Lowell Creek Tunnel Repairs, Seward, Alaska
Army Corps of Engineers · W2SN ENDIST ALASKA
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation W911KB27BA005 in this department, oldest first.
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
THIS IS A PRESOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY FOR LOWELL CREEK TUNNEL REPAIRS, SEWARD, AK. OFFER OR BIDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR THIS NOTICE. This solicitation will be a full and open Invitation for Bid (IFB) with Definitive Responsibility Criteria. Any resulting contract will be firm-fixed priced. The solicitation for this project will be available by INTERNET ACCESS ONLY and the anticipated download availability date for this solicitation will be on or after 3 November 2026. Access to the documents will be through a link on the SAM.gov website: http://www.SAM.gov/. Use the Search function and use t… (show all)
his solicitation number to Search by Solicitation/Award Number. Any future amendments to the solicitation will also be available for download from the SAM.gov website. The Contractor shall comply with commercial and industry standards as well as all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and procedures. The Construction Wage Rates (formerly Davis-Bacon Act) will apply. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code will be 237990 - Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction, which has a size standard of $45 Million. The total estimated magnitude of construction is between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000. The type of contract shall be firm-fixed price. The estimated award date of this contract is December 2026 with a 1000 calendar-day period of performance. This project is contingent on availability of funds. If the project is cancelled, all bid preparation costs will be borne by the offeror. All offerors are advised that they must be registered in SAM.gov (http://www.SAM.gov/) when submitting a bid and at time of award. Joint ventures must also be registered in SAM.gov as a joint venture. Offerors who are not registered in SAM.gov should consider applying for registration immediately. Visit https://sam.gov/entity-registration for information on registration. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: Perform repairs of worn areas and install new center rails of the Lowell Creek Tunnel which is an approximately 2,100 feet long tunnel through Bear Mountain on the southwest side of Seward, Alaska. The tunnel is 10-foot high, horseshoe shaped tunnel which diverts Lowell Creek away from Seward, through Bear Mountain into Resurrection Bay. The contractor is to furnish all labor, equipment, supplies, materials, supervision, and other items and services necessary to accomplish the work. The contractor shall comply with commercial and industry standards as well as all applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and procedures. Construction wage rates (formerly Davis-Bacon Act wage rates) shall apply. NOTE: Electronic bid submissions will be accepted via the PIEE Solicitation Module website at: https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/index.xhtml. Search via Solicitation Number Search W911KB27BA005. Additional information concerning PIEE can be found at: https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/xhtml/wbt/sol/index.xhtml
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (W2SN ENDIST ALASKA), same NAICS 237990.
Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $5.6M to $26.9M, median $22.8M; range $3.3M to $399.4M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALASKA MARINE EXCAVATION LLC | 2 | $8.9M | Feb 25, 2026 |
| KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE WEST CO. Vancouver WA 98661 USA | 1 | $399.4M | Aug 15, 2025 |
| WESTERN MARINE CONSTRUCTION, INC. | 1 | $26.9M | Jun 10, 2025 |
| HAMILTON CONSTRUCTION, LLC | 1 | $22.8M | Jan 14, 2026 |
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.
- Feb 25, 2026ALASKA MARINE EXCAVATION LLC$5.6M2026-2028 Homer and Ninilchik Harbor DredgingNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 5, 2026ALASKA MARINE EXCAVATION LLC$3.3M2026-2028 Dillingham Harbor Maintenance DredgingNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 14, 2026HAMILTON CONSTRUCTION, LLC$22.8MSkagway River Levee Rehabilitation of Damaged Flood Control Works, Skagway, AlaskaNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 15, 2025KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE WEST CO. Vancouver WA 98661 USA$399.4MPORT OF NOME MODIFICATION PHASE 1A, NOME, ALASKANo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 10, 2025WESTERN MARINE CONSTRUCTION, INC.$26.9MFLOATING BREAKWATER REPLACEMENT, BAR POINT HARBOR, KETCHIKAN, ALASKANo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 4 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.