Presque Isle Beach Nourishment � Presolicitation Announcement
Army Corps of Engineers · W072 ENDIST BUFFALO
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation W912P4 in this department, oldest first.
- Jan 22, 2026 · this noticePre-solicitation
- Oct 13, 2026Special NoticeOpen
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- 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
PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE Presque Isle Beach Nourishment Solicitation Number: W912P4-26-R-XXXX ISSUED BY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District DATE OF ISSUANCE: January 22, 2026 CLASSIFICATION INFORMATION: Product Service Code (PSC): Y1PZ - CONSTRUCTION OF OTHER NON-BUILDING FACILITIES NAICS Code: 237990 - Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (Size Standard: $45.0M) Set-Aside: 8(a) Competitive 1. GENERAL INFORMATION The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District, intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for beach nourishment activities at Presque Isle… (show all)
State Park in Erie, Pennsylvania. This notice is for informational and planning purposes and constitutes a pre-solicitation announcement of a forthcoming competitive procurement. This procurement will be conducted as a competitive 8(a) Set-Aside in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 19.8. 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The scope of this project includes the purchase, delivery, and placement of sand at designated locations along the beaches of the Presque Isle State Park peninsula for the purposes of beach nourishment. The Government anticipates awarding a Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC) to a single prime contractor. The contract will have a three or five-year ordering period. The total maximum ordering amount for the life of the contract is anticipated to be $20,000,000. Place of Performance: 301 Peninsula Drive, Erie, PA 16505 3. ANTICIPATED SOLICITATION RELEASE The official Request for Proposal (RFP) is expected to be released in or around March 2026. The solicitation and all future documents related to this procurement will be made available electronically through the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) website under the solicitation number W912P4-26-R-XXXX. It is the responsibility of interested parties to monitor this website for the release of the solicitation and any amendments. Proposals will only be accepted in response to the formal solicitation. The Government will not accept unsolicited proposals. 4. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS Potential offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at the time a proposal is submitted to be eligible for award of a contract. For more information or to register, please visit SAM.gov. 5. POINT OF CONTACT Questions regarding this pre-solicitation notice may be directed to the following individuals via email. Please reference the project title "Presque Isle Beach Nourishment" in all correspondence. Contract Specialist: Nathaniel Dent, Nathaniel.m.dent@usace.army.mil Contracting Officer: Jeffrey G. Ernest, Jeffrey.G.Ernest@usace.army.mil
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (W072 ENDIST BUFFALO), same product/service code (PSC) Y1PZ and NAICS 237990.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $6.5M to $11.4M, median $8.8M; range $4.0M to $14.9M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEAN MARINE AND EXCAVATING, INC. | 2 | $25.2M | Jun 2, 2026 |
| GREAT LAKES DOCK AND MATERIALS, L.L.C. | 1 | $7.3M | Sep 22, 2026 |
| WALSH SERVICE SOLUTIONS LLC | 1 | $4.0M | May 21, 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.
- Sep 22, 2026GREAT LAKES DOCK AND MATERIALS, L.L.C.$7.3MRequest for Proposal - W912P426RA020 - Barcelona West Breakwater
- Jun 2, 2026DEAN MARINE AND EXCAVATING, INC.$14.9MOswego Breakwater
- Mar 16, 2026DEAN MARINE AND EXCAVATING, INC.$10.2MLorain Harbor West Breakwater Repair Phase II
- May 21, 2025WALSH SERVICE SOLUTIONS LLC$4.0MFY25 Maintenance Dredge - Conneaut Harbor, OH
Competitive landscape
For the 3 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
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
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
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.