Tampa harbor maintenance dredging egmont and mullet key cuts hillsborough county, FL

This announcement constitutes a Source Sought Synopsis. This announcement seeks information from industry and will only be used for preliminary planning purposes. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR BIDS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. 

The Jacksonville District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking interest from prospective bidders for a potential fiscal year (FY) 2026 award of the aforementioned project.  The purpose of this sources sought is to gauge interest, capabilities, and qualifications of various members of the Dredging Community, to include Small Businesses, as the Government must ensure there is adequate competition amongst the potential pool of responsible contractors. 

The proposed project will be a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract. The Jacksonville District anticipates the issuance of an Invitation for Bid (IFB). No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to said sources sought or any follow-up information requested.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK:

The Jacksonville District of the US Army Corps of Engineers is seeking interested bidders for a project work that consists of maintenance dredging within Egmont Cut-1 through Mullet Key Cut. Incorporate 1 foot of allowable overdepth for all dredging areas. Place dredged material in the designated Beach Placement Area on Egmont Key. Additional work includes turbidity monitoring, sea turtle trawling, environmental species monitoring, vibration control monitoring, screening, MEC construction support and tilling. Use of mechanical dredges for this project is not allowed. Work is divided into a base and three options.

The Estimated Magnitude of construction is between $10,000,000 - $25,000,000.

The anticipated period of performance for this project: The Contractor shall begin performance within 60 calendar days and complete the contract within 230 calendar days after receiving notice to proceed.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 237990, Dredging and Surface Cleanup Activities. The Small Business Size Standard for this project is $37.0 million.

Anticipated solicitation issuance date is on or about 16 December 2025 and the anticipated bid opening date is on or about 30 January 2026. The Synopsis citing the solicitation number will be issued on the SAM Contracting Opportunities Website: at https://sam.gov/.

Responses to this Sources Sought shall be limited to 5 pages and shall include the following information:

1. Company/Contractor name, address, point of contact, phone number and e-mail address.
2. Company’s interest in bidding on the subject requirement when issued.
3. Company’s capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity (include company’s capability to execute comparable work performed within the past 10 years). Company should provide at least 3 examples which, at a minimum, include the following:
   • Brief description of the project
   • Customer name
   • Customer satisfaction
   • Timeliness of performance
   • Dollar value of the completed projects
4. Offeror shall identify their Small Business classification and Small Business Size.
   • Small Business
   • Small Disadvantage Business
   • 8(a) Small Business
   • HUBZone
   • SDVOSB
   • WOSB
5. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, firms should address the structure of such arrangement include Joint Venture information, if applicable – existing and potential.
6. Bonding Capacity (construction bonding level per contract and aggregate construction bonding level, both expressed in dollars) via letter from the bonding company.

NOTES:

U.S. COAST GUARD CERTIFIED DREDGE EQUIPMENT IS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE WORK.

DO NOT SUBMIT A RESPONSE TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO BID ON THIS PROJECT.

DO NOT SUBMIT PROPRIETARY AND/OR BUSINESS CONFIDENITAL DATA.

Submission Instructions:

Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the work associated with the subject requirement, are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice no later than 29 October 2025, at 1:00 PM, (EST). All responses under this Sources Sought Notice shall be sent to Ms. Meredith Coad, via email at meredith.c.coad@usace.army.mil and Ms. Ruth Rodriguez at ruth.c.rodriguez@usace.army.mil.

Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response under this sources sought synopsis. 

You must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), in order to be eligible to receive an award from any Government solicitation. To register, go to www.sam.gov. For additional information visit the website for the Federal Service Desk (www.FSD.gov) which supports SAM or contact them at 866-606-8220 for assistance.