Maintenance Dredging of New York and New Jersey Channels – Arthur Kill Reaches Federal Navigation Project

This solicitation seeks maintenance dredging services for navigation channels in New York and New Jersey's Arthur Kill waterway. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District New York requires dredging of approximately 1.5 million cubic yards of accumulated sediments to maintain authorized depths for commercial vessel traffic. Bids are due by May 13, 2021 and will be evaluated based on total price to complete the base period of work from June 2022 to May 2023. The contract will have a one year base period and four one-year options exercisable at the government's discretion.

The solicitation carries NAICS code 237990 with a PSC code R699 and has no set aside designations. Potential offerors include incumbent contractors Weeks Marine, Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting, and Donjon Marine. The apparent low bid of over $41.5 million was awarded to Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting to complete dredging of specified reaches to required depths using government furnished dump scows. Work is to be performed within the New York and New Jersey channels of the Arthur Kill Reaches Federal Navigation Project located in New York and New Jersey.