Pre-solicitationPosted Apr 30, 2026·Responses due Jul 29, 2026

Maintenance Dredging, Wilmington Harbor Anchorage Basin and Mid River Channels

Army Corps of Engineers · W074 ENDIST WILMINGTON

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
237990
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
W912PM26BA007
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
Z1KF
Place
NC, USA
Contact
Jenifer Garland (jenifer.m.garland@usace.army.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation W912PM26BA007 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Apr 30, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
  • Jul 27, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 13, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 26, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Jul 22, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, middle of the range Aug 21, 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 Apr 30, 2026).
Responses are due Jul 29, 2026, so an award before then is unlikely; past cases include short solicitations.

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What the notice says

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District requires a contract to perform Maintenance Dredging, Wilmington Harbor Anchorage Basin and Mid River Channels, North Carolina. Wilmington Harbor: This work includes maintenance dredging of upper Wilmington Harbor federal navigation channel reaches including the Anchorage Basin. The work will consist of removal and disposal of shoaled material that has accumulated in the channels and berth areas since the various areas were last dredged. The work will require a mechanical dredge and barges to transport material to the disposal site. Dredging… (show all)

depths are 38� plus 2�, and 42� plus 2� of allowable over depth for the Anchorage Basin. The estimated quantity of material to be dredged is 1 to 1.5 million cubic yards. The Government furnished disposal area is the Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (ODMDS). There is no environmental window for dredging the Wilmington Harbor federal navigation channel reaches using mechanical dredge; however, there are restrictions for no overflow of barges/scows allowed during dredging or transport to the ODMDS. Wilmington Harbor Mid River Channels: The work includes maintenance dredging of middle Wilmington Harbor federal navigation channels from Upper Brunswick to Baldhead-Caswell. The work will consist of removal and disposal of shoaled material that has accumulated in the channels since the various areas were last dredged. The work will require a mechanical dredge and ocean certified barges to transport material to the disposal site. Dredging depths are 42� plus 2� of allowable over depth for all reaches except Battery Island, Southport, and Baldhead-Caswell, which has a dredging depth of 44� plus 2� of allowable over depth. The estimated quantity of material to be dredged is 400K to 800K cubic yards. The Government furnished disposal area is the Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (ODMDS). There is no environmental window for dredging the Wilmington Harbor federal navigation channel reaches using a mechanical dredge; however, there are restrictions for no overflow of barges/scows allowed during dredging or transportation to the ODMDS. There are no known environmental windows for any of the upland placement sites at this time. All dredging shall be performed by a mechanical dredge and an ocean certified barge. This solicitation is Unrestricted. The contract issued will be Firm Fixed Price. The Magnitude of Construction of this project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00. This solicitation will be issued in electronic format only and will be available on or about 29 July 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 Jenifer Garland, Contract Specialist, phone (910) 251-4134, email jenifer.m.garland@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

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Competitive landscape

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  • 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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