Pre-Solicitation Notice 26RA001 Hopper Dredging.pdf

Final Pre-Solicitation Synopsis

W912HY26RA001

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District Office requires an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC) for unanticipated shoaling hopper dredging in multiple locations within the boundaries of the Galveston District.

Please NOTE this solicitation requires offerors to enter a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) score in the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) prior to responding to this solicitation. The NIST score is a responsibility item.

Bids/offers from contractors with a NIST score in SPRS will be considered responsible and evaluated/considered for award. Those without a NIST score in SPRS may be deemed NON-RESPONSIBLE and thus not evaluated/considered for award. For NIST compliance See Section 00 72 00 Contract Clauses, 252.204-7020 and 252.204-7012.

Project Information: The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Galveston District (SWG) plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to procure hopper dredging services under an unrestricted MATOC with a target of four Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) in the pool. The MATOCs will address shoaling within any of the deep draft channel projects, as follows: Sabine-Neches Waterway in Jefferson County, TX and Cameron Parish, LA; Galveston Harbor in Galveston County, TX;

Houston Ship Channel in Harris County, TX; Texas City Ship Channel in Galveston County, TX; Freeport Harbor in Brazoria County, TX; Matagorda Ship Channel in Calhoun County, TX; Corpus Christi Ship Channel; and Brazos Island Harbor in Cameron County, TX. All these locations are along the Texas coast.

There will be a pre-bid conference. The RFP will utilize Best Value - Technical Only acquisition procedures to establish the IDCs. Task Orders issued from established MATOC IDCs will be Firm-Fixed Price (FFP). The contract performance period for each MATOC IDC is for a total of five years with a base period of 5 years and no option periods with a total capacity value of $95 Million across all MATOC IDCs combined.

The solicitation is advertised as “Unrestricted” full and open competition for both large and small businesses. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code applicable to this project is 237990. The Small Business Size Standard is $37.5 Million (Dredging).

The solicitation will be issued on or about March 2026. Response date is April 2026 @ 2:00 PM (CST) (All proposals must be submitted electronically via PIEE. The estimated award date for this project is May 2026.

Availability of plans and specification on the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Solicitation Module, DASA(P)POLICY 21-81, DATED 20 AUGUST Contractors may view and/or download the solicitation and all amendments at the Solicitation Module of the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) suite at https://piee.eb.mil/ .

Plans and specification will not be available in paper format or on compact disc. It is the offeror’s responsibility to monitor the PIEE Solicitation Model daily (using the above link) for plans, specification, and amendments to the solicitation.

All bids are to be submitted per Section 00 21 00, Solicitation Module of the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) suite at https://piee.eb.mil/.

To register as an “Interested Vendor”, visit https://sam.gov/content/home . Offerors must be registered with the Systems for Award Management (SAM), to receive a government contract award. To register, the SAM Internet address is:

https://sam.gov/content/home.

ATTENTION TO OFFEROR(s)/CONTRACTOR(s): EFFECTIVE MARCH 22, 2018, YOU MUST SUBMIT A NOTARIZED LETTER APPOINTING THE AUTHORIZED

ENTITY ADMINISTRATOR BEFORE YOUR REGISTRATION WILL BE ACTIVATED.

THIS REQUIREMENT NOW APPLIES TO BOTH NEW AND EXISTING ENTITIES.

MAKE SURE YOUR SAM PROFILE INCLUDES “ALL AWARDS” AND NOT JUST

“FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AWARDS” AS THIS OPTION IS ONLY FOR GRANTS AND

COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. PLEASE VISIT WWW.SAM.GOV/content/home

FOR MORE INFORMATION.

The Contract Specialist for this solicitation will be Wes Baskovic; E-mail:

wesley.n.baskovic@usace.army.mil. For technical information about this solicitation, please contact Manny Vianzon at E-mail: emmanuel.a.vianzon@usace.army.mil, between the hours of 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Holidays.

Subcontracting goals for the Galveston District are:

39% - Small Business;

6.0% - Small Disadvantaged Business;

11% - Woman-Owned Small Business;

3.0% - HubZone Small Business;

3.0% - Veteran-Owned Small Business and 1% - Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business.