South Atlantic Regional Harbor Dredging

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District requires a contract to provide maintenance dredging for (4) dredging projects.  The areas of consideration for these dredging services are:  Brunswick Harbor, Georgia; Savannah Harbor, Georgia; Wilmington Harbor, North Carolina; and Morehead City Harbor, North Carolina.

Brunswick Harbor, Georgia
Estimated Quantity:  1,517,000 CY

The work for Brunswick Harbor for maintenance dredging will require a hopper dredge(s).  The dredge(s) must have the capability to dredge fine sands and silts to a depth of -40 MLLW and to transport the dredged sediment up to 15 miles to the dump location.  Dredged material shall be placed in the Brunswick Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (ODMDS).  Disposal shall be within a specific area within the Brunswick ODMDS identified by USACE in conjunction with EPA, Region 4 in order for disposal monitoring to be effective.  

Savannah Harbor, Georgia
Estimated Quantity: 677,000 CY

The work for Savannah Harbor for maintenance dredging will require a Hopper dredge(s). The dredge(s) must have the capability to dredge fine sands and silts to a depth of -51 MLLW and to transport the dredged sediment up to 15 miles to the dump location.  Dredged material shall be placed in the offshore disposal areas. Disposal shall be within a specific area within the Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (ODMDS) identified by USACE in conjunction with EPA, Region 4 in order for disposal monitoring to be effective.  The bin restriction for the Savannah ODMDS is 12,500 cubic yards.   

Wilmington Harbor, North Carolina
Estimated Quantity: 800,000 CY

The work for Wilmington Harbor Outer Ocean Bar shall consist of maintenance dredging of Wilmington Harbor Baldhead Shoal Channel Reach 3.  The maintenance dredging will require removal and disposal of shoaled material that has accumulated in the channel since it was last dredged.  The dredging shall be performed by hopper dredge.  Dredging depth is 44’ plus 2’ of allowable over depth.  The Government furnished disposal area is the Wilmington Harbor Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site.

Morehead City Harbor, North Carolina
Estimated Quantity: 600,000 CY

The work for Morehead City Harbor shall consist of maintenance dredging of the Morehead City Harbor Range A. The work will consist of removal and disposal of shoaled material that has accumulated in the channel since it was last dredged. Dredging by hopper dredge will be allowed for this work. Dredging depth is 47 feet plus 2 feet of allowable overdepth.  The Government furnished disposal area is the Wilmington Harbor Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site.

This solicitation is unrestricted. The contract issued will be Firm Fixed Price. The Magnitude of Construction of this project is between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000.00.  This solicitation will be issued in electronic format only and will be available on or about August 15, 2020.  The bid opening date will be specified in the solicitation when it is issued. No additional media (CD-ROM, floppy disks, facsimiles, etc) will be provided.   Paper copies of this solicitation will not be available. Other methods of requesting a package will not be honored.  The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 237990 – Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction and the size standard is $30,000,000.00.  

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