NIGP 95965: Reef Construction Services Including Maintenance and Repair

NIGP 95965 Reef Construction Services Including Maintenance and Repair, an Item code, covers the supply, deployment, restoration, and removal of artificial reef materials and associated marine construction work that state and local governments procure to support coastal environmental programs, fishery enhancement, and marine habitat restoration. Recent solicitations show state and local bodies buying large-vessel reef deployment (supply and positioning of decommissioned ships as reef substrate), cultch material acquisition and barge deployment for oyster reef restoration, tire removal and marine salvage from existing reef sites, and shoreline stabilization work integrating reef-adjacent restoration elements. Issuing bodies include Florida counties (Escambia, Pinellas, Brevard, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission), with occasional spillover into adjacent coastal infrastructure work such as seawall and bulkhead replacement that supports reef-adjacent shorelines. The work is concentrated among environmental management, solid waste, and county public works departments with maritime and coastal permitting authority.

Florida dominates recent activity under this code. Escambia County posted two re-solicitations (RFP PD 25-26.097, due August 14, 2026, and its predecessor PD 25-26.077) for large-vessel artificial reef deployment at depths of 80–200 feet in Gulf waters, requiring vessels exceeding 85 feet in length, steel or aluminum hull construction with one-quarter-inch minimum thickness, comprehensive cleaning, and marine survey documentation; contractors must demonstrate three prior similar deployments at comparable depths within five years. Pinellas County Solid Waste Department issued an RFP (260349RFP) for removal of approximately 3,300 tires from five artificial reef sites spanning 830 total acres off the Pinellas coast, with proposals due April 16, 2026, and emphasis on marine salvage capability and sensitive-habitat compliance. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission solicited bids (ITB FWC 25/26-55) for cultch material (concrete, mixed-layer concrete, or lime rock) acquisition and barge deployment totaling a minimum 26,666 cubic yards across two oyster restoration reef sites in Apalachicola Bay, Franklin County, with bids due March 25, 2026, and Addendum 1 posted March 18, 2026. Brevard County issued a sealed-bid procurement (B-8-26-29) for sand truck-haul placement (9,000 base cubic yards plus optional 3,000 cubic yards) and shoreline restoration along Max Brewer Causeway in Titusville, with bids due March 19, 2026, at an estimated project cost of $600,000. The City of Sarasota's seawall reconstruction (ITB 26-14JS, due February 19, 2026) involved 1,500 linear feet of bulkhead replacement with living seawall modules at Bayfront Park, partially funded through FDEP Resilient Florida and West Coastal Inland Navigation District grants at a total project cost of approximately $6.2 million.