Pre-solicitationPosted May 6, 2026

FY26 - MAINTENANCE DREDGING, MILITARY OCEAN TERMINAL SUNNY POINT (MOTSU)

Army Corps of Engineers · W074 ENDIST WILMINGTON

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
237990
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
W912PM26BA011
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
Z1KF
Place
Southport, NC, USA
Contact
Rosalind M. Shoemaker (rosalind.m.shoemaker@usace.army.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation W912PM26BA011 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • May 6, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
  • May 29, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
Solicitation
  • Jul 24, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 13, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 20, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 31, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Jul 28, 2026 to Sep 24, 2026, middle of the range Aug 27, 2026.
Measured from 64 past early notices at Dept of the Army with NAICS 237990 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from May 6, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

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  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

W912PM26BA011 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District requires a contract to perform maintenance dredging of the Maintenance Dredging, Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point (MOTSU), Brunswick County, North Carolina. The work will consist of removal and disposal of shoaled material that has accumulated in the basins and channels since they were last dredged. Dredging of the channels and basins shall be performed by mechanical dredge (clamshell, dragline or dipper). The dredging depth is 38 feet plus 2 feet of allowable over depth for the Approach Channel South Entrance, South Wharf… (show all)

Turning Basin, Approach Channel South to Center Wharf, and the Center Wharf Turning Basin. The dredging depth is 34 feet plus 2 feet of allowable over depth for the Approach Channel Center to North Wharf and the North Wharf Turning Basin. Placement of dredged material shall be in the Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (ODMDS) for all dredged channels. The total quantity of material to be dredged, including allowable over depth, is estimated to be 915,000 cubic yards. There is an October 1 � June 30 window for maintenance dredging of the MOTSU basin and channels with mechanical and pipeline dredges. This solicitation is Unrestricted. The contract issued will be Firm Fixed Price. The Magnitude of Construction of this project is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00. This solicitation will be issued in electronic format only and will be available on or about July 10. 2026. 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 � Dredging and Surface Cleanup Activities and the size standard is $37,000,000.00. Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible to receive an award from any Government solicitation. Call 1-866-606-8220 for more information or visit the SAM website at www.sam.gov. After completing SAM, in order to download documents contractors and their subcontractors must register at www.sam.gov. In order to locate solicitation, Contractors can go to www. sam.gov and search for the solicitation number. Contractors can register to be put on a plan holders list that others can access through the www.sam.gov website. It is the Offeror's responsibility to check the Internet address provided as necessary for any posted changes to this solicitation and all amendments. For additional information or assistance, please contact Diana Curl, Contract Specialist, email diana.d.curl@usace.army.mil or Rosalind Shoemaker, Contract Office, phone (910) 251-4436, email rosalind.m.shoemaker@usace.army.mil.

Who won similar work

14 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (W074 ENDIST WILMINGTON), same product/service code (PSC) Z1KF and NAICS 237990.

Single-winner award sizes (14): middle half $6.7M to $24.8M, median $12.0M; range $2.7M to $41.2M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
NORFOLK DREDGING COMPANY3$65.9MJun 30, 2025
CURTIN MARITIME CORP3$21.2MSep 18, 2026
GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CO, LLC2$57.6MSep 16, 2026
SOUTHWIND CONSTRUCTION CORP2$19.0MSep 16, 2025
WEEKS MARINE, INC.1$41.2MAug 6, 2025
COTTRELL CONTRACTING CORPORATION1$12.6MSep 30, 2025
THREE OAKS CONSTRUCTION, INC1$6.0MApr 1, 2026
DOT CONSTRUCTION, INC1$2.7MDec 18, 2025

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 32 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.

Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.