughout the Great Lakes region, including Michigan, Ohio, New York, and Wisconsin. Individual task orders are anticipated not to exceed $6 million in value and will be awarded on a Firm-Fixed Price basis.

The contract scope encompasses maintenance dredging operations, dredged material disposal and placement through multiple methods including shoreline beach nourishment, Confined Disposal Facilities, and Dredged Materials Disposal Facilities, as well as associated construction activities such as confined disposal facility site work, environmental compliance, and surveying services. Ryba Marine Construction will be responsible for mobilizing and demobilizing specialized dredging equipment to project locations, performing dredging operations between specified upstream and downstream limits, and providing all labor, materials, and equipment necessary to complete task order requirements. The contractor's extensive experience in the Great Lakes region includes recent work on maintenance dredging projects across multiple harbors and rivers such as the Detroit River, Saginaw River, Toledo Harbor, and Cleveland Harbor, with historical task order values ranging from approximately $682,000 to $5.8 million depending on project scope and complexity.