Maintenance Dredging of New Haven Harbor in New Haven, CT

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Solicitation number
W912WJ25BA002
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

Place of performance
New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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About this opportunity

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is preparing to issue an Invitation for Bids (IFB) for maintenance dredging of the New Haven Harbor Federal Navigation Project in Connecticut. The project involves dredging approximately 770,000 cubic yards of predominantly silt and fine grain sand material from a 35-foot deep navigation channel and turning basin. The solicitation, which will be available on or about May 13, 2025, requires contractors to access the System for Award Management (SAM) website and the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) to view and download documents. Bidders must be prepared to meet a production rate of 200,000 cubic yards per 30 calendar days, with dredging and disposal operations anticipated to take 4 to 5 months. The work is expected to be performed between October 1, 2025, and February 15, 2026, to comply with environmental time of year restrictions. Additional questions can be emailed to the Contract Specialist Tyler S. Maryak.

The contract is an unrestricted procurement with no specific set-aside designations, categorized under NAICS code 237990 for Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. The estimated construction cost ranges between $10 million and $25 million, with the primary objective of removing shoaled material from the New Haven Harbor channel using a mechanical dredge and transporting the material to the Central Long Island Sound Disposal Site. Environmental coordination and permitting have already been completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District. Contractors will need specialized marine dredging capabilities and equipment to successfully execute the project within the specified 4-5 month window. The solicitation will be competitively bid, with all responsible sources invited to submit bids for consideration by the USACE New England District.

Notice text

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District will be issuing an unrestricted Invitation for Bids (IFB) solicitation for maintenance dredging of the New Haven Harbor Federal Navigation Project (FNP) located in New Haven, CT. The NAICS code for the work is 237990. The estimated construction cost is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00. 

The New Haven Harbor O&M dredging project consists of dredging the 35-foot deep navigation channel and 35-foot deep turning basin below mean lower low water (MLLW) from Long Island Sound to the confluence at the Quinnipiac River.  Approximately 770,000 cubic yards of predominantly silt and fine grain sand material shall be dredged from the 35-foot main channel and 35-foot turning basin during execution of this project. It is expected that a mechanical dredge will remove material from the shoaled portions of New Haven Harbor channel and place it into scows before being delivered to the Central Long Island Sound Disposal Site. Dredging and disposal operations are anticipated to take 4 to 5 months, and will be performed during the period from October 1, 2025 to 15 February, 2026 to meet environmental time of year (ToY) restrictions.

In order to accomplish all dredging requirements within the specified dredging window it is expected that the Contractor will need to meet a production rate of 200,000 CY per 30 calendar days. Environmental coordination and permitting has been completed by the U.S. Army of Engineers, New England District.

This is not an invitation for bids at this time. The solicitation requirements and contract documents to include instructions for submission and the response date will be available on or about May 13, 2025. Neither telephonic, mailed nor faxed requests for hard copies of this solicitation will be accepted. The solicitation will only be available online. In order to view the solicitation offerors must access the System for Award Management website (www.sam.gov). In order to download the solicitation, offerors must access the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (https://piee.eb.mil/). All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the USACE New England District. Additional questions may be emailed to the Contract Specialist at tyler.s.maryak@usace.army.mil. 

Notice history

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